Russia has initiated a large-scale manoeuvre of its strategic nuclear forces, running parallel to an ongoing NATO nuclear exercise in Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed on Wednesday that it was a scheduled military exercise,

Max Boot is right. We really are in Peanuts territory. Russian President Vladimir Putin is Lucy van Pelt. President Trump is the ever-hopeful yet fatalistic Charlie Brown, and Ukraine is the

Russia tested its nuclear capabilities on land, sea and air on Wednesday - just a day after Trump said he did not want to have a “wasted” meeting with Vladimir Putin. The test included the launch of a land-based "Yars" intercontinental ballistic missile and the launch of nuclear-capable cruise missiles from strategic bombers.

The European Union's 19th package of sanctions against Russia will list four companies involved in China's oil industry that circumvent Western restrictions, EU diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.

As temperatures drop in Ukraine, Russia has stepped up drone attacks on power facilities supplying millions of homes across the country.

Only Russia friendly Hungary and Slovakia, refused to back the bill, which terminates Russian pipeline and liquified natural gas imports.

European democracy and rule of law are at risk, the general says, so Europe must give Ukraine whatever it can to pressure Moscow, even if Trump does not.