An aerial view of Bakhmut, the site of heavy battles with Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday. Libkos/AP hide caption toggle caption Libkos/AP An aerial view of Bakhmut, the site of heavy battles with Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday. Libkos/AP Here’s a look ahead andContinue Reading
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans on Saturday to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, a warning to the West as it steps up military support for Ukraine. Putin said the move was triggered by Britain’s decision this past week to provide Ukraine with armor-piercing rounds containingContinue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin has hardened his rhetoric about the situation in Ukraine and says the war in the east of the country looks like genocide. Russian-backed rebels have been fighting Ukrainian troops there since 2014, and tensions mount as Russia lines troops at the border. Meanwhile, US President JoeContinue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Saturday to bolster his tank supply over the next three years, boasting that Moscow’s fleet would eventually exceed Ukraine’s by three times. Putin’s comments follow reports of Russia’s mounting tank losses on the battlefield. Putin also told state media station Russia 24 that the KremlinContinue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev during a meeting in Moscow on Saturday. Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP hide caption toggle caption Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev during a meetingContinue Reading
Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for some three hours of formal talks at the Kremlin on Tuesday, the second day of a three-day visit. The leaders signed two agreements, one affirming their partnership and one setting out plans for economic cooperation, which they discussed atContinue Reading
Comment on this story Comment RIGA, Latvia — Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping on Tuesday proclaimed their plans to deepen Sino-Russian political and economic cooperation for years to come — sending a strong message to the West about their determination to push back against the global dominationContinue Reading
China’s leader Xi Jinping claps as he listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin via a video link, from the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2019. Xi will meet Putin this week on a visit to Moscow. Noel Celis/Pool photo via AP hide caption toggle captionContinue Reading
NPR’s Pien Huang speaks with Joshua Yaffa, author of the book Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s Russia, about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow this week. PIEN HUANG, HOST: Tomorrow, Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, and the warContinue Reading
Comment on this story Comment KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the occupied port city of Mariupol, his first trip to Ukrainian territory that Moscow illegally annexed in September and a show of defiance after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest on war crimesContinue Reading