Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at a crucial time
Facing every imaginable shortage, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, tired and bereft, have walked away from combat and front-line positions.
By Volodymyr Yurchuk
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US senator claims Putin ‘doesn’t want Ukraine’
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Senate Committee on Armed Services member, claimed on a political talk show that Vladimir Putin 'doesn’t want Ukraine.'
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.
Putin vows to respond after US missile test
A modified ground-launched version of a U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missile accurately struck its target more than 500 kilometers away.
Putin: US missile test raises new threats to Russia
The Pentagon said it tested a modified ground-launched version of a Navy Tomahawk cruise missile, which accurately struck its target more than 500 kilometers away.
SECDEF: US has withdrawn from INF, will ‘fully pursue’ development of new missile systems
A landmark arms control treaty that President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed three decades ago is dead, prompting fears of a new global arms race.
The worst orders you’ll ever get?
Congress explores “Strategic Arctic Ports” for Navy and Coast Guard personnel.
US, Russian delegations to discuss New START treaty in Geneva
Delegations from the U.S. and Russia are expected to meet this week to discuss arms control and the possibility of coaxing China into negotiating a new, three-way nuclear weapons pact, two senior administration officials said Monday.
Trump won’t impose foreign uranium quotas
Just 5 percent of the uranium the U.S. needs for military and electricity generation comes from domestic production. Russia and other countries supply the rest.
By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press
Moscow: Nuclear reactor safe on fire-ravaged sub
Russian media reported that it was the country’s most secret submersible, a nuclear-powered research submarine called the Losharik intended for sensitive missions at great depths.
Russian defense chief says there are survivors of navy fire
Sergei Shoigu didn't specify how many crew members were rescued from Monday's fire. Speaking at the navy's Arctic base of Severomorsk, he praised the vessel's crew for "heroic" action, saying they sacrificed their lives to rescue a civilian expert and save the ship after the fire erupted.
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