With basketball superstar Brittney Griner having faced yet another day in Russian court, pressure has mounted in Washington to sway President Joe Biden’s administration to offer the release of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in exchange for her freedom and that of another detained U.S. citizen, suspected spy Paul Whelan. CNN reported Wednesday that […]
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Current World Order Is Over and New Era Is Coming, Warns Putin
Vladimir Putin has warned that “a new stage in world history” is coming in a speech in which he condemned “the model of total domination” by the West. During the address on Wednesday in Moscow, the Russian leader took a swipe at the populations of Western countries, which he described as the “golden billion”, and […]
Putin now has hypersonic missiles in play
Russia has completed testing of its long-range Zircon hypersonic cruise missile, and is set to put the weapon into use by the Russian Navy by the end of the year. State-run news agency TASS cited a source close to Russia’s military department as confirming the latest developments, which come as Moscow’s war in Ukraine grinds […]
Russia claims key victory in Luhansk
After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed a key victory: full control over one of the two provinces in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland. But Moscow’s rout of the last remaining bulwark of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk province came at a steep price. The critical question now is whether Russia can muster enough […]
It’s been 60 years and America faces another ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’
A video of a Russian politician calling for a new Cuban missile crisis over the Ukraine conflict has gone viral on social media. Russian Duma member Andrei Gurulyov was speaking on Russian state TV and discussing the need for a resolution to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Gurulyov said moving Russia’s hypersonic weapons […]
Moscow Claims Control Over Luhansk Region of Ukraine
The Russian Defense Ministry has claimed that Russian forces have “liberated” all of Ukraine’s Luhansk region. The ministry on Sunday said Russian forces had captured Lysychansk, the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine’s Luhansk province. Russia’s defense minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that Russia’s troops and members of a local separatist militia “have […]
Putin now has Nuclear-Capable Missiles 50 Miles From Poland
In 2018, Russia reportedly sent nuclear-capable missiles to Kaliningrad, a region sandwiched between NATO members Poland and Lithuania that does not share borders with Russia but is still part of the country’s territory. Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted a senior lawmaker as saying that the Iskander missiles had been deployed to the exclave […]
Russian Nuke-Capable Weapons moved to Belarus for new offensive
Nuclear-capable missiles will be moved onto the doorstep of two NATO nations as Russia rewards its ally Belarus. Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s announcement came on the same day Ukrainian officials said the first missile attack launched from Belarus struck Kyiv, according to Newsweek. On Saturday, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who met with Putin in St. […]
US Rockets arrive in Ukraine – Russia warned of missile strikes
kraine’s Foreign Minister Oleksii Reznikov hailed the arrival of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) sent as military aid to the Eastern European nation from the U.S.—issuing a dire warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces attacking his country. Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, drawing swift international condemnation and global […]
How will Russia react if Ukraine joins the EU?
Ukraine is set to become an official candidate for European Union (EU) membership, the first step to joining the 27-country bloc. EU leaders are expected to back the move at a summit being held on 23 and 24 June. And the Ukrainian president has warned Russia may increase its military attacks in retaliation to the […]
Russian-US ‘Cyberagression’ Could Spark War in Real World
Russia’s top cyber diplomat has warned that a worsening conflict with the U.S. in cyberspace could lead to a real-world escalation between the two powers as both sides vowed to strike back against any virtual provocations. Washington and Moscow have long denied conducting malicious cyber activities against one another, but U.S. Cyber Command Director General […]
Putin’s frightning warning to US over missile shipments
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a renewed threat to Western leaders that Moscow would order strikes on new targets should the U.S. supply Ukraine with long-range missiles, according to a state-owned mouthpiece. The TASS news agency quoted Putin’s comments from a Sunday, June 5, interview on Rossiya-1, where the Russian leader mentioned the delivery […]