Russia's ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, warned Sunday that Russia would consider a US-backed Ukrainian strike on Crimea as serious as an attack on the Russian mainland. Antonov's comments came in response to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan saying the...
US Announces New Russia Sanctions With G7 Nations
The US on Friday announced new sanctions on Russia that were imposed in coordination with the Group of Seven, but they fall far short of what the Biden administration was hoping to achieve. According to the Treasury Department, over 300 sanctions were implemented on...
Republican Senators Introduce Bill to Scrap Last Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced a piece of legislation last week that would formally accuse Russia of violating New START and call on the US to withdraw from the treaty. New START is the last nuclear arms control treaty remaining between the US and Russia and places...
Prigozhin: Wagner to Handover Bakhmut to Regular Russian Forces After Capture
Russia's Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has said his mercenary force captured all of Bakhmut and will hand over the city to regular Russian forces on May 25. "Wagner has made no advances. Wagner today captured no territory. We have captured all the territory we...
Russia Says West Providing F-16s to Ukraine a ‘Colossal Risk’
A Russian official said Saturday that the Western plans to provide Ukraine with American-made F-16 fighter jets bring "colossal risks" after the US announced it would sign off on European countries delivering the aircraft. "We see that Western countries are still...
NATO to Draw Up Russia War Plans for First Time Since Cold War
NATO is drawing up plans on how to fight a war with Russia for the first time since the Cold War. According to Reuters, at the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius this July, alliance leaders will approve thousands of pages of secret military plans that will detail how to...
Ukraine Tells China It Won’t Cede Territory for Peace Deal
China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, was in Ukraine on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the prospect of peace talks and met with senior Ukrainian officials, including Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to...
Report: US Preparing for Ukraine War to Become a Frozen Conflict
The Biden administration is preparing for the war in Ukraine to turn into a frozen conflict for years or possibly even decades, similar to the situation on the Korean peninsula, POLITICO reported on Thursday. US officials have been discussing the possibility,...
NORAD Detects Russian Aircraft in Alaska’s ADIZ During US Drills
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Wednesday that it "detected and tracked" a Russian military aircraft operating in Alaska's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on May 15. An ADIZ is an area that extends far beyond territorial waters and...
Russia Says Open to Ukraine Peace Proposals from Africa, Brazil
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Moscow is ready to look at peace proposals for the conflict in Ukraine from African leaders and Brazil. "In both cases we responded to initiatives from Latin American and African friends that we were ready to...