WASHINGTON, Jan 17 - President Joe Biden hosted top congressional leaders at the White House to underscore Ukraine’s security needs as it continues to fight Russia’s nearly two-year-old invasion, hoping to add momentum to efforts to pass $110 billion in stalled aid to Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies.

BERLIN, Jan 17 - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday he will appoint a regional official as the new defense minister following the resignation of the much-criticized Christine Lambrecht.

DNIPRO, Jan 17 - The death toll from the Ukraine war’s deadliest attack on civilians at one location since last spring reached 45 at an apartment building a Russian missile blasted in the southeastern city of Dnipro, officials said Tuesday.

DAVOS, Jan 17 - Ukraine’s first lady on Tuesday pressed world leaders and corporate executives at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering to do more to help her country at a time when Russia’s invasion is leaving children dying and the world struggling with food insecurity.

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 - Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Tuesday that his country plans to “join” the U.S. and Germany’s efforts to train and arm Ukraine with advanced Patriot defense systems.

KYIV, Jan 17 - The top U.S. military officer, Army Gen. Mark Milley, traveled to a site near the Ukraine-Poland border on Tuesday and talked with his Ukrainian counterpart face to face for the first time — a meeting underscoring the growing ties between the two militaries and coming at a critical time as Russia’s war with Ukraine nears the one-year mark.

BRUSSELS, Jan 12 - Russia has not committed to de-escalate on the Ukrainian border after two rounds of diplomatic talks this week, Deputy US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said Wednesday, CNN reported.

KYIV, Jan 11 – There is no deterioration in the epidemiological situation for coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in Ukraine yet, an increase in the incidence can be expected at the end of January, the Health Ministry’s Chief Doctor Ihor Kuzin has said.

KYIV, Jan 13 – Russian President Vladimir Putin will probably not launch a major invasion of Ukraine, because he understands that this threatens with serious Western sanctions against the Russian Federation and the strengthening of Ukraine's weapons, Senior Director of the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, U.S. ambassador to Ukraine in 2003-2006 John Herbst said.

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 – US Democratic senators in a bill providing for sanctions against Russia in case of an attack on Ukraine call for measures to prevent Nord Stream 2 from ever starting operation.