The satellite images of the Russian military settlement near the Ukrainian border revealed that a wide array of cruise missiles and short-range ballistic missiles were being set up. It is estimated that Russia fired at least 100 surface-to-surface missiles during the initial stage of invasion. Based on Russia’s previous weapons choice in Syria and Afghanistan the following weapons...

With Russia’s ongoing conquest of Ukraine, the Russian military and administration have become the center of attention. The mainstream media and leaders of the western world frequently point out Russian President Vladimir Putin. As the commander in chief of the Russian military, Putin is primarily responsible for the decision-making, however, Putin has always relied on his loyal group subordinates...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has marked a historic shift as several European countries reversed their policy of not sending weapons to conflict zones. As the United States expanded its ongoing military assistance to Ukraine, its Western allies and European countries are also mobilizing to send more guns, ammunition, and anti-aircraft defense systems to Ukraine...

Major parties actively involved in Ukraine’s confrontation are now secretly hiring paid soldiers, professional mercenaries from Europe as well as Islamic militants from the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia. Reports reaching from embattled Ukraine confirmed that several dozen fighters from Islamic countries have been hired by third parties to fight for and against Ukraine...

As Russia begins the invasion of Ukraine and advances its ground troops towards Kyiv, the Ukrainian president urged international allies for more action, saying that sanctions that have been announced so far were not enough. In response to the Russian invasion, the U.S. and its allies announced new sanctions that have been described as massive...

After months of tensions and military buildup along its eastern borders, Russia launched a large-scale invasion into Ukraine on February 24. The invasion was carried out through aerial attacks and land forces. Several Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv were bombed during the invasion that forced many civilian residents to seek refuge in bomb shelters or leave the city altogether...

US announces $3.75 billion worth military package for Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers to visit United Stataes for training on Patriot Missile system

Ukraine and Russia exchange more than 200 prisoners of war

Russian missiles hit civilian infrastructure in Kyiv on New Year’s Eve

US approves $45 billion aid package, military equipment for Ukraine

Zelenskyy visited US on his first foreign trip since Russian attack

Russia’s advanced T-90M ‘Proryv’ main battle tanks arrive for its troops in Ukraine

Putin meets with top military commanders to rethink Russia’s strategy in Ukraine

Slovakia preparing its Soviet-made MiG-29 warplanes ahead of transfer to Ukraine

US, UK military chiefs discuss Ukraine crisis, Indo-Pacific security

Explosions at two military airfields in Russia kill three, injure seven

Putin drives across Crimean bridge first time after explosion in October

Biden and Macron meet to discuss Russia-Ukraine war, Indo-Pacific security

Russia, Ukraine exchanged 100 prisoners in second swap in one week

Ukraine urged Biden administration to send lethal Gray Eagle drones to gain aerial advantage

Poland and NATO leaders say missile strike that killed 2 appears to be unintentional

Russian military commander for operations in Ukraine withdraws troops from Kherson

US to provide Ukraine with an additional $400 million, including 45 T-72B tanks

Russia strikes more than 50 missiles causing water and power outages in Kyiv

Drone attacks on Russian Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol

NATO and Romania jointly train Ukrainian paramedics

United States considering sending old HAWK air defense system to Ukraine

Russian defense minister calls NATO counterparts to raise concerns about “Dirty Bomb”

European leaders meet in Brussels to discuss energy crisis and Ukraine war

NATO to provide anti-drone systems to Ukraine to counter Russian attacks

At least 15 dead as Russian fighter jet crashes into apartment building

NATO defense chiefs hold Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels

G7 leaders hold virtual meeting as Russia launches new strikes on Ukraine

Large explosions rock Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities as Russia fires missiles

Huge blast on the Kerch Bridge cuts transportation between Russia and Crimea

Ukraine accelerates NATO membership bid as Russia annexes four occupied regions

Ukraine and Russia reached prisoner swap deal, exchanged nearly 300 prisoners

US announces additional $1.1 billion security assistance, more HIMARS for Ukraine

Putin declares partial military mobilization, calls up 300,000 reservists

Germany to send MARS II rocket launchers and Dingo armored vehicles to Ukraine

US announced $2.6 billion in Ukraine-related security assistance

Russia strikes Kharkiv power plants in response to Ukraine’s battlefield success

Slovakia to arm Ukraine with 30 combat vehicles in exchange for 15 German tanks

Russia burning $10 million worth of gas every day instead of selling it to Europe

World Bank report estimates that rebuilding Ukraine will cost $349 billion

Darya Dugina, the 30-year-old journalist and daughter of Russia’s ultra-nationalist ideologue and President Putin’s close ally, Alexander Dugin, was killed in a car explosion in the suburbs...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in the city of Lviv on August 18 to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...

Ukraine has received four of the eight Zuzana 2 self-propelled howitzers from Slovakia, Defense Minister of the Slovak Republic Jaroslav Nad announced...

The United Kingdom to send more M31A1 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) and precision-guided missiles to Ukraine in the upcoming military aid package...

The Biden administration announced $1 billion in new military aid for Ukraine — the largest package (including ammunition, weapons and equipment) yet since Russia’s full-scale invasion began...

One person has been killed after a series of explosions rocked the Russian air base in Crimea, the head of the Russia-appointed regional administration said. Local witnesses said that they heard at least 12 blasts...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called for an immediate end to any military action near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, warning of a “very real risk of a nuclear disaster”...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new naval doctrine that declares the United States and NATO as its main rivals and threat in the Black Sea and Arctic Circle. He praised the ‘great sea power’ of the Russian navy...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made the headlines after he appeared fashion magazine photoshoot along with first lady Olena Zelenska. The couple received a mixed and mostly negative reaction on the internet where many found the photoshoot unnecessary...

U.S. announced an additional $270 million in military aid for Ukraine. Under the new package, the U.S. would send more than five hundred Phoenix Ghost kamikaze drones, 36,000 shells, and at least four armored command posts. U.S. plans to send a newly modified version of drones...

Ukrainian troops were forced to retreat from Lysychansk city on July 3 as Russian forces seize full control of the last major city of the Luhansk region...

The United States announced a new $820 million military aid package for Ukraine which includes advanced long-range air defense systems and counter-artillery radar systems...

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and Romanian President Klaus Johannis jointly visited Kyiv for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started in February...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a speech in front of a global audience at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore where he urged the leaders to put more punitive sanctions on Russia and use their diplomatic channels to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. ..

Britain to supply Ukraine with multiple-launch rocket systems that can strike targets up to 80 km (50 miles) away while Spain has approved the delivery to Ukraine of 40 Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) and Aspide air defense missile systems...

Russian Navy has selected a new flagship for its Black Sea Fleet after its previous flagship missile cruiser Moskva sunk in mid-April. The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet suffered an internal explosion and sunk around April 15 as it was being towed back to the port...

Germany has delivered thousands of portable defensive weaponry to Ukraine which includes anti-tank mines, portable rocket launchers, and anti-tank guided missiles. Berlin sent a shipment to Ukraine containing 1,600 anti-tank mines DM22, 3,000 anti-tank mines DM31, and 2,450 anti-tank portable guided missile systems RGW 90 (MATADOR)...

The siege of Mariupol had become one of the longest and most challenging tasks for the Russian forces as a few hundred Ukrainian fighters put a strong retaliation against the incoming Russian forces. Activities of the Ukrainian fighters had been restricted to the Azovstal Steel Mill for two weeks until the soldiers surrendered after losing hopes...

The Ukrainian military said that the Russian forces have been pulling back from the Northeastern city of Kharkiv and protecting their exit routes. While commenting on the ongoing situation in Kharkiv, Ukrainian Defense Minister said Ukraine was entering a new, long-term, phase of the war...

Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson announced that Sweden intends to formally apply to join the NATO alliance, all set to submit a joint bid for NATO membership with its neighbor Finland. The move will bring an end to a national policy of non-alignment and two centuries of military neutrality...

U.S. Defense Secretary Austin held phone talks with Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov to discuss the ongoing situation of the Ukraine war...

NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana visited Washington D.C. from May 7 to 11 to hold a series of meetings with high-level U.S. officials and discuss Ukraine issue...

Russian air defense has downed 13 Ukrainian drones, three Tochka-U missiles, and nice Smerch missiles, according to Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson Major-General Konashenkov...

European Union has proposed banning all oil imports from Russia by the end of this year and removing Russia’s biggest bank, Sberbank, from the SWIFT international payments network...

European Union imported Russian oil, gas, and coal worth $46.3 billion (44 billion euros) since the beginning of Russian military intervention in Ukraine on February...

The U.S. provided critical intelligence information on the Russian flagship Moskva that helped Ukrainians sink the warship, several American media outlets reported...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the UK would provide Ukraine with 300 million pounds ($375 million) worth of military assistance, which would include electronic warfare equipment and a counter-battery radar system. Johnson made the announcement while...

The Russian military has deployed specially trained dolphins at the critical chokepoints of its naval base off the coast of Crimea, a report published by the U.S. Naval Institute (USNI) claimed. The report was based on satellite images collected from the Maxar Technologies...

The U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Ukraine on May 1, along with a congressional delegation to hold a meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. Pelosi become the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Ukraine...

The United States National Guards from at least five different U.S. states have pledged to send more than two hundred M113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) to Ukraine to support Pentagon in equipping the Ukrainian military...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosted the Ramstein Meeting at the U.S. Airbase in Germany. The meeting was held to establish a global ‘contact group’ to support Ukraine. More than 40 countries including NATO and EU states...

Pentagon has paced its efforts to arm Ukrainian forces against the ongoing Russian invasion. Pentagon recently issued an open call for weapons manufacturers to provide weapons and defense systems that can be sent to Ukraine...

Washington’s top diplomat and defense chief made their first official visit to Ukraine since the Russian invasion started in February 2022. U.S. secretaries also traveled to Poland on April 25...

The Russian Navy’s flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the missile cruiser ‘Moskva’ was damaged due to an internal explosion on April 13 while being towed back to the port, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said...

Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson met in Stockholm to discuss the ongoing situation of the Russia-Ukraine war and to reevaluate the traditional position of neutrality...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed a new military general to direct his war in Ukraine. According to the U.S. and European officials, the change was made after the Russian forces failed to capture Kyiv after several ground attacks...

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson made a surprise visit to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. According to Downing Street statement, the UK would provide 120 armored vehicles and anti-ship missile systems to Ukraine...

Slovakia has sent its S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system to Ukraine, Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger announced on April 8. However, Heger emphasized that the delivery of the missile system did not mean that Slovakia had joined the conflict...

The UN General Assembly has voted against the membership of Russia at the Human Rights Council on April 7, 2022. The General Assembly suspended Russia’s memberships through majority voting with 93 being in favor of suspension...

The Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia announced to put a halt on gas imports from Russia to curb the region’s reliance on Russian energy products. The Baltic countries have taken this step to damage President Vladimir Putin’s leverage on oil and gas control in Europe...

Ukrainian helicopters conducted airstrikes on Russian soil causing a huge explosion at an oil depot in Belgorod city. The airstrike by the Ukrainian forces on Russian soil was the first since Russia begin its attack...

Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said on April 3 that Russia’s Aerospace Forces have destroyed 51 Ukrainian military targets, which included two multiple-launch rocket systems and two artillery clusters...

The delegations from Russia and Ukraine met in Istanbul, Turkey, to hold the fifth round of negotiations. Turkish President Erdogan opened the round of talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul as the Russian invasion...

Russia’s Defense Ministry spokesperson Major General Igor Konashenkov said in a statement on Saturday that the Russian Armed forces shot down four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and Mi-24 military helicopter on March 25...

Biden meets Ukrainian ministers for the first time since the Russian invasion. U.S. President Biden met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov on March 26 in Warsaw, Poland, as the Russian invasion into Ukraine entered the second month. They discussed the latest situation related to Ukraine’s military, diplomatic, and humanitarian situation...

Turkish President Erdogan said that Turkey will not be joining the U.S. or the European Union sanctions against Russia, and will only support the United Nations sanctions. Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily Newspaper reported on March 25 that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated “In terms of sanctions, we are studying certain UN guidelines, but let’s not forget that we cannot put aside our relations with Russia...

After attending a G7 meeting and an extraordinary summit of NATO leaders in Brussels, U.S. President Joe Biden embarked on a two-day official visit to Poland to meet his Polish counterpart President Andrzej Duda and to visit the U.S. military base in the southern city of Rzeszów. The U.S. and Poland’s leaders met in Rzeszów on March 25 to discuss the situation of the Ukrainian refugee crisis. President Duda’s meeting with Biden was briefly delayed...

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its second month, western leaders from around the world gathered in Brussels to take part in an extraordinary session of the NATO Leaders Summit on March 24 to address the grave situation of the Russian invasion and its implications on other western states. NATO leaders agreed to ramp up the military forces at Europe’s eastern flanks to retaliate against Russian forces’ possible expansion towards west...

U.S. President Biden departs for Belgium and Poland to coordinate with Western partners on the next phase of economic, humanitarian, and military assistance to Ukraine. Biden’s visit aims to reaffirm the U.S. global leadership, strengthen the NATO alliance, and reassure Ukraine that the United States remains committed...

It is now already passed the deadline to surrender for the besieged city of Mariupol that was set by the Russian military. The city has been besieged for more than four weeks now, with Russian military forces standing at the gates. Moscow demanded Ukrainian military forces to surrender the city and ‘lay down the weapons’ by 5 a.m...

As the Russia-Ukraine conflict entered into its 25th day, Swiss President Ignazio Cassis decided to play a role in resolving the conflict between the warring states by offering Switzerland as a venue to carry out talks between Moscow and Kyiv. During his address to an anti-war protest in Bern...

Russia used its latest Kinzhal hypersonic missile to destroy an underground missile and ammunition storage facility in western Ukraine, the Russian military said in a statement on March 19. This was Russia’s first deployment of the hypersonic Kinzhal system since sending troops to Ukraine...

A senior Turkish official in a recent interview stated that Russian President Putin is not ready to carry out direct presidential level talks with his Ukrainian counterpart at this moment. The Chief Adviser and Spokesman for Turkish President, Ibrahim Kalin stated that Zelenskyy is ready to meet, but Putin thinks that the positions to have this...

U.S. President Joe Biden held a video call with Chinese President Xi Jinping for nearly two hours on March 18 morning to discuss issues of mutual concern amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. China and the United States should shoulder their share of international responsibilities and work for world peace, Chinese President Xi Jinping said...

Russia has claimed that Ukraine is developing nuclear weapons with consultation from the United States. Russia has repeatedly stated that Ukraine has the competency, capability, and technologies as well as abundance of raw materials to develop biological and nuclear weapons that can be used against Russian civilian targets...

United States to send 800 more anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden on March 16 announced new military assistance for Ukraine that will include anti-aircraft defense systems, drones and other weapons to fend off the Russian forces. This brings the total new U.S. aid for Ukraine to $1 billion over the past week...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on March 15 that his country must admit that it will not be joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the U.S.-led military alliance, which was a key concern for Russia. “It’s clear that Ukraine isn’t a NATO member. We get that, we are sensible people,” Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said...

The fourth round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine resumed on March 15 after the two sides announced a break for a “technical pause.” The Russian delegation hailed “significant progress” in talks, while the Ukrainian negotiators indicated that Moscow’s negotiators had stopped issuing “ultimatums” and carefully listened to Ukraine’s positions...

Ukraine’s Minister of Energy German Galushchenko said on March 13 that the national power grid company successfully restored the connection at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Director General of IAEA Rafael Grossi said “This is a positive development as the Chornobyl NPP [nuclear power plant] has had to rely on emergency diesel generators for several days now.”...

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Belarusian counterpart and close ally, Alexander Lukashenko in a bilateral in-person meeting in Moscow on Mach 11. The meeting between the two leaders was focused on addressing the economic sanctions that have been imposed on Russia amid its ongoing “military operation” in Ukraine, according to the Russian sources...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met for the first time in high-level talks since Russia begin attacks on its ex-Soviet neighbor on February 24. The meeting between the two top diplomats was held in Antalya, Turkey on March 10...

Leaders of China, France, and Germany held a virtual summit on March 8 to discuss China-EU relations and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. During the summit meeting, the three leaders agreed to support peaceful negotiation and diplomatic solutions to resolve Ukraine crises...

Russia and Ukraine held the third round of talks on March 7 amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The negotiators from both sides met in western Belarus to discuss the establishment of humanitarian corridors to ensure...

Russia would suspend its ongoing “special operation” in Ukraine if Kyiv “stops military operations and carries out well-known Russian demands,” Russian President Putin told his Turkish counterpart, the Kremlin said in a statement...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the United States is ready to engage in “meaningful diplomacy” with Russia if President Putin shows a willingness to engage in talks. According to the U.S. Secretary, the prospects of dialogue entirely depends on Russia and President Putin. “If they show any signs of being willing to engage in meaningful diplomacy...

Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson Major General Igor Konashenkov said on March 5 that Russian forces have destroyed some 66 aircraft on the ground, 16 aircraft in the air, about 708 tanks, and other armored combat vehicles, 261 field artillery and mortars, 505 units of special military vehicles, 74 multiple rocket launchers, as well as 56 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles...

NATO Foreign Ministers gathered in Brussels to hold an extraordinary meeting on March 4 to address the situation in Ukraine. The ministers agreed not to intervene and send the alliance forces to Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said “We are not part of this conflict”...

Russia’s “Orion” Unmanned Arial Vehicle (UAV) destroyed Ukraine’s Aidar Battalion post. Russian Aerospace Forces Orion (Inokhodets) drone crew targetted Ukraine’s Aidar nationalist battalion command and observation post in Donetsk People’s Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said...

Russia captures Ukraine’s strategic city as fighting intensifies in other regions. Russian troops have captured the southern Ukrainian port city of Kherson a week after Moscow invaded Ukraine. Kherson is the first city in Ukraine to fall to the Russians after a string of military setbacks. Kherson’s Mayor Igor Kolykhaiev confirmed Russian forces had landed...

141 countries denounce Russia at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for launching an attack on Ukraine, demanding the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine. The majority of the world’s nations voted in favor of a UN resolution demanding Russia to “immediately, completely and unconditionally” remove its forces from Ukraine...

United States joins EU and Canada in banning Russian flights from its airspace. President Joe Biden announced that the United States is banning Russian flights from its airspace in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine. The announcement came during President Biden’s first State of the Union address to the U.S. lawmakers and his cabinet members on March 1...

Russia wanted to obtain “legally binding security guarantees” from NATO members and would not allow NATO’s expansion any further, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said in a video message at the Disarmament Conference. Lavrov said at the conference, “Western colleagues have not yet shown any willingness to provide Russia with long-term legally binding security guarantees...

North Korea has finally presented its stance on the ongoing Ukrainian crisis. According to the statement released by the North Korean Foreign Ministry, the United States’ hegemonic policy and Western countries’ disregard towards Russia’s legitimate security demands is the root cause behind the situation...

Several African citizens, including Nigerian citizens, have been denied entry into Poland as they flee to seek refuge from the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to the reports from the Ukrainian borders. The Nigerian government has condemned the discriminatory treatment of thousands of citizens who were stranded in Ukraine...

The Ukrainian and Russian delegations held talks in Gomel, Belarus, as Russian forces captured two cities in southeastern Ukraine. According to the head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky, the first round of talks ended and negotiations will be resumed in the coming days after both sides consult with their leaders...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered to introduce a “special service regime” in the deterrence force of the Russian army and placed nuclear force on high alert in response to “unfriendly economic actions” and the “aggressive” rhetoric against Moscow. Putin made a statement during a meeting with Russian Chief of the General Staff..

U.S. President instructed the State Department to immediately release $350 million in military aid to Ukraine as the country struggles to repulse Russian invasion. In a memorandum to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden directed that $350 million are to be allocated through the Foreign Assistance Act...

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Russia and Ukraine to solve the ongoing conflict through negotiations during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 25. The leaders of China and Russia discussed the situation in Ukraine and Xi told Putin that China’s position on the Ukraine issue is based on the merits...

Russian armed forces destroyed 83 Ukrainian military facilities, four planes, and four drones. According to Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson Major General Konashenkov, since the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, Russia has crippled 83 Ukrainian military facilities and ground infrastructure, shot down two Su-27, two Su-24 planes, one helicopter, and four Bayraktar TB-2 drones...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine after Moscow’s recognition of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. Russia announced the move despite condemnation by the West and the threat of sanctions. Russian troops have already begun to move into eastern Ukraine and large explosions were reported in several cities of Ukraine including Kyiv and Odessa...

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced the cancellation of a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva this week after Putin recognized two separatist regions in Ukraine and approves military intervention. Blinken said in a joint press briefing with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Now that we see the invasion is beginning and Russia has...

U.S. President Joe Biden has announced new sanctions against Russia, calling Moscow’s recognition of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent the “beginning of a Russian invasion”. In his speech on February 22, Biden condemned Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognise the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk and authorize the deployment of Russian troops to maintain peace...

U.S. President Joseph Biden signed an executive order on February 21 prohibiting trade and investment between Americans and the two independent regions of Donetsk (DNR) and Luhansk (LNR), the White House said. According to the White House release, President Putin’s action contradicts Russia’s commitments under the Minsk agreements, refutes Russia’s claimed commitment to diplomacy...

Russia’s recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in Ukraine came on February 21 when Russian President Vladimir Putin made the announcement in a televised speech after signing a decree to recognize the independence of “Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)” and the “Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR)”. The recognition of independence triggered widespread condemnation from the western world and it is been dubbed as a pretext for the Russian invasion into Ukraine...

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Munich, Germany, where the U.S. and European leaders gathered to take part in the annual security conference. The U.S. vice president stressed that “the United States stands with Ukraine” and stated that the U.S. takes the importance of the territorial integrity of Ukraine...

The Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Moscow on February 18 to meet with his international ally and Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin. The important strategic meeting between the two leaders took place ahead of the Russian military’s annual Grom drill, which is a command-and-staff exercise of Russia’s strategic nuclear forces...

NATO alliance defense ministers met in Brussels on February 16 and 17 to address critical challenges for European security, including Russia’s military build-up in and around Ukraine. During the first day of the defense ministers...

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said during a briefing on February 14 that Russian President Vladimir Putin has added additional military capability along the border with Ukraine, as well as in the Belarus area that borders Ukraine...

A severe cyberattack hit the Ukraine defense ministry and armed forces websites as well as two banks on February 15, according to the sources of Ukrainian government agencies. The cyberattack comes at a crucial time in Ukraine when Russia has massed an estimated 100,000 strong military buildup at the eastern border of Ukraine...

US President Joseph Biden held a 50-minute phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on February 13 to discuss Russia’s military buildup around Ukraine. According to the White House statement, the two leaders agreed on the importance of continuing to pursue diplomacy and deterrence in response to Russia’s military buildup on...

Russian Navy’s improved and upgraded Kilo-class (Project 636.6) Rostov-na-Donu (B-237) submarine was spotted transiting through the Bosphorus on February 13 to make its way into the Black Sea. Russia’s Black Sea fleet has been reinforcing...

The United States is set to deploy another 3,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to Europe in the coming days, as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin temporarily repositions 160 soldiers, who were training Ukraine’s military, out of the country...

US, UK, Russia, Israel, Japan, South Korea, and several European nations have advised citizens to evacuate Ukraine amid the increasing threat of Russian invasion. U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan warned on February 11 that Russian forces are “in a position to be able to mount a major military action” and urged American citizens...

As the tensions between Russia and NATO increase, the Russian Navy has deployed three more amphibious ships in the Black Sea. The fleet contains two Project 775 Ropucha-class Landing Ships namely Georgy Pobedonosets (016) and Olenegorsky Gornyak (012). The third ship in the fleet is a Project 11711 Ivan Gren-Class Tank Landing Ship Pyotr Morgunov (017)...

U.S. President Joe Biden met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House on February 7 afternoon and stated that the United States and Germany are working together with allies and partners to pursue diplomatic resolutions of this Ukraine crisis...

Russian President Vladimir Putin during a video conference with French President Emmanuel Macron stated that the U.S. and NATO’s responses to Russia’s security proposals did not address its main concerns, the Kremlin said in a statement on January 28...