On the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States is hammering Russia with a new round of economic sanctions designed to undermine the country’s ability to continue to wage war. The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday announced deep-cutting new sanctions targeting the metals and mining sector of Russia’s economy. In coordination with […]
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Putin threatens to deploy Nuclear Missiles
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia would pay increased attention to boosting its nuclear forces by deploying a much delayed new intercontinental ballistic missile, rolling out hypersonic missiles and adding new nuclear submarines. A year since ordering the invasion of Ukraine, Putin has signalled he is ready to rip up the architecture of […]
Putin ups nuclear ante; cancels START Treaty
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday that Moscow was suspending its participation in the New START treaty — the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States — sharply upping the ante amid tensions with Washington over the fighting in Ukraine. Speaking in his state-of-the-nation address, Putin also said that Russia should stand […]
Putin plans new Ukraine offensive as US approves more weapons
“We are again being threatened by German Leopard tanks,” Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday on a visit to Volgograd, where he commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Red Army’s World War II victory over Nazi forces in Stalingrad. As he so often has in the past year, Putin made a direct comparison between his […]
Is Putin bluffing over West’s escalation?
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kremlin officials have warned multiple times over the 11 months since the invasion of Ukraine started that Western inference could result in an escalation. However, the United States and other Western allies of Ukraine have repeatedly crossed Putin’s supposed red lines. “If the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, […]
Putin warns “one missile will trigger ‘hundreds’ of nuke warheads”
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday once again drew international attention when he warned that if even one missile enters Russian territory, “hundreds” of warheads will respond. “I assure you, after the early warning system receives a signal of a missile attack, hundreds of our missiles are in the air,” Putin said from a summit […]
Putin does not rule out initiating the use of nuclear weapons.
President Vladimir Putin insisted that Russia’s nuclear weapons are meant to defend his country against a U.S. attack, Putin, though, did not rule out initiating the use of nuclear weapons. “As for the idea that Russia wouldn’t use such weapons first under any circumstances, then it means we wouldn’t be able to be the second […]
Martial law declared in Ukraine annexed regions
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law Wednesday in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed and given additional emergency powers to the heads of all regions of Russia. Putin didn’t immediately spell out the steps that would be taken under martial law, but said his order was effective starting Thursday. His decree gives […]
Putin Warns: All World at Risk of Terror Attacks
In what is seen as a veiled threat to the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that all world energy infrastructure was at risk of “terror attacks.” His comments came Wednesday at an energy forum in Moscow. According to the Daily Mail, Putin said that all the energy infrastructure in the world is a legitimate […]
Best Place to Survive Nuclear War in the U.S.
In the wake of President Biden’s mention of nuclear “armageddon”, and Elon Musk tweeting that “nuclear war probability is rising rapidly,” it is natural that people have pondered online what they would do, and where they would shelter, in the event of a nuclear war. But, the safest place to go in the case of […]
Aggressive Russian missile strikes hit Kyiv
The past few hours have seen wave after wave of explosions, not just here in Kyiv, but all across this vast country, from Lviv in the west to Kharkiv in the east and Odesa in the south. For those of us who were here when Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February, there’s an element of […]
Biden to Dems; US is close to ‘Armageddon’
President Biden said in an address to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on Thursday night that the country under his leadership is as close to “Armageddon” as it has been since the Cuban Missile Crisis in the 1960s. Speaking at a fundraiser in New York, Biden addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin threatening to use a […]