There were also no reports of Russian missile or aerial bomb strikes hitting civilians. It was not immediately clear if Putin had been intimidated by the Trump outburst, or how long Russia would ...

On the basis of the analysis below, it appears that, as a percentage of Gross National Product (for the U.S.S.R.- national income), the Soviet military budget is about double that of the United States ...

Against the odds, the Russian economy has weathered the war. The next economic storm on the horizon: peace.

To travel north of Kyiv in Ukraine is to enter a graveyard of the Russian Army. When I was there in 2023 ... of the Joint Chiefs of Staff wore a MAGA hat and said he “loved” Trump and would ...

Each morning, U.S. and Ukrainian military officers set targeting priorities — Russian units, pieces of equipment or infrastructure. American and coalition intelligence officers searched ...

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which were annexed by the Soviet Union before regaining ... Kremlin has already laid out plans for increased military production and additional troops along their ...

It could survive a complete withdrawal of American military aid, although intelligence support from the US has been, and will continue to be, critical. So it’s Russian muscle and American ...

(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) In this photo taken on March 16, 2025 and provided by Ukraine’s 24th Mechanized Brigade press service, Ukrainian soldiers fire 120mm mortar towards Russian army positions ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is under scrutiny after reports surfaced that he might have opened an account with the Russian email service ... used a commercial communication app to discuss a ...

Canadians have a grudging commitment to their national defense. The country spends well under 2 percent of its GDP on the military. Its fleets are aging, and much of its infrastructure is crumbling.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he hopes the US will "stand strong" in the face of Russian demands to ... do the heavy lifting in terms of military capacity. After everything ...

When addressing Congress for the first time as US president on March 4, Donald Trump said, “Europe has sadly spent more money buying Russian oil ... did not include military aid.