Tag: Russian armed forces
Czech, Russian envoys fly home amid depot explosion dispute
PRAGUE — The two Russian military agents believed to be behind a massive Czech depot explosion in 2014 likely targeted the ammunition, not the...
Russia says its airstrike in Syria killed 200 militants
MOSCOW — The Russian military said Monday that its airstrike killed about 200 militants in eastern Syria.
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Ukraine, France and Germany hold security talks
PARIS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is holding talks on Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel amid growing tensions...
NATO warns Russia over troop buildup close to Ukraine
BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Moscow on Tuesday not to push its troop buildup along the frontier with Ukraine, and expressed...
Swedish sports body hacked by Russians, officials say
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The organization that oversees Sweden's national sports federations was hacked by Russian military intelligence in 2017-18, officials said Tuesday, in a...
Russia says troop buildup near Ukraine is a response to NATO
MOSCOW — Russia's defense minister said Tuesday that the country's massive military buildup in the west was part of readiness drills amid what he...
Ukraine, Turkey leaders meet in Istanbul
ISTANBUL — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Istanbul on Saturday to meet with Turkey’s president.
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Ukraine’s president visits conflict area as tensions rise
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president on Thursday visited the area of conflict in his country's east amid an escalation of tensions that has raised...
Russia to boost ties with Pakistan, supply military gear
ISLAMABAD — Russia’s foreign minister on Wednesday said Moscow and Islamabad will boost ties in the fight against terrorism, with Russia providing unspecified military...
Ukraine says firefight kills 2 soldiers in country’s east
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s military said Tuesday that two of its servicemen were killed within 24 hours in the country's east, where Ukrainian forces...