The US State Department has approved a potential $373.6 mn sale of 1,532 JDAM-ER kits to Ukraine. Boeing will serve as the principal contractor for the deal.
A State Department report formally accuses Havana of enabling the recruitment of its citizens into Russia's armed forces. The report landed in Congress two weeks after the Trump administration waved a sanctioned Russian oil tanker through its own blockade of Cuba.
Polls show that 3/4 of Russians support Moscow's ongoing colonial war in Ukraine, while Russian "opposition" often repeats the Kremlin's talking points.
The United States has called for an immediate end to North Korean troop deployments in Russia, stating that such actions violate multiple UN Security Council resolutions.
US officials have emphasized that the upcoming meeting with Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia is not meant to be interpreted as negotiations on Ukraine, according to State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce.