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Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine's former top military commander and current ambassador to the U.K., said Thursday the United States is "destroying" the established world order.Zaluzhnyi made the comments at a security and defense conference in London, Bloomberg reported, taking aim at President Donald Trump's "non-recognition" of Russia's aggression in Europe, a stance he said is tearing at the unity of "the whole western world."Zaluzhnyi's comments come less than a week after Trump's contentious Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his subsequent pause of military aid to Ukraine. Zelenskyy sought security from future Russian aggression and it was not...

Senate Democrats banded together Wednesday night to oppose the creation of a new office to audit US military assistance for Ukraine as part of a provision in the annual defense spending bill. Forty-five Democrats — including every member of the Senate Armed Services Committee — voted down an amendment to establish an Office of the Lead Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance as part of the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) also joined the Democrats in rejecting the new oversight office.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul and former Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard have been listed by Ukraine among a number of American politicians, academics and activists Kyiv claims have promoted “Russian propaganda.”The list was compiled by the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation, founded in 2021 by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to study the impact of Russian disinformation. The center is part of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.The list—which also includes retired U.S. Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor, military strategist Edward Luttwak, political scientist John Mearsheimer and journalist Glenn Greenwald—does not explain what the consequences are for those who Ukraine clearly considers responsible...