KYIV—Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine on Thursday, Kyiv’s air force said, in the first known use in the war of a powerful weapon designed to deliver nuclear strikes thousands of kilometres away. The launch was the latest sign of rapidly mounting tensions in the 33-month-old war after Ukraine fired […]
Is the world now closer to nuclear war, or are Russia’s recent updates to its nuclear doctrine just saber-rattling? For a closer look at recent statements by the Kremlin, NTD spoke with military analyst Kevin Aucoin.
KYIV, Ukraine—The Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use American-supplied antipersonnel land mines to help it slow Russia’s battlefield progress in the war, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday, as the U.S. and some other Western embassies in Kyiv stayed closed after a threat of a major Russian aerial attack on the Ukrainian capital. […]
The United States closed its embassy in Kyiv on Nov. 20 and warned American citizens in Ukraine to be ready to swiftly seek shelter after receiving “specific information of a potential significant air attack.” “Out of an abundance of caution, the Embassy will be closed, and Embassy employees are being instructed to shelter in place,” […]
Moscow said Tuesday that Ukraine fired six American-supplied longer-range missiles into Russian territory for the first time, marking a significant escalation in the conflict. Jim Gilmore, former governor of Virginia and former U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, speaks with NTD about the latest developments.
Ukraine has fired its first American-made, long-range missiles into Russian territory. But is there a risk of nuclear escalation? To find out more, NTD spoke to David Wurmser, a foreign policy specialist and a Middle East affairs analyst at the Center for Security Policy.
Ukraine reportedly fired longer-range missiles into Russia for the first time Tuesday. In response, Moscow revised its nuclear doctrine to lower the threshold for its use of nuclear weapons. Rick Fisher, international military analyst and senior fellow on Asian military affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, said this is Russia’s latest attempt to […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented that the war will “end sooner” with President-elect Donald Trump in power, and the freeze on communications between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz thawed with their first phone call in nearly two years. Yet after a Russian missile attack killed nine adults and two children in […]
The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, an independent commission of the U.S. Federal Government, holds a hearing to examine Russia’s war on Ukraine at 2:30 p.m. ET on Nov.19.
Ukraine has conducted its first strikes inside Russian territory with U.S.-made long-range ATACMS missiles, according to Russia’s Ministry of Defense. On Telegram, Russia’s Ministry of Defense posted that on Nov. 19 at 03:25, the “enemy launched strikes by six ballistic missiles targeting a facility in Bryansk region.” It said that according to confirmed data,”U.S.-made ATACMS […]
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed a new doctrine lowering the threshold for using nuclear weapons, his spokesperson said on Monday. The doctrine now states that an attack on Russia by any nation using conventional missiles supplied by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack. The announcement, made via the Tass news agency, […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed reports of a U.S. decision to allow Ukraine to use U.S.-provided missiles to strike targets in Russia. Andrei Illarionov, a former senior policy adviser to Vladimir Putin and an analyst for Russian and European affairs at the Center for Security Policy, shared his perspective with NTD.
Anonymous U.S. officials have said that President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use American long-range missiles in Russia’s Kursk region, after months of pressure from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. To find out more, NTD spoke with Kervin Aucoin, a former lead intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance coordinator for the U.S. Army and the host of […]
Russia on Sunday launched its largest airstrike on Ukraine in nearly three months. Blackouts could be imminent as the attack damaged some of Ukraine’s major power infrastructures. Daniel Rice, co-president and co-founder of Thayer Leadership, spoke to NTD about the conflict. “It is a serious threat to Ukraine’s ability to sustain this war. And we […]
The annual gathering of the world’s 20 largest economies began on Nov. 18 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with President Joe Biden attending what will be his final G20 summit as U.S. president. The two-day summit focuses on social inclusion, global governance reform, and energy transitions. This year’s summit takes place against the backdrop of […]
The Kremlin has accused President Joe Biden of, “adding fuel to the fire” after it was reported he had given his approval to Ukraine using U.S.-made missiles to strike targets deep inside Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov is reported by the BBC to have said on Monday that the Biden administration was […]
Anonymous U.S. officials have said that President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use long-range missiles provided by the United States to strike targets in the Russian region of Kursk, which is currently occupied by Ukraine in the ongoing war. Ukrainian forces launched a significant cross-border operation into Russia’s region of Kursk earlier this year. […]
KYIV—Blasts boomed across Kyiv on Wednesday morning after officials said Russia launched its first missile attack on the Ukrainian capital since August, forcing people to take shelter in an underground metro station. Ukrainians have been waiting for a big missile attack for months, worried that it could deal a new blow to the hobbled energy […]
KYIV—Ukraine said on Monday its hard-pressed military was battling 50,000 troops in Russia’s Kursk region to its north, while also scrambling to reinforce two besieged fronts in the east and bracing to meet an infantry assault in the south. The escalating fighting along a more than 620 miles front line is stretching Ukraine’s already outnumbered […]
