The Ukraine ceasefire isn't holding
KIEV/VUHLEHIRSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Fighting persisted in east Ukraine on Friday despite new European efforts to ensure a ceasefire takes hold.The Ukrainian military said pro-Russian separatists had...
View ArticleFSB chief: It's 'quite possible' we'll share ISIS intel with the US
Intelligence sharing between Russia and the United States regarding the Islamic State (IS) group is "quite possible," the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), Aleksandr Bortnikov, has...
View ArticleUkraine: Russian tanks, missile systems, and men are still pouring in and...
Kiev accused Russia on Friday of sending more tanks and troops into eastern Ukraine and said they were heading towards the rebel-held town of Novoazovsk on the southern coast, expanding their presence...
View ArticleListen to Russian strategic bombers speaking in code over UK airspace
On Feb. 18, two Russian Air Force Tu-95MS Bear bombers on a long-range patrol flew close to the UK airspace off Cornwall.Although the 60-year old 4-engine powered turboprop planes remained in...
View ArticleThese are the 5 most likely scenarios for the future of the war in Ukraine
On February 18, Ukrainian President Poroshenko read a brief statement at the Kiev airport in which he announced that the Ukrainian forces in and around Debaltseve, whose main line of retreat to the...
View ArticlePutin: Russia's military strength is unmatchable
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday other countries should not think they can attain military superiority over Russia, Interfax reported."No one should have the illusion that they can...
View ArticleUkrainian president: One of Putin's aides directed snipers that killed...
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday police evidence showed that a top Kremlin aide, Vladislav Surkov, had directed "foreign sniper groups" who shot and killed protesters in Kiev a year...
View ArticleUntil 2013, 10% of US electricity came from disassembled Russian nuclear...
Relations between the US and Russia are as bad as they've been since the end of the Cold War.But until 2013, the two countries collaborated on a largely unknown diplomatic, political, and trade...
View ArticleNATO general: Russia tensions could escalate into all-out war
Tensions with Russia could blow up into all-out conflict, posing “an existential threat to our whole being”, Britain’s top general in Nato has warned.Gen Sir Adrian Bradshaw, deputy commander of Nato...
View ArticleRussian paper Kommersant: It was Russian soldiers who captured a key railway...
Just days after Ukrainian forces withdrew from the now rebel-held city of Debaltseve, a leading liberal newspaper in Russia claimed Friday that pro-Russian separatists were not just fighting with...
View ArticleUS says Russian action in Ukraine is a direct threat to the 'modern global...
The United States warned Russia on Friday that its continued support of separatists fighting in Ukraine despite a cease-fire agreement was a direct threat to the "modern global order" and could bring...
View ArticleRussia cut to 'junk' by Moody's (RSX)
Moody's has cut its rating on Russia to "junk," and says Russia's economy is headed for a "deep" recession in 2015.In a release late Friday, the ratings agency downgraded Russia's sovereign debt rating...
View ArticleRussia is holding all the cards in Ukraine
Paris (AFP) - The continued fighting in eastern Ukraine has made a mockery of the West's latest attempts to negotiate a ceasefire but may ultimately pave the way for a more durable peace, say...
View ArticleThe bogus think-tank behind Russia's 'infiltration' of Europe myth
Over the past few years a sinister story has been doing the rounds throughout the world's press — that Russia has been infiltrating Europe through deepening ties with far-right parties.It's a great...
View ArticleRussians as young as 18 are being tricked into fighting in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Human rights groups have received dozens of complaints in the past month from Russian conscripts who say they have been strong-armed or duped into signing contracts with the military to...
View ArticleThese are the incredible armored trains of World War I and World War II
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View ArticleOusted Ukrainian president might go back to his country
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, who fled to Russia a year ago after being toppled by months of street protests, said he was ready to return to Ukraine if the...
View ArticlePro-Russian rebels have agreed to withdraw weapons in east Ukraine
NIZHNYAYA KRYNKA, Ukraine (Reuters) - A senior pro-Russian rebel commander said separatist forces were due to begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in east Ukraine on Sunday, a sign...
View ArticleUkraine and pro-Russia rebels have swapped dozens of prisoners in the east
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists have exchanged dozens of prisoners in east Ukraine, a Ukrainian Security Council aide confirmed on Sunday, a...
View ArticleBlast rocks a memorial rally in Ukraine and Kiev is pointing the finger at...
NIZHNYAYA KRYNKA/KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Sunday it feared unrest could spread beyond territory held by pro-Russian separatists, after an explosion killed two people at a memorial...
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