The Russian navy sailed into the Barents Sea on Tuesday for drills, and mobile missile launchers moved through a snowy forest in Siberia after President Vladimir Putin ordered his country’s nuclear forces placed on high alert amid West-Russia tensions stemming from the invasion of Ukraine. Several of Russia’s nuclear submarines…
On Tuesday, a senior Western intelligence official briefed by multiple intelligence agencies estimated that more than 5000 Russian soldiers have been captured or killed, and that Ukrainian forces estimate significant numbers of aircraft and tanks and some air defense systems have been captured or destroyed. The official said that Russian…
In response to the European Union’s pledge to assist Ukraine with military aid, Hungary said on Monday that it would not authorize the transportation of weapons through its territory. Hungary has closed ranks with the rest of the EU over tough sanctions against Russia despite Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s efforts to…
During the fourth day of its invasion, the Russian army acknowledged on Sunday that there were killed and injured soldiers among its troops in Ukraine, but did not specify how many had died. “Russia servicemen are showing courage and heroism while fulfilling combat tasks in the special military operation. Unfortunately,…
Military officials in South Korea and Japan said North Korea fired what could have been a ballistic missile on Sunday, the first test since the nuclear-armed country conducted a record number of launches in January. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea, a North Korean ballistic missile…
According to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, the alliance is deploying parts of its combat-ready response force and will send weapons to Ukraine, including air defences, while claiming that Russia was trying to overthrow the Ukrainian government. “We see rhetoric, the messages, which is strongly indicating that the aim is to…
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Friday that Germany plans to provide NATO with soldiers, air defence systems, and warships. It is possible that Germany will send an infantry company with 150 soldiers and more than a dozen wheeled armoured vehicles in…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter on Thursday that Russia has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and is now targeting cities with weapons strikes. Rocket attacks were reported on military installations throughout Ukraine by Interfax Ukraine, while Russian troops landed in the southern port cities of Odessa…
Governments in China have placed Lockheed Martin Corporation and Raytheon Technologies Corporation under sanctions for arms sales to Taiwan, officials announced Monday. This was the third time China has declared such sanctions against American companies. In a regular news briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that the sanctions countermeasures…
A Ukrainian civilian was killed in a shelling attack on a government-held village on Monday, officials said. The incident came at a time when fears of an imminent Russian invasion were growing. The civilian, identified only as a man born in 1970, died in an attack on Novoluganske, 35 km…