Tag: Russia

A man in unmarked uniform looks from atop of a military vehicle while standing guard as troops taking control the the Coast Guard offices in Balaklava, outskirts of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 1, 2014. An emblem on one of the vehicles and their number plates identify them as belonging to the Russian military. Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of sending new troops into Crimea, a strategic Russia-speaking region that hosts a major Russian navy base. The Kremlin hasn't responded to the accusations, but Russian lawmakers urged Putin to act to protect Russians in Crimea. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)

Beltway Confidential

No, Russia hasn’t blinked — and why a Wednesday invasion is unlikely

Tom Rogan · February 14, 2022 7:32 pm

Paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division prepare equipment and load aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, N.C. on January 4, 2020. This deployment is a precautionary action taken to respond to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities. The 'Devil' Brigade is the nucleus of the U.S. Immediate Response Force, capable of rapidly deploying anywhere in the world in response to a variety of contingency operations.

Beltway Confidential

Ukraine crisis: Why did the 82nd Airborne avoid German airspace?

Tom Rogan · February 14, 2022 5:53 pm

Reporter’s Notebook: The rise of ISIS-K

Washington Examiner Staff · February 14, 2022 5:00 pm

US keeps talking to Russia as Ukraine invasion fears grow

Mike Brest · February 14, 2022 4:32 pm

President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 in Washington.

Of course they spied on Trump

Byron York · February 14, 2022 2:08 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting.

Beltway Confidential

We’re being reminded that Russia always returns

Sean Durns · February 14, 2022 11:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Head of the Jewish autonomous region Alexander Vinnikov in the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, July 25, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Ukraine faces the dictatorship of mediocrity

Dan Hannan · February 14, 2022 5:34 am

President Trump points.

Trump reacts to Durham filing: ‘Far bigger crime than Watergate’

Heather Hamilton · February 14, 2022 3:47 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of a board of trustees of the Russian Geographical Society in a library of Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 15, 2014.

US: Over 130,000 Russian troops now staged outside Ukraine

Associated Press · February 13, 2022 9:04 pm

White House warns Russia could invade Ukraine ‘any day now’

Asher Notheis · February 13, 2022 7:15 pm

Flights to Ukraine halted, redirected amid brewing crisis with Russia

Asher Notheis · February 13, 2022 3:48 pm

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses a meeting.

Hungarian prime minister urges for peace in Ukraine to prevent refugee crisis

Jenny Goldsberry · February 12, 2022 11:27 pm