Category: Russia-Ukraine War

Russia Stops Sharing Missile Test Info With US, Opens Drills

MOSCOW—Russia will no longer give the United States advance notice about its missile tests as envisioned under a nuclear pact the Kremlin has suspended, a senior Moscow diplomat said Wednesday, as its military rolled missile launchers across Siberia in a show of the country’s massive nuclear capability amid fighting in Ukraine. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei…


Russia ‘Has Lost’ War in Ukraine: Sen. Risch

Russia can no longer achieve victory in its attempted conquest of Ukraine, according to a senior U.S. legislator. The Russian military’s early fumbles, continued mass casualties, and the nation’s larger economic woes will ensure that Russian President Vladimir Putin will fail to permanently occupy Ukraine and oust its government, says Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho). “He’s…


PREMIERING 3/30 at 7:30PM ET: Natan Sharansky on Today’s ‘Evil Empires,’ the War in Ukraine, Soviet Communism, and the New Antisemitism

“When there is nothing to die for, there is nothing to live for … and that’s why I think that nationalism is a very good word when it goes together with freedom and human rights. The moment you separate them, you’re getting awful dictatorship or empty, shallow, decadent life.” I sit down with former Soviet…


Oversight Groups Discover No Confirmed Fraud or Misuse of Ukraine Aid, Officials Testify

Oversight mechanisms for American aid to Ukraine are effectively preventing fraud and diversion, according to Congressional testimony from those involved. Nicole Angarella, the acting deputy inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), said there is no evidence that direct assistance to embattled Kyiv has been fraudulently or otherwise diverted from its intended…


LIVE NOW: US Support for Ukraine’s Defense With Sens. Risch and Wicker: An Event by Hudson Institute

Sens. Jim Risch (R-Ind.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the leading Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee, speak about U.S. support for Ukraine’s defense in the Russian-Ukraine war at 4:00 p.m. ET March 29, in a Hudson Institute conversation hosted by Hudson Senior Fellow and Director of the Keystone Defense…


US Support for Ukraine’s Defense With Sens. Risch and Wicker: An Event by Hudson Institute

Sens. Jim Risch (R-Ind.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the leading Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee, speak about U.S. support for Ukraine’s defense in the Russian-Ukraine war at 4:00 p.m. ET March 29, in a Hudson Institute conversation hosted by Hudson Senior Fellow and Director of the Keystone Defense…


US Halts Nuclear Arsenal Information Exchange With Russia

The United States has halted the exchange of key information on its nuclear arsenal with Russia, citing Moscow’s decision to suspend its participation in the New START treaty. The United States had offered to continue providing biannual nuclear weapons data with Russia under the faltering New START treaty even after Moscow suspended its participation in…


Russian Call for Nord Stream Sabotage Probe Fails at UN Security Council

A Moscow proposal to hold an international inquiry into last year’s destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline, which had brought Russian natural gas to Northern Europe, failed to pass at the UN Security Council (UNSC). In a March 27 vote, only Russia, China, and Brazil voted in favor of the draft resolution, while the remaining…


Russia Says It Test-Fired Anti-Ship Missiles in Sea of Japan

MOSCOW—Moscow test-fired anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, with two boats launching a simulated missile attack on a mock enemy warship about 100 kilometers (60 miles) away. The ministry said the target was successfully hit by two Moskit cruise missiles. The Moskit, whose NATO reporting name is the SS-N-22…


Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark Strike Deal to Operate Unified Nordic Air Defense Force

The air forces of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden have agreed to operate their fleets of more than 200 fighter jets as a unified Nordic air defense force aimed at countering the threat from Russia. The four nations announced the joint agreement in separate statements on March 23. Marking a first of its kind between the Nordic nations, the joint declaration of…