National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has in recent months held secret talks with high-level Russian officials, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing unnamed US and allied officials. The officials said that the talks were aimed at reducing the risk of...
The commander that oversees US nuclear forces delivered an ominous warning at a naval conference last week by calling the war in Ukraine a "warmup" for the "big one" that is to come. "This Ukraine crisis that we're in right now, this is just the warmup," said Navy...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has found no traces of undeclared nuclear activity at sites in Ukraine where Russia alleged work was being done to create a dirty bomb, a conventional explosive mixed with nuclear material. The IAEA issued a statement...
The Biden administration said Wednesday that it has seen no indication that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine after a media report claimed Russian officials were discussing the matter. "We continue to monitor this as best we can, and we see no...
Russia on Wednesday agreed to rejoin the deal that has allowed grain shipments to leave Ukraine's Black Sea ports after successful mediation from Turkey. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced that grain shipments resumed out of safe corridors set up by the...
The Kremlin on Tuesday said that Russia was considering "further steps" to take in response to Britain's alleged role in the attacks on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, which connect Russia and Germany. "Such actions cannot be put aside. Of course, we will think...
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the "necessary conditions" for peace talks with Ukraine could arise and acknowledged Kyiv was not ready for negotiations at this time. "We reached an agreement with them in Istanbul, but they've thrown all of that...
Turkey on Monday said it was committed to ensuring grain will keep shipping out of Ukraine's Black Sea ports despite Moscow saying it would suspend its participation in the export deal. "Even if Russia behaves hesitantly because it didn’t receive the same benefits, we...
The Kremlin said Saturday that talks over the war in Ukraine must first be held with the US as Russian officials continue to signal that they're open to negotiations with Washington. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the US and its Western allies have a say...
Russia has pulled out of a Turkey and UN-brokered deal that allowed grain exports to leave Ukraine's Black Sea ports in response to a drone attack against the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea. In an attempt to revive the deal, the Turkish Defense Ministry said that...
