FILE PHOTO: Service members of pro-Russian troops are seen atop of armoured vehicles during Ukraine-Russia conflict outside Donetsk, Ukraine May 13, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko (Reuters) - Russia's defence spending was up nearly 40% in the first four months of the...
NSC spokesperson JOHN KIRBY drilled that point home: “There’s not going to be U.S. troops on the ground in Ukraine,” he said while speaking with reporters today. The U.S. isn’t alone in shouting down the idea. The far-left and far-right parties in France denounced it. Ge...
US forces “are not and will not be engaged in a conflict with Russia in Ukraine,” Biden said from the White House Thursday. Rather, US troops are tasked with defending “our NATO allies and reassure those allies in the east. As I made crystal clear, the United States will defend eve...
Some airlines have canceled flights to the capital of Ukraine and troops there have unloaded fresh shipments of weapons from NATO members.
“During the election events, 419 unmanned aerial vehicles and 67 missiles were shot down,” Shoigu said at a ministry meeting, news agencyInterfax reported.Shoigu did not present evidence to support his claims. “To prevent terrorist attacks, Russian troops have strengthened the security of governm...
In an address to troops and guests ahead of the annual event, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, "it is our duty to keep the memory of those who crushed Nazism and bequeathed vigilance to us, and do everything so that the horror of a global war does not happen again." ...
Yet, asRussia's warapproaches the six-month mark, Ukraine is also burning through its stores of necessities that most modern militaries take for granted. Now,President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian troops and their supporters are seeking out creative solutions to crowdsource their way through...
“It’s important that we not rule everything out for the long term, because we never know how serious the situation becomes,” Valtonen said in an interview this morning. “But the Finnish position is clear: We are not right now sending any troops and not willing...
President Joe Biden said Thursday that he was sending additional U.S. troops to NATO ally Germany. In an address from the White House, Biden reiterated that he will not send U.S. troops to fight in Ukraine. “Our forces are not and will not be engaged in the conflict with ...
In the background briefing, the officials made clear that the US military would still not be involved directly in the war. “The President has been very clear there will be no US troops fighting in Ukraine and that includes the skies over Ukraine,” the defense official said. ...