MOSCOW—Russia said on Wednesday that it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces which had penetrated Russia’s Kursk region in one of the largest incursions into Russia since the Ukraine war began in February 2022. Russia has advanced this year after the failure of Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive to achieve any major gains, and has taken […]
A report by the Commission on the National Defense Strategy says the United States is not ready for a global war. It says the Chinese regime is investing in the Indo-Pacific, eroding U.S. dominance in the region, while Russia is posing major risks in outer space and cyberspace. According to Kervin Aucoin, the former lead […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered humanitarian assistance to North Korea after the country was struck by recent floods, which potentially claimed thousands of lives, with many people reportedly still missing. Putin’s gesture marks another sign of expanding relations between the two nations. The Russian president sent a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un […]
Ukrainian pilots have started flying F-16s for operations within the nation, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, confirming the long-awaited arrival of the U.S.-made fighter jets more than 29 months after Russia’s invasion. The Ukrainian leader announced the use of F-16s, which Kyiv has long lobbied for, as he met military pilots at an air […]
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan are among those now free from Russian custody after a large-scale prisoner swap took place Thursday. Here to break down the event is New York-based trial attorney Nicole Brenecki.
Jailed U.S. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan were among 24 prisoners from the United States, Russia, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway, and Belarus being freed in a major east-west exchange on Thursday. Here is the latest: Biden: ‘Wonderful’ to Greet Freed Americans President Joe Biden said it “feels wonderful” to […]
MOSCOW—Russia’s navy began planned exercises involving most of its fleet in the Arctic and Pacific oceans as well, and the the Baltic, and Caspian seas, the defense ministry said on Tuesday. Russia is considered by most military analysts to have the world’s third most powerful navy after those of the United States and China, and […]
Ukraine’s top diplomat said Wednesday that Kyiv was open to talks with Russia, if Russia was prepared to negotiate in good faith. He added he saw no evidence of that for now. Ukraine’s foreign minister is visiting China, seeking a peace deal with Russia through Beijing. The Kremlin responded that Ukraine’s signal on talks appeared […]
MOSCOW—A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for U.S.–funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), to 6–1/2 years in prison for spreading false information about the Russian army, the court revealed on Monday. A spokesperson for the court in the southern city of Kazan said Ms. Kurmasheva had been sentenced on Friday. That […]
MOSCOW/KYIV—Russia and Ukraine conducted a major exchange of prisoners on Wednesday, 190 in all, in their third such swap over the past seven weeks, following negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said all 95 Ukrainians who were freed were from the military, and thanked the UAE for its help. Russia’s defence […]
Ukrainian attacks triggered a fire at a factory producing electrical devices and wounded at least six people in Russian areas bordering Ukraine overnight, local governors said on Tuesday. A drone attack on a factory in the town of Korenevo in Russia’s Kursk region caused the fire which was extinguished by morning and no one was […]
Both the Pentagon and the Kremlin on July 12 suggested that allowing Ukraine to strike deeper into Russia could escalate tensions in the region. This comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy repeatedly asked the United States to let Ukraine use American weapons to attack more military targets in Russia.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said the Chinese communist regime is a decisive enabler of Russia’s war in Ukraine. His statement came after NATO leaders made a joint declaration this week saying China is involved in the war. The joint statement outlined how the Chinese Communist Party’s so-called “no limits” partnership with Russia is enabling […]
During the NATO summit in Washington this week, the alliance committed $43 billion in aid over the next year to bolster Ukraine’s defense against Russian aggression, and reaffirmed Ukraine’s future membership of NATO. Speaking to NTD, former OSCE monitor Benoit Paré highlighted the critical situation in the Russia–Ukraine conflict, and described Russia’s superior munitions production […]
All 32 NATO countries have signed an agreement stating that Ukraine is on an “irreversible path toward NATO membership.” NTD spoke with security expert and retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills about the implications of this move for the war in Ukraine.
More than a year after the Wagner mercenary group staged a mutiny against Moscow, some remnants of the group are said to remain, according to Dr. Sorcha MacLeod at the University of Copenhagen. NTD speaks to Kervin Aucoin about the mercenary force. Mr. Aucoin is the former lead intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance coordinator for the […]
U.S. President Joe Biden on July 11 warned the Chinese communist regime that supporting Russia in its war with Ukraine would not result in economic benefits and could lead to penalties like raised tariffs and a loss of foreign investment. “We have to make sure that Xi understands there’s a price to pay,” President Biden […]
The Department of Justice recently seized control of two internet domains and searched 968 accounts on social media platform X, which it accused of helping spread disinformation for the Russian government. The seizures were part of an FBI investigation into an alleged artificial intelligence-enhanced social media bot farm that has created hundreds of fake social […]
WASHINGTON—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling on NATO members to remove restrictions on the embattled nation’s ability to strike military targets inside Russia. Mr. Zelenskyy said on July 11 that removing all restrictions on targeting military units in Russia will be necessary to achieve victory. “If we want to win, if we want to prevail, […]
The United States plans to deploy long-range missile systems to Germany to confirm its commitment to NATO and defending Europe, according to a joint statement released by the U.S. and German governments. “The United States will begin episodic deployments of the long-range fires capabilities of its Multi-Domain Task Force in Germany in 2026,” the July […]
