Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned on Wednesday that Russia is working on new ways to disrupt Western arms supplies to Ukraine, signaling that Russia will start targeting more Ukrainian infrastructure. “We observe that Ukraine is receiving more and more and...
Kremlin Says Ukraine Peace Plan Must Include Annexed Regions Joining Russia
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday said that any "peace plan" for the war in Ukraine must involve the territories Russia has annexed joining the Russian Federation. "There can be no peace plan for Ukraine that does not take into account today's realities...
Lavrov Says Pentagon Threatening ‘Decapitation Strike’ Against Putin
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday said that statements made to the media by anonymous Pentagon officials amount to threats against Russian President Vladimir Putin's life. "There are some 'anonymous officials' from the Pentagon who have actually...
Putin Prohibits Selling Russian Oil to Price Cap Participants
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree banning the sale of oil to countries participating in the Western-imposed price cap on Russian crude that was pushed by the US and its G7 partners. Putin's ban will take effect on February 1 and last through...
Ukraine FM Says No Talks With Russia Until After War Crimes Tribunal
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told The Associated Press on Monday that Russia must face a tribunal for alleged war crimes in Ukraine before direct peace talks can be held between Kyiv and Moscow. The comments are the latest sign that there's no end in sight...
Three Killed in Ukrainian Drone Attack Deep Inside Russia
Three Russian soldiers were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Engels airfield in Russia's Saratov Oblast early Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The Engels airfield is about 300 miles from the Ukrainian border and was targeted by a similar attack...
Report: The CIA Is Directing Sabotage Attacks Inside Russia
The CIA has been using a European NATO country's intelligence services to conduct sabotage attacks inside Russia since the February invasion of Ukraine, investigative journalist Jack Murphy reported on Saturday, citing unnamed former US intelligence and military...
Putin Says the Sooner Conflict in Ukraine Ends, the Better
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that Russia's goal was to end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible and that the fighting would inevitably end through a diplomatic solution. "So we will seek to make sure that it all ends, and the sooner, the better,...
Zelensky Meets With Biden and Addresses Congress in DC Visit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday met with President Biden and addressed Congress during his trip to Washington DC, which marked his first foreign visit since Russia invaded on February 24. In his address to Congress, Zelensky thanked the chamber and...
Russian Defense Minister Plans to Increase Size of Military
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu on Wednesday unveiled a plan to increase the size of Russia's military to 1.5 million troops, an initiative backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia had about 1 million troops in its army at the beginning of the year,...