Month: February 2022

The U.S. and Russian presidents have tentatively agreed to meet in a last-ditch diplomatic effort to stave off Moscow’s further invasion of Ukraine as heavy shelling continued Monday in a conflict in eastern Ukraine that […]

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Sunday rescinded earlier pledges to pull tens of thousands of its troops back from Ukraine’s northern border, in a move that U.S. leaders warned put Russia another step closer to […]

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the United States will do its due diligence to protect American troops should Russia again invade Ukraine. “I think our troops will be fine,” Austin told ABC News in an […]

Russia extended military drills near Ukraine’s northern borders Sunday amid increased fears that two days of sustained shelling along the contact line between soldiers and Russa-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine could spark an invasion. The […]

The 4,700 U.S. paratroopers dispatched to Poland amid the ongoing Ukraine crisis are building encampments and expected to train with Polish allies, while a small headquarters element has arrived in Germany and another 1,000 Stryker […]

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin assured the three Baltic nations Saturday that they would not be on their own if faced with security threats from Russia, but he stopped short of promising a permanent deployment […]