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The Duke-class frigate HMS Kent (F78) takes part in a replenishment-at-sea with Supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE-6) whilst on exercise with the U.S. Navy in the Arctic Circle. The exercises have been taking place in the Arctic Circle where, with added wind chill, the temperatures plummeted to a jarring minus 10 degrees centigrade. HMS Kent has been conducting maritime patrol duties in and around the U.K. before she met with the U.S. task group and will continue the exercises with her closet allies before she will return to her home port to 'thaw out' and have essential maintenance carried out.

Navy’s sail-through in Arctic sends message to Russia

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, displayed on TV screen on the right, during their meeting via teleconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 30, 2020. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin says he has tested positive for the new coronavirus and has told President Vladimir Putin he will self-isolate. in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 30, 2020. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Mikhail Mishustin, Russian prime minister, has coronavirus

Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 file photo, Inter Milan's Joao Mario celebrates after scoring his team's fourth goal during the Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Genoa at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. Portugal midfielder Joao Mario says it is “not safe” to start playing again as the world is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. The European Championship winner is currently on loan from Inter Milan at Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

AP Interview: João Mário in lockdown limbo in Moscow

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Russia slams US arguments for low-yield nukes

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, a medical worker puts on protective gear in order to assist coronavirus patients at the intensive care unit of Vinogradov City Clinical Hospital in Moscow, Russia. Reports of Russian medical workers becoming infected with the coronavirus are emerging almost daily as the country copes with a growing number of patients. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russian doctors, nurses face more risks as virus cases grow

By DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner flew to the International Space Station on April 10, 2020.

The Meaning of the Meeting on the Elbe after 75 Years

By RussiaHouse.org / US-Russia org

Richard Grenell is shown in this undated file photo. He served as ambassador to Germany and later as acting Director of National Intelligence, both under President Trump. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) **FILE**

Richard Grenell reveals Russia fed Christopher Steele disinformation

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Nazariy, wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus, blesses family members on the Easter eve near their house in the village of Nove close to capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April, 18, 2020. All the Ukrainian churches have been closed for people because of COVID-19 outbreak, and believers wait for the priest right near their houses. For Orthodox Christians, this is normally a time of reflection, communal mourning and joyful release, of centuries-old ceremonies steeped in symbolism and tradition. But this year, Easter - by far the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million Orthodox - has essentially been cancelled. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Orthodox churches empty for Easter amid pandemic

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a toast during an award ceremony in the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, for Russian Armed Forces service personnel who took part in the anti-terrorist operation in Syria. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Vladimir Putin, Christopher Steele networked with oligarchs

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia. Russia's foreign minister has angrily rejected Western claims that Moscow is using the coronavirus crisis to expand its political influence. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday, April 14 that suggestions from some in the West that Russia had opaque motives for helping Italy respond to the virus resulted from &quot;Russophobia.&quot; (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian foreign minister calls for unity in fighting virus

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

The sun sets behind an idle pump jack near Karnes City, Texas, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Demand for oil continues to fall due to the new coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Trump claims credit after Russia-Saudi Arabia oil deal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE- This Oct. 9, 2018, file photo shows an oil rig and pump jack in Midland, Texas. Goldman Sachs is warning of another sharp drop in oil prices, Thursday, March 26, 2020, saying some oil producers are eventually going to have to shut some wells because the coronavirus outbreak is crushing demand. (Jacob Ford/Odessa American via AP, File, File)

Saudi Arabia sharply rebukes Russia over oil price collapse

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by the Foundation for Fighting Corruption, Dr. Anastasia Vasilyeva of the Alliance of Doctors union, right, and the Foundation for Fighting Corruption's lawyer Vyacheslav Gimadi sit in court room in Okulovo, Novgorod region, about 400 kilometers (about 250 miles) northwest of Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 3, 2020. An activist doctor who had criticized Russia's response to the coronavirus outbreak was forcibly detained as she and some of her colleagues tried to deliver protective gear to a hospital in need. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (The Foundation for Fighting Corruption via AP)

Russia detains activists trying to help hospital amid virus

By DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with Russian regional officials via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 30, 2020. Putin says the country has managed to slow down the spread of coronavirus but should be prepared for contagions to grow quickly. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Coronavirus cases in Russia spike by 500 overnight

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

A view of an empty Red square, with the St. Basil's Cathedral, center, and Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower, right, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 30, 2020. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ordered all city residents except for those working in essential sectors to stay home starting Monday. Residents are allowed to buy food and medicines at nearby stores and pharmacies and walk their dogs in close vicinity. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Moscow goes into lockdown, rest of Russia braces for same

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2018 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Russian Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin during his flight to visit Chernigovets coal mine, in Beryozovsky, Kemerovo region, Russia. On Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, the Treasury Department slapped sanctions on Rosneft’s trading arm and its CEO, accusing the Geneva-based firm of providing a critical lifeline to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Rosneft hands Venezuelan oil business to Russian state firm

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to celebrate International Women's Day, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 8, 2020. International Women's Day on March 8 is an official holiday in Russia, where men traditionally give flowers and gifts to female relatives, friends and colleagues. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

White House confirms Trump not going to Moscow for V-Day

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-17 ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Trucks carrying weapons including a nuclear-armed missile designed to evade U.S. defenses rumbled through Beijing as the Communist Party celebrated its 70th anniversary in power with a parade Tuesday that showcased China's ambition as a rising global force. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

China pressured to join New START nuclear weapons agreement

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

This March 4, 2020, image shows a collection of Instagram posts, which Facebook, the owner of Instagram, yanked off the site in October after concluding that they originated from Russia and had links to the Internet Research Agency, a Russian operation that targeted U.S. audiences in 2016. Social media accounts linked to Russia have begun to disrupt this year’s U.S. presidential race and it’s become harder to detect the posts on platforms like Instagram, according to a new report from University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Young Mie Kim released Thursday, March 5. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Report: Russian social accounts sow election discord - again

By AMANDA SEITZ and BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, talk during a ceremony in Istanbul for the inauguration of the TurkStream pipeline. A summit meeting between the Turkish and Russian leaders scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2020, may be the last chance to work out a deal that avoids a calamity in Syria's northwest. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Russian, Turkish presidents meet as Syria violence continues

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press