Russia's North Korea Embrace Could Embolden Kim Jong Un, US Says Russia’s “complete embrace” of North Korea could increase Kim Jong Un’s appetite for risk when it comes to threatening South...
Russia to Hire Contract Soldiers in Bid to Avoid Unpopular Draft Russia is preparing to enlist more contract soldiers as it presses its invasion of Ukraine, aiming to avoid at least for now...
Putin Plots War of Attrition in Ukraine Amid Manpower Challenges President Vladimir Putin is determined to grind Ukraine into submission, betting he can outlast Kyiv's Western backers and...
'Duty to Warn' Guided US Advance Warning of the Moscow Attack. Adversaries Don’t Always Listen The U.S. warning to Russia couldn't have been plainer: Two weeks before the deadliest attack in Russia in years, Americans...
Concert Hall Attack Dents Putin's Tough Image. He Tries to Use It to Rally Support for Ukraine War The attack on a Moscow-area concert hall that killed scores of people has dealt a major blow to President Vladimir Putin's...
Russia’s Belgorod Region Is Under Attack Again from Ukraine. Why Does It Keep Getting Targeted? Russia’s Belgorod region has come under increasing Ukrainian attacks this month as the invasion by Moscow grinds into its...
Putin Extends Rule in Preordained Russian Election After Harshest Crackdown Since Soviet Era President Vladimir Putin sealed his control over Russia for six more years with a highly orchestrated landslide in an...
How Russia's Grab of Crimea 10 Years Ago Led to War with Ukraine and Rising Tensions with the West The quick and bloodless seizure of the diamond-shaped peninsula, home to Russia's Black Sea fleet and a popular vacation site...
Putin Is Set to Win 6 More Years in Power. Here's How It Will Affect the War and Russia's Relations Vladimir Putin is poised to sweep to another six-year term in this week's presidential election, even though Russians are...
Putin Says Russia Is Ready to Use Nuclear Weapons if Its Sovereignty or Independence Is Threatened President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to its statehood, sovereignty...
Russian Flotilla Off Florida Coast Sparks Deployment of US Navy Destroyers, Planes The Russian Ministry of Defense said in an online post that the ships conducted exercises in the use of "high-precision...
Massive Search at Hawaii Marine Corps Training Ground Fails to Find Alleged Poachers Carrying Gun, Knife The alleged trespassing coincided with reports of "shots fired" at the training area, which apparently did not originate from...
White House 'Strongly Opposes' Proposed 19.5% Pay Hike for Junior Enlisted Troops The statement from the White House suggested Congress should wait until the administration's review is done to make any...
Navy Relieved 12 Commanders in 6 Months — Including 3 Firings that Were Never Publicly Announced When asked why the three firings were not made public, a Navy spokesman said that the sea service does not publicly announce...
5.5% vs. 19.5% Pay Raise: Senate Diverges from House on How Much to Boost Junior Enlisted Paychecks The House and Senate will need to negotiate a compromise version of their respective bills before this year's NDAA can become...