Speaking at a joint news conference with the prime minister of Hungary Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow is open to more talks with the West over ongoing tension in Ukraine. However, President Putin also accused the United States and NATO of ignoring Russia’s top security demands. These demands include a halt to NATO’s…

Tensions between the United States and Russia over Ukraine appeared to ease on both sides Friday, with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin saying “conflict is not inevitable” and “there is still time and space for diplomacy.” Speaking at the Pentagon with Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley, Austin also noted that the buildup of…

The United States has sent ‘lethal aid’ to Ukraine, as tension between Ukraine and its eastern neighbor, Russia, continues to escalate. Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov celebrated the arrival on his Twitter account. The second bird in Kyiv! More than 80 tons of weapons to strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities from our friends in the USA!…

A day after the State Department announced it is ordering the evacuation of non-essential staff and families of staffers at the United States’ embassy in Ukraine, the Department of Defense announced Monday it has put 8,500 troops on “heightened alert.” The video above shows the embassy on Monday. Those troops could be deployed to Eastern…

The Treasury Department announced the sanctions of four Ukrainian officials accused of being part of an effort from Russia to set the pretext for an invasion of Ukraine Thursday. Two of the four officials are current members of Ukraine’s parliament. “The individuals designated today act at the direction of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB),…

During his almost two-hour long news conference marking the end of his first year in the Oval Office, President Biden addressed fighting coronavirus, inflation, foreign policy, and Congressional legislation. Some of his remarks have raised eyebrows at home and abroad. Senate Republicans killed the voting rights legislation Wednesday night. “Speaking of voting rights legislation, if…

Ukraine warned its citizens to “expect the worst” after the country was hit by a massive cyberattack Friday. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said it’s too soon to tell who was behind the attack but added, “There is a long record of Russian cyber assaults against Ukraine in the past.” According to Ukraine’s Security Service, the…

Update (Dec. 29, 2021): National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne announced Wednesday that President Joe Biden will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday about, among other things, Russia’s demands for security guarantees in Eastern Europe. According to Horne, this is just part of “a range of topics that will be discussed.” “The Biden administration…

Update (Dec. 8, 2021): A day after the meeting between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Putin said Wednesday that Moscow will submit its proposals for a security dialogue with the United States in the next week. He added that he and Biden have agreed to “form a structure that would deal with it…

The Justice Department announced Monday it has charged two suspected criminal hackers in connection to a wave of ransomware attacks. The two suspected hackers are Ukrainian Yaroslav Vasinskyi and Russian Yevgeniy Polyanin. “According to the indictments, Vasinskyi and Polyanin accessed the internal computer networks of several victim companies and deployed Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware to encrypt the…