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…

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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…

Speaking in a Fox News Radio interview on Wednesday, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley urged President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to resign. Her chief concerns in the interview focused on President Biden’s foreign policy. “You’ve got anywhere from Putin, Xi, Kim Jong Un in North Korea to the Ayatollahs in Iran, they…

Tension continues to build between Russia and Ukraine, as more than 100,000 Russian troops have amassed along the Ukrainian border. Meanwhile, the United States and NATO are also working to prevent a Russian invasion, threatening ‘swift and severe action’ if Russia acts. So why does Russia want to invade Ukraine, like it did with Crimea…

Tension between Ukraine and Russia continues to escalate, as the United States and other NATO allies continue to make progress through diplomatic channels. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday that his office formally responded to Russian demands regarding Ukraine through a letter. “We’re not releasing the document publicly because we think that diplomacy has…

As expected, there wasn’t much in the way of progress made in the ongoing negotiations between the United States and Russia when Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva Friday. The meeting lasted roughly 90 minutes. “The discussion today with Minister Lavrov was frank and substantive,”…

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…

Russian officials have denied U.S. allegations that Russia is preparing a “false flag” operation as pretext to invade Ukraine. In the most basic sense, false flag operations involve a country faking an attack on itself to make it appear as though said attack was carried out by an enemy. Amid a troop buildup on the…