Tag results for: Russian Federation

Russian state-owned media announced today that the Self-Declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has formed a new battalion, almost completely comprised of Ukrainian prisoners of war. The “Bohdan Khmelnitsky” battalion, as it is called, is named after a Ukrainian nationalist commander from the 17th century who fought to free Ukraine from the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. He succeeded, but then signed a...

After yesterday’s announcement in which Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin revealed his country would suspend participation in the New START treaty with the U.S., the Russian Federation Council clarified this would not be a withdrawal. According to Yevgeny Ilyin, the First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for International Military Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Defense: “The RF Ministry of...

In his planned speech to address the first year of his invasion of Ukraine, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin officially suspended the participation of his nation in the New START treaty. The Russian Foreign Ministry postponed a meeting with the U.S. on November 29, 2022, to discuss resuming New START inspections, presumably over tensions concerning the invasion of Ukraine. This...

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced today that on Monday, February 13th, 2023, U.S. F-16s intercepted and escorted  four Russian aircraft, including Tu-95 Bear-H and Su-35 fighter aircraft, within Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone in international airspace. This action came one day after NORAD aircraft engaged a high altitude object over Lake Michigan and two days after...

The Liberian-flagged handysize bulker MARIA GS , recently sold by its Greek Owners to Russian state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation's Astrakhan-based subsidiary Crane Marine Contractors (CMC), has turned off its AIS en route to Crimea. This action and its recent re-flagging indicate it has joined Russia's immense plundering operation of Ukrainian goods. On January 24th, 2023 the MARIA GS departed Chalkis, Greece and...