Ukraine

WASHINGTON — The number of Russian troops deployed in occupied Crimea near Ukraine’s border has steadily increased over the past two weeks and has surpassed the size of the force that annexed the peninsula in 2014, the Pentagon said Monday. Press secretary John Kirby declined to provide specific numbers on…

BRUSSELS—As the Kremlin threatens Ukraine and Russia’s main opposition leader’s health deteriorates, some European countries want to follow the Biden administration’s lead and take a tougher line toward Moscow. But the European Union’s major powers, France and Germany, want to stake out their own, more diplomatic relationship with Russia, independent…

Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. RUSSIA has set up a new military camp in Crimea as war fears with Ukraine continue to grow, according to German reports. PUBLISHED: 01:28, Mon, Apr 19, 2021 | UPDATED: 11:34, Mon, Apr 19, 2021 Link copied Russia: Expert discusses tensions with…

Dublin City University says it is "astonished" over a complaint made by the Embassies of Georgia and Ukraine in Ireland about the university's teaching of a course on the geopolitics of the Caucasus and Ukraine. The two embassies sent a joint letter to the President of DCU, Professor Dáire Keogh,…

Russia is menacing Ukraine’s borders, China is sending increasingly ominous signals over Taiwan and Iran is accelerating its uranium enrichment to unprecedented levels. The big picture: Ukraine, Taiwan and Iran’s nuclear program always loomed large on the menu of potential crises President Biden could face. But over the last several…

/ Europe Issued on: 18/04/2021 - 08:57 French President Emmanuel Macron giving a statement at the Élysée Palace in Paris on February 4, 2021. © Ludovic Marin, AFP French President Emmanuel Macron said the international community has to "define clear red lines with Russia," in an interview extract released Saturday,…

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RUSSIA has deployed 50 warplanes to the Black Sea as the US warns commercial airlines to avoid the Crimea and eastern Ukraine regions. PUBLISHED: 19:36, Sat, Apr 17, 2021 | UPDATED: 19:36, Sat, Apr 17, 2021 Link copied US-Russia relations at their 'worst since Cold War' warns expert Sign up…

LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR MMA’s Welterweight World Champion Douglas Lima (32-8) will defend his 170-pound title against the undefeated and top-ranked Yaroslav Amosov (25-0) in the main event of BELLATOR MMA 260 on Friday, June 11 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The event will be televised live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.  In addition to the…

The Russian Navy's Ropucha-class landing ship Kondopoga passes through the Bosphorus on its way to the Black Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey April 17, 2021. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik Two Russian warships transited the Bosphorus en route to the Black Sea on Saturday and 15 smaller vessels completed a transfer to the sea…