British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a "gift" to NATO as the war in Ukraine has made many alliance members make plans to increase military spending. Wallace made the comments at the Warsaw Security Forum, a...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday signed a decree that ruled out any talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, declaring they would be an "impossibility." The decree was first put forward by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine....
The new package includes more HIMARS
Russia is sending reinforcements into Ukraine
On Monday, Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, unanimously approved a measure to formalize the absorption of the Russian-controlled territories of Ukraine. Russia is annexing areas it controls in the Ukrainian oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the attacks on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia to Germany offer a "tremendous opportunity" to end Europe's dependency on Russian energy. "It's a tremendous opportunity to once and for all...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Sunday said it was possible that Russian President Vladimir Putin could use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, although he hasn't seen indications that such a decision has been made. "The guy who makes that decision is one man. There are...
NATO on Thursday formally labeled the leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines as "sabotage" and warned that attacks on an ally's "critical infrastructure" could be met with a response, although the pipelines are owned mainly by Russia. "All currently available information...
Updated 10:30am (EDT) Friday, September 30 Russian President Vladimir Putin took the first step to annex four Ukrainian territories by signing documents at a ceremony this morning. After the signing, the European Union immediately released a statement claiming the...
New START inspections have been paused since 2020
