The crashed plane near Washington had Russians on board. The plane crash involving an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter occurred on January 29, Bloomberg reports. In particular, Trump expressed his condolences to all those who lost friends and relatives in the disaster.

Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.

With U.S. military aid to Ukraine in doubt, Zelensky hopes to convince Trump to get the Europeans on side for confiscating Russia’s frozen assets.

More victims have been named following the mid-air collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter. Details are also emerging of the events around the crash - including that an air traffic controller was allowed to leave their shift early that night.

Russia is claiming it has captured another village in its relentless offensive in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region and as it closes in on the critical Ukrainian logistics hub of Pokrovsk after almost

Russian forces are slowly tightening the noose around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub whose main supply lines are under threat nearly three years after Moscow invaded its neighbour.

Russia has been told by the United States that it has granted approval for the appointment of the new Russian ambassador to Washington, a senior Russian lawmaker told state television on Monday.

Senators questioned Gabbard about views seen as echoing Russia's justification of its war, criticism of US involvement in Syria and a 2017 meeting with Bashar al-Assad.

A newly declassified analysis argued against “shock therapy” for the former Soviet Union. The warning wasn’t heeded.

MICHAEL BROWN is a Partner at Shield Capital, a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Security and Technology, and former Director of the Defense Innovation Unit at the U.S. Department of Defense.