US leaders avoid victory dance in Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. leaders since President Joe Biden are wary of prematurely declaring victory after the Ukraine offensive forced Russian troops into a chaotic retreat in the north. Instead, military officials are eagerly anticipating Russia’s response to the sudden and dramatic battlefield losses, looking ahead to future battles and devising plans to provide Ukraine … Read more

Russia blames Montenegro as it grapples with massive cyberattacks.

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) – At the government headquarters in NATO-member Montenegro, the computers have been shut down, the Internet has been shut down and the state’s main websites have been shut down. The outage comes in a spate of cyberattacks on the tiny Balkan state, which officials have attributed to pro-Russian hackers and its security … Read more