Ukraine should “consolidate its strength” and join NATO, says soldier The exercises were confirmed by Ukrainian TV Dom. Ukraine, which is seeking to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), has received a series of consignments of US ammunition and Javelin missiles since 2018, drawing criticism from Moscow. Kiev accusesRead More →
Visitors to the Russian Armed Forces Cathedral in Kubinka, Russia on December 12, 2021, where a mosaic of Soviet soldiers in WWII uniforms is displayed. (Sergey Ponomarev / The New York Times) MOSCOW – Stepping onto a podium in heavy boots and military fatigues at a ceremony outside Moscow, sixRead More →
Russia: nuclear strike would turn Germany into wasteland Mr Putin has warned that he is ready to take “military action” in response to “unfriendly” Western action in Ukraine, the clearest sign to date that the Russian strongman is preparing for war. The Russian president, speaking at a meeting at theRead More →
In the event of war, Russia will be able to call 2.5 times more reservists than the United States. But does it matter in the wars of the future? Western experts quite often make misleading comparisons between the military potential of Russia and the United States. This is well illustratedRead More →
Tory MP Tobias Ellwood, who also chairs the House of Commons Defense Committee, took to Twitter to condemn the move after Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said it would be highly unlikely the UK sends troops to defend Ukraine against invasion. In an interview with The Spectator, Wallace said Ukraine “isRead More →
Moscow sent the bombers on a “training” mission over Belarus. Russian nuclear-capable long-range bombers patrolled the skies over Belarus. The move reinforces the close defense ties between the two allies, as tensions with the West escalate. The Russian Defense Ministry announced yesterday that two Tu-22M3 planes flew a four-hour missionRead More →
Russia on Monday threatened to deploy nuclear intermediate-range missiles (INF) in Europe, amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine. The missiles have a maximum range of 5,000 km, which means that they would be able to hit several European capitals. INF missiles were banned until 2019, when Washington resigned fromRead More →
As the world questions whether Russia could invade Ukraine, war breaks out in the part of the country that Kremlin-backed forces have already occupied. A front line on Ukrainian soil, more than 260 miles long, separates the territory held by the Kiev government from that controlled by the so-called “People’sRead More →
Ukraine invasion fears as Putin faces Covid backlash in Russia The Russian military is set to strike the EU border with an invasion of Ukraine, with an attack potentially set to take place as early as January next year. According to an assessment by NATO and the Ukrainian military intelligenceRead More →
As the United States and NATO continue their military build-up on Russia’s borders, their representatives are forging ahead with hysterical anti-Russian rhetoric and threats of war. Insisting that Moscow has massed troops and equipment on the Ukrainian border and has increased tenfold its anti-Ukrainian campaign on social media in preparationRead More →