Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened on Thursday to fire the military's new medium-range missiles at further targets in Ukraine, including the capital Kiev. The Oreshnik ballistic missile was first deployed last week against the Ukrainian industrial city of Dnipro,

White House national security spokesperson John Kirby confirmed that Ukraine had been given permission to use long-range weapons in Russia "on an immediate-need basis, and right n

President-elect Donald Trump appointed retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg as special envoy to Ukraine and Russia. Kellogg, a longtime defense advisor to Trump, also served as national security advisor to former Vice President Mike Pence.

WASHINGTON -- US President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen Keith Kellogg, a retired Army lieutenant general who served senior national security roles during his first term, as the special envoy for resolving the Ukraine crisis.

There was a cautious note of optimism among some Ukrainians for Gen. Keith Kellogg’s past supportive remarks for Ukraine to defend itself.