Tag: Pentagon

Beltway Confidential

NATO should prepare for a Ukraine no-fly zone

Timothy Snyder · March 8, 2022 12:00 pm

Pentagon to shut down fuel storage facility in Hawaii after contaminating water

Mike Brest · March 7, 2022 9:36 pm

Third round of talks between Russia and Ukraine net no breakthroughs as casualty count climbs

Barnini Chakraborty · March 7, 2022 8:36 pm

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 11, 2021 - Men in camouflage uniforms line up during the drills of the Territorial Defence units in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

‘Nearly 100%’ of Russian troops amassed at border now in Ukraine: Pentagon

Mike Brest · March 7, 2022 6:44 pm

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby holds a press briefing, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 2021.

Pentagon leaders haven’t spoken to Russian counterparts since Ukraine invasion

Mike Brest · March 4, 2022 8:34 pm

The Pentagon is seen in Virginia.

Ukraine war means more money for the Pentagon

Mike Brest · March 4, 2022 6:13 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Russia’s Potemkin army

Jamie McIntyre · March 4, 2022 4:00 am

Russians haven’t advanced much toward Kyiv in ‘two to three days,’ Pentagon says

Mike Brest · March 3, 2022 5:28 pm

The Pentagon is seen in Virginia.

Pentagon lifts indoor mask mandate ‘effective immediately’

Jenny Goldsberry · March 2, 2022 8:41 pm

Russian troops bomb Kyiv TV tower as Putin’s convoy closes in on capital

Barnini Chakraborty · March 1, 2022 6:50 pm

Drivers of the first trucks of the Russian aid convoy are parked in the city of Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. The first trucks in a Russian aid convoy crossed into eastern Ukraine on Friday, after more than a week's delay. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Russian troops ‘risk averse’ for themselves but not Ukrainian civilians

Mike Brest · March 1, 2022 6:39 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other during their meeting in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Beijing for the Winter Olympics and talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, amid soaring tensions with Ukraine.

China’s delicate balancing act between Russia and the rest of the world

Mike Brest · March 1, 2022 5:41 pm