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A soldier of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade jumps in a trench under the shelling near Bakhmut, the site of fierce battles with the Russian forces in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023.

Russia says southeast Ukraine is now the main focus of fighting in war

Russia's defense minister says southeast Ukraine has become the most recent hot spot for battles in the 18-month war.

8 months ago

In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, June 24, 2023, the top Russian military commander in Ukraine, Gen. Sergei Surovikin records his appeal to armed rebellion at the unknown location.

Russian general linked to mercenary group chief reportedly dismissed

Russian media reports Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a former commander of Moscow's forces in Ukraine, has been dismissed from his job as chief of the air force.

9 months ago

US Air Force flies B-1 Lancer bombers over East Siberian Sea

The U.S. Air Force flew three B-1 heavy bombers over the East Siberian Sea, north of Russia’s far east, as part of a series of recent maneuvers that the military said Friday are meant to demonstrate American capabilities and ability to support allies, but which a top Russian commander blasted as “hostile and provocative.”

4 years ago

Russia voices concern over new US submarine-launched nuclear weapon

A senior Russian diplomat raised concern Wednesday about the United States deploying a new submarine-launched nuclear weapon, saying the move signaled Washington's belief that it could wage a limited nuclear conflict.

4 years ago

Russian navy ship ‘aggressively approached’ US warship

The vessel initially failed to respond to the guided-missile destroyer's five short blasts, according to U.S. 5th Fleet.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz and Carl Prine

4 years ago

Russia: New weapon can travel 27 times the speed of sound

Moscow describes the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle as a technological breakthrough comparable to the 1957 Soviet launch of the first satellite.

4 years ago

Russia says Syrian Kurds complete withdrawal from Turkish border

Russia’s defense minister said Tuesday that Syrian Kurdish fighters have completed their withdrawal from areas along the Syrian border, in line with a recent Russia-Turkey deal. Sergei Shoigu said Russian and Syrian troops have moved into the border zone following the Kurdish withdrawal.

5 years ago

Explainer: Why Russia’s recent municipal elections could spell trouble for Putin

Vladimir Putin’s ruling party, United Russia, relies on"Putinism," a system that emerged in his second term to reassert Kremlin control over Russian politics .

By Regina Smyth, Indiana University

5 years ago

Russian doctor has trace of radiation after explosion

Russian officials' changing and contradictory accounts of the incident drew comparisons to Soviet attempts to cover up the 1986 explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the world's worst nuclear disaster.

5 years ago

Russia decries US missile test, warns of destabilization

A top Russian diplomat has lamented the U.S. test of a type of missile that was banned for decades before both Washington and Moscow quit the treaty earlier this year.

5 years ago

After Russian navy nuke site explosion, Moscow resumes radiation info sharing

The mysterious accident near the White Sea earlier this month has been accompanied by changing or contradictory information from Russian authorities.

5 years ago

Russian fighter jet wards off NATO F-18 nearing defense minister’s plane

A Russian fighter jet warded off a NATO military aircraft that approached a passenger plane carrying Russia’s defense minister Tuesday, according to media reports in Russia.

5 years ago