Moscow

Latest Stories

Heavy smoke billows after a Russian bombardment on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. With stunning speed, Russia's war in Ukraine is driving Western Europe into the outstretched arms of the United States again, and the embrace was especially apparent when President Joe Biden offered a major expansion of natural gas shipments to his European Union counterpart Friday. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Bruised Russia may be slashing war ambitions

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference ahead of a NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Western leaders are arriving in Brussels for Thursday's summits taking place at NATO and EU headquarters where they will seek to highlight their sense of unity in the face of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Live updates: Bulgarians protest Russia’s war in Ukraine

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

United States' Brittney Griner (15) shoots during a preliminary round women's basketball game against Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 27, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. Griner’s detention in Russia raises all sorts of questions. Is she a political prisoner in the standoff between two superpowers? Is she being treated like anyone else who violated the law in a foreign country? (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

State Department: U.S. consulate sees Griner for first time

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Post-Soviet states must decide how they align post-Ukraine

By Taras Kuzio

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other during their meeting in Beijing, Feb. 4, 2022. The conflict in Ukraine is looking increasingly like the first major battle of a new Cold War — between the U.S. and China, as the Communist regime in Beijing largely embraced Russia's view of the conflict. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) **FILE**

U.S.-China rivalry spurred by clashing agendas in Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian soldier stands on the ruins after Russian shelling of a shopping center, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. At least eight people were killed in the attack. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine rejects Moscow’s surrender demand amid exodus of refugees, growing death toll

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - A Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces member holds an NLAW anti-tank weapon, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Ukraine emerges on top in first campaign of Putin’s invasion, military analysts say

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A soldier look through binoculars at a military check point, in Lityn, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Ukraine’s military is winning with agile defenses, measured weapons use and fierce will

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - United States's Brittney Griner (15) flexes her muscle after making a basket during a women's basketball quarterfinal round game against Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. The United States stepped up its push Friday, March 18, 2022, for consular access to Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who is detained in Russia on allegations of drug smuggling, as a member of a Russian state-backed prison monitoring group said Griner was faring well behind bars. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

U.S. demands Russia allow access to Brittney Griner

Associated Press

President Joe Biden meets virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, on Nov. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden talks with Xi, is expected to press China over supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine

By Jeff Mordock and David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A cloud of smoke raises after an explosion in Lviv, Western Ukraine, Friday, March 18, 2022. The mayor of Lviv says missiles struck near the city's airport early Friday. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Russians lose morale, offensive stuck in neutral as invasion entered its fourth week

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian soldier looks through binoculars at a military check point, in Lityn, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Live updates: Zelenskyy mum on specifics of new US aid

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, Russian army tanks are loaded onto railway platforms to move back to their permanent base after drills in Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Tanking? Russia’s struggles raise new questions over armored advantage

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny waves to journalists and supporters via a video link, as he stands next to his wife Yulia and his layers during a court session in Pokrov, Vladimir region, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. A new trial against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has opened at the penal colony where he already is serving a prison term. Navalny is charged with fraud and contempt of court in the trial that opened on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Denis Kaminev)

Russia seeks 13-year prison sentence for Kremlin foe Navalny

Associated Press

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Russia strikes back with sanctions on Joe Biden, his son Hunter, Hillary Clinton and Jen Psaki

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Ukrainian State Emergency Service press service, firefighters evacuate an elderly woman from an apartment building hit by shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 14, 2022. (Ukrainian State Emergency Service via AP)

EU imposes 4th set of sanctions against Russia for war

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

A traditional fishing boat sales in the Aegean Sea near cape Sounion, Greece, on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Wooden boats are an integral part of the Greek landscape, adorning tourist brochures, postcards and countless holiday snaps. But the art of designing and building these vessels, done entirely by hand, is under threat. Fewer people order wooden boats since plastic and fiberglass ones are cheaper to maintain. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

NATO could become distracted with an Aegean sea crisis

By John Sitilides

This combination of images shows logos for companies from left, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. (AP Photo/File)

Russia widens social media crackdown by blocking Instagram

Associated Press

A man pushes a baby stroller as he waves to Ukrainian soldiers on an armoured personnel carrier passing by in the Vyshgorod region close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 10, 2022. Russias two-week-long war in Ukraine has killed thousands of people and forced more than 2 million others to flee the country, shaking the foundations of European security. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

DNI: Ukraine labs not involved with biological weapons, despite Russian charges

By Bill Gertz and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Ukrainians cross an improvised path under a destroyed bridge while fleeing Irpin, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Demands for ways to safely evacuate civilians have surged along with intensifying shelling by Russian forces, who have made significant advances in southern Ukraine but stalled in some other regions. Efforts to put in place cease-fires along humanitarian corridors have repeatedly failed amid Russian shelling. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Some civilians escape Ukraine as Pentagon nixes Polish jet offer

By Guy Taylor and Bill Gertz - The Washington Times