European officials on Tuesday said massive leaks in the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that were caused by explosions were likely the result of sabotage, raising questions on who the culprit might be. The Nord Stream pipelines connect Russia to Germany via the...
Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday said he doesn't believe the US and NATO would intervene if Russia launched a nuclear strike in Ukraine over fears of a "nuclear apocalypse" despite recent comments from US officials. Medvedev, a...
Russian-backed authorities in Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine have reported that a huge majority of voters favor joining Russia as referendums concluded on Tuesday. Referendums on joining Russia were held in the breakaway Donbas republics of Luhansk and Donetsk...
Congressional negotiators agreed to include nearly $12 billion in new spending on the war in Ukraine in a stopgap spending bill that will likely be voted on this week, Reuters reported on Monday. Sources told Reuters that the $12 billion will include $4.5 billion in...
The Kremlin wouldn’t comment on specifics
On Friday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Russia wasn't threatening anyone with nuclear weapons and said Moscow doesn't want a direct conflict with the US and NATO. "We are not threatening anyone with nuclear weapons," Ryabkov said. "The...
US would respond ‘decisively’
The areas of Russian-controlled Ukraine that are holding referendums on joining Russia may be absorbed by the Russian Federation on September 30, a Russian lawmaker told TASS on Saturday. Referendums are currently being held in the self-declared republics of Donestk...
The Baltic states don’t want them
The swap involved nearly 300 people
