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Pentagon chief talks to Russian counterpart for first time since Ukraine war began
This is the first conversation between the two defense chiefs since Feb. 18, a week before the war started.
By Kyle Rempfer
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Russia says it won’t start a war as Ukraine tensions mount
Russians say they don't want war. But their military buildup continues apace.
Top US and Russian diplomats discussed ways to end Syria war
Top U.S. and Russian diplomats discussed step-by-step implementation of a 2012 roadmap to U.N.-supervised elections in Syria that could allow a Syrian government "to move back into the international community," the U.S. envoy for the war-torn country said Wednesday.
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press
Venezuela thrust to forefront of US-Russia clashes
The crisis in Venezuela has been thrust to the top of a list of long-simmering spats between the United States and Russia, with both sides entrenched in diametrically opposed positions from which they are unwilling to retreat.
Russia sends troops to Venezuela, a move Pompeo says increases tensions
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told the Russian foreign minister that Russia’s dispatch of military personnel to Venezuela is increasing tensions there.
Mueller: FBI is not to blame for Flynn’s false statements
The filing from special counsel Robert Mueller comes four days before Flynn gets sentenced on a charge of lying to the FBI about his conversations with the then-Russian ambassador to the United States.
By Chad Day, The Associated Press
Ukraine vows to send naval ships through Kerch Strait soon
Ukraine has ports both on the Black Sea and on the Sea of Azov which are linked by the Kerch Strait that separates Crimea from Russia.
Russia puts deep roots in Syria, warns West against meddling
The same day that Russian diplomats struck a deal with Turkey over a demilitarized zone in Syria’s last rebel-run region, dozens of Russian businessmen were flying home from Damascus, contracts in hand for trade with a postwar Syria.
By Angela Charlton, The Associated Press
US says Russia supplying missile defense system to Syria would be a ‘significant escalation’
The Trump administration is warning Russia that supplying Syria with an advanced missile defense system would be a “major mistake” and should be reconsidered. It also says U.S. forces will not leave Syria until Iran leaves.
Top diplomats of Russia and China assail US 'unilateralism'
The foreign ministers of Russia and China jointly denounced what they described Thursday as the unilateralism of the United States, criticism that underlined their growing rapport on global issues.
Russian claims that US is planning a false-flag chemical weapons attack is a distraction, Pentagon says
On Tuesday, Russian officials claimed that militants are preparing to use chemical agents in Syria and intend to put the blame on the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to Tass, a state-run Russian news agency.
By Kyle Rempfer