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Ukrainian drones strike Crimea oil depot, Russian official says

A Russia-appointed official in Crimea says a massive fire erupted at an oil depot there after it was hit by two Ukrainian drones.

12 months ago

US pledges longer-range ‘small-diameter bomb’ for Ukraine

The U.S. announced Friday it will send Ukraine the Boeing-made ground-launched small-diameter bomb, a weapon that can double its strike range.

15 months ago

Russia’s northernmost base projects its power across Arctic

The Russian base was built using new construction technologies as part of Kremlin efforts to bolster the military amid spiraling tensions with the West following Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.

3 years ago

Russia orders troop pullback but keeps weapons near Ukraine

The U.S. and NATO have said the Russian buildup near Ukraine was the largest since 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea.

3 years ago

Russia defends restricting foreign navy ships off Crimea amid troop buildup near Ukraine

The U.S. reversed a planned deployment of two destroyers in the Black Sea earlier this month amid the heightening tensions.

3 years ago

Putin warns of unnamed foreign efforts to destabilize Russia

The United States and its NATO allies have rejected similar previous claims by the Kremlin that they were seeking to undermine Russia.

3 years ago

Putin doesn’t rule out a future Russia-China military alliance

Putin's statement signaled deepening ties between Moscow and Beijing amid growing tensions in their relations with the United States.

4 years ago

80th anniversary of Poland invasion: Why the memory is still a battleground

Sunday marks exactly 80 years since Nazi Germany invaded Poland, on Sept. 1, 1939. Poland and the region still struggle with what came after.

5 years ago

No, Lyme disease is not an escaped bioweapon

An op-ed from one of the world's top experts on tick-borne diseases demolishes a conspiracy theory.

By Sam Telford, Tufts University

5 years ago

The US Air Force’s top general gets a taste of Finnish fighter tactics

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein got up to speed on the Finnish Air Force's newest capabilities before getting to see some of them in action.

By Valerie Insinna

5 years ago

What’s up with a Russian jet buzzing a Navy patrol plane again?

The latest incident occurred in international airspace over the Mediterranean Sea, 6th Fleet announced.

By Mark D. Faram

5 years ago

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.

5 years ago