Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will not hesitate to use the Russian nuclear weapons set to be deployed to his country next month, he said on Tuesday. Last week, Vladimir Putin said Russia would deploy nuclear weapons to Belarus on July … Read More
Russia says Ukraine has launched “a terrorist drone attack” on Moscow, with several buildings damaged. It is the first time Moscow has been so heavily targeted in a single operation, but Ukraine denies carrying out the strikes. What was hit … Read More
The leader of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group says he will withdraw his troops from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on 10 May because of ammunition shortages. Yevgeny Prigozhin’s statement came after he posted a video of him walking among his … Read More
Fragments of two Ukrainian drones fell into the Kremlin, causing a fireball near the roof of one building early Wednesday, the Russian government said in a statement. Kyiv denied any involvement. The statement said no one was injured in what … Read More
Evan Gershkovich could face up to 20 years in prison as FSB says he was ‘collecting classified information’ Russian authorities have arrested a US journalist working in the country and accused him of espionage, a charge that carries a maximum … Read More
Russian leaders were quickly critical of the arrest warrant that the International Criminal Court issued for President Vladimir Putin based on alleged crimes committed in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the ICC’s warrant, which was announced on … Read More
Feb. 27 (UPI) — Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated Monday his country’s threat of nuclear war if the West’s supply of arms to Ukrainecontinues. The warning, published in an op-ed piece in the state-run newspaper Izvestiya, was the second … Read More
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – The United States is concerned by greater alignment between China and Russia, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed “new frontiers” in ties with Beijing and signalled China’s Xi … Read More
For more than 50 years, the U.S. and Russia — the world’s two largest nuclear powers — have had some form of arms control agreement. New START is the last remaining one. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move to suspend his … Read More
Russian militants in eastern Ukraine said late on Jan. 10 that Russia had captured Soledar, claiming a rare victory after facing a series of humiliating defeats across the front line. Ukraine’s military has not confirmed losing the small salt-mining town … Read More