The Pentagon is blocking the Biden administration from sharing evidence of alleged Russian war crimes with the International Criminal Court based in the Hague over concerns that a precedent could be set for Americans to be prosecuted for their military actions, The...
Zelensky Says Ukraine’s Top Generals Want to Keep Fighting for Bakhmut
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that his top generals want to keep fighting for the eastern Donetsk city of Bakhmut, where Russian and Ukrainian forces have been locked in a heavy battle for over eight months. Zelensky made the comments after...
Russia Says It Suspended New START Treaty Because the US Helped Ukraine Attack Strategic Sites
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Thursday that one of the reasons Moscow suspended its participation in the New START treaty was because the US helped Ukraine attack a facility housing Russian nuclear weapons. New START is the last nuclear arms...
Moscow Says Ukrainian Saboteurs Launched Attack in Russia’s Bryansk
Russian authorities said Thursday that Ukrainian saboteurs crossed into Russia's Bryansk Oblast, which borders Ukraine, and launched attacks on villages in the area, killing two civilians. Ukrainian officials denied involvement in the attack and suggested Russians...
Blinken Briefly Meets With Lavrov on Sidelines of G-20 Summit in India
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday briefly talked with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in New Delhi on the sidelines of a G20 meeting, marking the first in-person meeting between the two diplomats since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The two...
Russia Says It Might Continue Talks With US on New START Treaty
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Wednesday left the door open on continued contacts with the US on New START even though Russia has officially suspended its participation in the treaty. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Tuesday...
Moscow Blames Ukraine for a Series of Drone Attacks Inside Russia
Russian authorities on Tuesday reported a series of Ukrainian drone attacks across the country, including one that fell within 60 miles southeast of Moscow, hundreds of miles from the Ukrainian border. A Russian official said the Ukrainian drone near Moscow attempted...
Exiled Belarusian Opposition Claims Attack on Russian Plane Near Minsk
Belarus' exiled opposition claimed on Sunday that "partisans" in Belarus destroyed a Russian A-50 military surveillance aircraft in an airfield near Minsk. "Partisans … confirmed a successful special operation to blow up a rare Russian plane at the airfield in...
Zelensky Says Situation in Bakhmut ‘Getting More and More Difficult’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly address on Monday that the situation around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is getting "more and more difficult" as Russian forces are closing in. "The situation is getting more and more difficult. The...
Medvedev Says West Pumping Weapons Into Ukraine Could Bring ‘Apocalypse’
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned in an op-ed published on Sunday that the Western policy of pouring weapons into Ukraine could lead to "apocalypse." "One could continue to pump weapons into the neo-fascist Kiev regime and block any opportunity to revive...