President Joe Biden’s decision to enable Ukraine to employ American long-range missiles in Russia demonstrates that his administration intends to “throw oil on the fire” of the crisis, a Kremlin spokesperson told reporters. “It is obvious the outgoing administration in the United States wants to throw oil on the fire and escalate the conflict in […]
President Vladimir Putin kicked off a new exercise of Russia’s nuclear forces on Tuesday at a critical point in the Ukraine war, the second such drill that Moscow has held in two weeks.The 2-1/2-year-old war is entering what Russian officials say is its most dangerous phase as Russian forces are advancing in eastern Ukraine and […]
The U.S. has said North Korean troops may have been deployed to a key front in Russia’s war against Ukraine, as speculation grows over how the international community may respond to a third party entering combat. The U.S. confirmed on October 23 that Pyongyang was joining Russia’s war against Ukraine, a claim made days earlier […]
The United States said for the first time on Wednesday that it had seen evidence of North Korean troops in Russia, and South Korean lawmakers said about 3,000 soldiers had been sent to support the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine with more to follow.U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, speaking in Rome, said it would be “very, […]
The winner of November’s presidential election will dictate what happens in Kyiv’s fight against Vladimir Putin, and polling conducted exclusively for Newsweek has found Donald Trump supporters are more likely to oppose further U.S. aid to Ukraine than likely Kamala Harris voters. Since the start of Putin’s full-scale invasion, the U.S. has been the biggest […]
Launch systems for nuclear capable missiles were brought to “combat patrol routes” in Russia, the country’s state media has reported. The news agency Tass posted video of what it said were launcher systems for the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) being rolled out in Novosibirsk in Siberia. The clip filmed during the daytime shows weapons […]
A Russian-Chinese flotilla sailed toward the Northern Pacific Ocean on Monday while the United States deployed two warships for homeland defense operations to protect Alaska. According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, a total of nine Russian and Chinese warships transited the La Perouse Strait, a designated international waterway known as the Soya Strait, eastward from […]
A suspected Ukrainian drone attack at an ammunition depot in Russia’s Tver region has been described on social media as possibly the biggest event of the war started by Vladimir Putin. Unverified images on social media show a huge ball of flame following the strike on the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (GRAU) arsenal in […]
The U.S. has scrambled fighter jets after Russian military aircraft were detected near Alaska for the second time this week. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Friday that it had tracked and intercepted two Russian TU-142 military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). An ADIZ is the area around […]
Ukraine is reportedly closing in on receiving permission from the U.S. and the U.K. to strike territory deep inside Russia with supplied long-range weaponry. The reports come as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy are in Kyiv this week, which marks the first joint visit of its kind for more […]
A grinning Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he supported Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. His remark came just hours after the Biden administration accused Russia of a widespread, sophisticated election interference campaign. Two Russian women have been charged in an indictment unsealed in […]
Russia will make changes to its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons in response to what it regards as Western escalation in the war in Ukraine, state media quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Sunday.The existing nuclear doctrine, set out in a decree by President Vladimir Putin in 2020, says Russia […]