Section: Business Insider (USA)
REPORT: US Democrats and Ukrainian soldiers were hacked by the same Russian military unit
“This cannot be a hands-off group or a bunch of criminals, they need to be in close communication with the Russian military.” …read more Source: Business...
The US is firing back over Russia’s annexation of Crimea by blacklisting businesses
The United States on Tuesday targeted more Russian businessmen and companies over Russia’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: Business...
US blacklists several people, companies connected to Russia over fighting in Ukraine
The US Treasury said the move was “in response to Russia’s unlawful occupation of Crimea and continued aggression in Ukraine.” …read more Source: Business...
NATO and Russia talked for 3 hours, but they’re still as divided as ever on Ukraine
Thomson ReutersNATO and Russia held more than three hours of talks on Monday, discussing ways to reduce military accidents but also underscoring their deep disagreement on the conflict in Ukraine. Western diplomats said the fact that the NATO-Russia Council, where the Russian ambassador to the North Atlantic alliance sits with members...
Ukraine says five soldiers were killed in the worst clashes in months
AFPDonetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine said five of its troops were killed Sunday by pro-Russian insurgents in the bloodiest clash in the war-scarred ex-Soviet republic in months. Kiev military spokesman Leonid Matyukhin told AFP that another six soldiers were wounded in the battle for control of the strategic city of Debaltseve. The railroad...
The elite Russian special forces who took over Crimea are doing the same thing in Aleppo
For years, the Russian military has been learning about how US Special Forces operate and train. Then they used that knowledge in Crimea and Aleppo. …read more Source: Business...
How Russia helped break the stalemate in Syria’s largest city
© AFP/File GEORGE OURFALIANMoscow (AFP) – When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the Kremlin’s bombing campaign in Syria last year to back up leader Bashar al-Assad, the regime’s forces were being pushed back. Now Damascus is celebrating its biggest victory in over five years of war after recapturing control of the rebel...
Experts: US-Russian relations in a ‘downward spiral’ that could lead to nuclear catastrophe
Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via APIt’s not quite Cold War II, but the collapse of U.S. military relations with Russia could prove to be one of the most consequential aspects of President Barack Obama’s national security legacy while presenting an early test of Donald Trump’s hope for friendly ties to Moscow....
Russian forces on ‘high alert’ as Ukraine tests missiles near Crimea
REUTERS/Gleb GaranichUkraine’s military said its two-day missile drill starting on Thursday would avoid the airspace over Crimea, sidestepping a possible confrontation with Russia which annexed the peninsula in 2014. News of the tests had angered the Kremlin, prompting it to put its air defense forces on high alert and maneuver warships in...
Russia has deployed warships near Crimea in response to Ukrainian missile tests
Russian Warships from have taken up position off Crimea to help strengthen air defenses in response to the start of Ukrainian missile tests nearby …read more Source: Business...
