ISTANBUL Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday that the world is entering a “polycentric era” where no single power can dictate rules, warning Europe against militarization, expressing conditional support for US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposals and placing responsibility for the continuation of the Ukraine war on Western states. “Discussions at the Valdai forum provide…
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on the battlefield where the Russian army is making slow but steady advances. The potential supply of U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kyiv will…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged a “significant” response to “Europe’s militarisation” and says the hysteria around his country potentially attacking NATO is “nonsense”. “They can’t believe what they’re saying, that Russia is going to attack NATO,” he said on Thursday at a foreign policy forum in the southern resort city of Sochi. “They’re either…
After his high-stakes summit with US President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, in August, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters that cooperation with the United States in the Arctic was “very possible”. “We see that Arctic cooperation is also very possible in our international context. For example, between the far east of Russia and the…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (September 30) highlighted his self-described peacemaking abilities but acknowledged that major global conflicts remained unresolved. While he projected confidence in America’s military strength — boasting the US was “25 years ahead of Russia and China on submarines” — uncertainty remained over whether his broader agenda would mean another shake-up…
Vladimir Putin has spent months probing the flanks of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with drone overflights, incursions by MiG-31 fighter jets, and various cyber operations—testing NATO’s defenses and its resolve. His strategy, coined by Lenin, is clear: “You probe with bayonets: if you find mush, you push. If you find steel, you withdraw.” PREMIUM…
On numerous occasions, he has threatened sanctions against Russia, but these threats have turned out to be hollow. Deadlines have come and gone without consequence, and Putin has been skillful at throwing Trump a bone just juicy enough to avoid punishment — though without any real meat. Now, Trump is conditioning new sanctions and tariffs…
BRUSSELS – NATO is stepping up aerial surveillance in the Baltic Sea, while France, Germany and Sweden are bolstering Denmark’s air defenses ahead of two summits in Copenhagen this week over a series of troubling drone incidents near the country’s airports and military bases. The number of serious airspace violations in Europe has spiked this…
“Scrambling fighter jets is NATO’s job,” said a senior EU official. The EU’s “job is to be ready to be in the position we need to be when we have to respond — to enhance our readiness and have the tools to be able to react to threats when needed, reinforcing common tools and capabilities…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russian forces launched a massive barrage of drones and missiles into Ukraine on Sunday, killing at least four people. The strike, mostly targeting the capital city of Kyiv, was the first major aerial assault since Russia launched its largest barrage of the war last month. Tymur Tkachenko,…