Commentary The Wagner Group, an international Russian paramilitary organization led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, mutinied on June 23–24. Wagner fighters reportedly occupied two military bases, including in the southern Russian city of Rostov, where Moscow has its main military headquarters for the south. The Rostov headquarters also serves as a key node for Russia’s occupation of…
Russia Video Said to Show Artillery Units in Ukraine
The Russian Defense Ministry distributed a video on Tuesday showing various military vehicles with “Z” marks, including self-propelled artillery and missile launchers, driving on a road. According to the Ministry, it was the advance of Russian artillery units in the course of the special military operation in Ukraine. The location and date of the material…
Richard Grenell: How American Weakness Emboldened Putin to Invade Ukraine
February 26, 2022
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“This is a disaster … We didn’t have to have this situation unfold,” says former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell. The Russian military has reached Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, with fighting and heavy bombing in the city, and Vladimir Putin has urged the Ukrainian army to overthrow their government. At the 2022…
Former Intelligence Officer Says Russian Military Bases Exist in Venezuela
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—Exiled Chavista general and one-time director of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, Manuel Figuera, disclosed the locations of two Russian military facilities on Jan. 17, which are in the Venezuelan states of Carabobo and Miranda. In a letter penned just days after Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said he could neither “confirm nor exclude”…
US, Russia Conclude Talks in Geneva With No Major Breakthrough in Sight
U.S. and Russian negotiators on Monday concluded special talks aimed at de-escalating ongoing tensions over Ukraine and a rise in military activity near Russia’s western border. Not much information on the outcome of the bilateral talks, which lasted over seven hours in the Swiss city of Geneva, was immediately released. Senior diplomats on both sides…
US, Germany Say Russia Poses ‘Urgent’ Challenge to Stability
WASHINGTON—The United States and Germany said Wednesday that Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine’s border poses an “immediate and urgent challenge” to European security and that any intervention will draw severe consequences. But the country’s top diplomats left open what those consequences would be and how differences on arming Ukraine and a controversial Russian gas pipeline…
Russia Launches Mediterranean Drills Amid Rift With Britain
MOSCOW—The Russian military on Friday launched sweeping maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea featuring warplanes capable of carrying hypersonic missiles, a show of force amid a surge in tensions following an incident with a British destroyer in the Black Sea. Moscow said one of its warships fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs in the…
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