French officials said Vladimir Putin had moved towards de-escalating the Ukraine crisis by promising not to undertake any new “military initiatives” and agreeing to withdraw thousands of Russian troops from Continue Reading
NATO said on Monday it was putting forces on standby and reinforcing eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets, in what Russia denounced as Western “hysteria” in response to Continue Reading
Russian troops are encircling Ukraine from three sides. In Washington and Brussels, there are warnings of crushing sanctions if Vladimir V. Putin orders an invasion. Embassy families — both American and Russian — are being evacuated from Kyiv. Continue Reading
The U.S. administration is in talks with energy companies and natural gas-producing nations to protect European markets from a shortage. Russia supplies over one-third of the continent’s natural gas and Continue Reading
European Union foreign ministers are aiming to put on a fresh display of resolve and unity in support of Ukraine on Monday, amid deep uncertainty about whether President Vladimir Putin Continue Reading
The State Department on Sunday ordered the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion. The Continue Reading
President Biden is considering deploying several thousand U.S. troops, as well as warships and aircraft, to NATO allies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, an expansion of American military involvement Continue Reading
The Biden administration is threatening to use a novel export control to damage strategic Russian industries, from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to civilian aerospace, if Moscow invades Ukraine, administration Continue Reading
“Europe is now closer to war than it has been since the break up of former Yugoslavia.” Stark words of warning from the senior EU diplomat I’ve just been speaking Continue Reading
Biden Warns Putin, Expects Russia to Move In on Ukraine The U.S. and Germany said any Russian aggression against Ukraine would trigger a serious response, pushing to offset remarks from Continue Reading
Highlights About half of Russian crude, products sold to Europe Ukraine pipeline transit seen as biggest risk Major supply disruptions seen as unlikely European oil markets and refiners are the Continue Reading
The top diplomats of Russia and the United States were to meet in Switzerland on Friday to discuss soaring tensions over Ukraine after a flurry of meetings between officials on Continue Reading
“I’m not so sure he has, is certain, about what he’s going to do,” Biden says. “My guess is he will move in, he has to do something.” President Joe Continue Reading
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva on Friday in an effort to resolve the standoff over Ukraine, with U.S. officials warning that Continue Reading
Germany said on Tuesday that it could nix the Nord Stream 2 pipeline should Russia invade Ukraine The move would be as much as Germany’s expense at it would be Continue Reading
No one expected much progress from this past week’s diplomatic marathon to defuse the security crisis Russia has ignited in Eastern Europe by surrounding Ukraine on three sides with 100,000 Continue Reading
A massive cyberattack warning Ukrainians to “be afraid and expect the worst” hit government websites late on Thursday, leaving some websites inaccessible on Friday morning and prompting Kyiv to open Continue Reading
The United States and its European allies appeared no closer to resolving a crisis with Russia over a possible renewed war in Ukraine, as Western officials flatly rejected Moscow’s call Continue Reading
Nato has offered Moscow further talks on arms control in a bid to prevent further Russian aggression against Ukraine, but the Kremlin has so far not accepted. Speaking after nearly Continue Reading
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is meeting in Vienna Wednesday in the latest attempt to avert a major European security crisis as Russia masses troops on Ukraine’s Continue Reading
Russia warned that it would walk away from diplomatic efforts to end the crisis over Ukraine if the west continued to ignore demands over security guarantees, but agreed to extend Continue Reading
With Russian troops massing along Ukraine’s borders, American and Russian diplomats made clear after an intense round of negotiations on Monday that while the two sides would keep talking, they remain Continue Reading
The United States and Russia remained deadlocked after crisis talks Monday over Moscow’s desire to block any future NATO expansion to the east, but officials agreed to continue discussions on Continue Reading
U.S. and Russian negotiators held their first security talks since Russia’s deployment of tens of thousands of troops to the Ukrainian border sparked fears of an invasion, but they left the Monday Continue Reading
Concern among some big European nations about economic fallout raises the risk of a split with the U.S. on how strongly to hit Russia with fresh sanctions if it invades Continue Reading
Senior U.S. and Russian officials launched special talks on strategic stability on Monday as part of a flurry of diplomatic activity in Europe this week aimed at defusing tensions over Continue Reading
Russia has warned the US and Nato to make concessions or face a worsening security situation in Europe, as it downplayed the potential for progress in talks between Moscow and Continue Reading
With the threat of Russian military action in eastern Ukraine stirring concern across Europe, American and Russian officials met on Monday to try and find a diplomatic path to ease tensions and Continue Reading
The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell Fontelles, visited Ukrainian troops in the contested Donbas region last Wednesday, staring through a fence at the positions of Russian-backed separatists. “We Continue Reading
Nato’s secretary-general has ruled out creating “second-class” members of the military alliance to appease Moscow, ahead of a week of high-stakes diplomacy between the Kremlin and western powers that aims Continue Reading
Russia has resumed natural gas supply to Romania through the Ukrainian gas transit system, Ukrainian state gas transit operator TSOUA said on Wednesday. Russia’s Gazprom suspended gas transit to Romania Continue Reading
The EU’s top diplomat has warned Russia and the US against creating “spheres of influence” in Europe ahead of talks between the two countries next week regarding proposals from Moscow Continue Reading
In a display of unity, the Biden administration and its European allies are beginning a series of meetings aimed at showing Russia that an invasion of Ukraine would be met Continue Reading
A divided EU has demanded a role in next week’s negotiations with Russia ov the Ukraine crisis and broader issues of European defense, after Vladimir Pul succeeded in sidelining the Continue Reading
The US and its allies will “respond decisively” if Russia invades Ukraine, President Joe Biden told his counterpart in Kyiv as tensions mounted over Moscow’s troop deployments. The call on Continue Reading
Olga Salo arrived for her first tactical military training exercise in a frosty pine forest outside Ukraine’s capital Kyiv wearing a pink ski jacket and dark blue jeans. On a Continue Reading
New satellite images captured by a private U.S. company show that Russia has continued to build up its forces in annexed Crimea and near Ukraine in recent weeks while pressing Continue Reading
More than 10,000 Russian troops have been returning to their permanent bases after month-long drills near Ukraine, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, citing the Russian military. Interfax said the Continue Reading
The Russian Defense Ministry said more than 10,000 troops would return to their permanent bases in the Southern Military District after over a month of training in the region, including Continue Reading
Watching Vladimir Putin Thursday at his year-end press conference , one is tempted to ask whether the Russian president has gone mad. Here is a man leading a country that Continue Reading
Vladimir Putin said the US and Russia would meet in January in Geneva for talks over Ukraine, which he said were essential to protect Moscow from what he claimed were Continue Reading
Russian mercenaries have deployed to separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine in recent weeks to bolster defences against Ukrainian government forces as tensions between Moscow and the West rise, four sources have told Continue Reading
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had no room to retreat in a standoff with the United States over Ukraine and would be forced into a tough response Continue Reading
Stepping onto a podium in heavy boots and military fatigues at a ceremony outside Moscow, six teenagers accepted awards for an increasingly important discipline in Russia: patriotism. For days, students Continue Reading
A Russian pipeline carrying natural gas to Germany is emerging as a potential point of leverage for the U.S. to deter Russia from invading Ukraine. It is also a sore Continue Reading
Nato allies are resigned to the need to negotiate with Russia despite the impossibility of many of Moscow’s demands regarding the US-led alliance in Europe, as pressure mounts to find Continue Reading
Russia said on Monday it urgently needed a response from the United States on its sweeping security demands and again warned of a possible Russian military response unless it saw Continue Reading
Russia said on Friday it wanted a legally binding guarantee that NATO would give up any military activity in Eastern Europe and Ukraine, part of a wish list of security Continue Reading
Winter has arrived for energy markets in Europe as fears of disruption from the military buildup on Russia’s border with Ukraine and falling temperatures catapult prices higher. Cold-weather forecasts launched Continue Reading
Russia faces massive consequences and severe costs if President Vladimir Putin attacks Ukraine, the Group of Seven warned in a statement on Sunday. U.S. intelligence assesses that Russia could be Continue Reading
