Section: The Washington Free Beacon (USA)
Russia Rehearses Swiftly Moving Military Hardware to Crimea
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters)–Russian naval and land forces have practiced swiftly moving military hardware and troops to annexed Crimea as part of a logistics exercise which foreshadows much larger war games there next month, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The training exercise comes at a time of heightened tension between Russia and...
Russian Military Forces Staging Near Ukraine
The Pentagon has identified eight staging areas in Russia where large numbers of military forces appear to be preparing for incursions into Ukraine, according to U.S. defense officials. As many as 40,000 Russian troops, including tanks, armored vehicles, and air force units, are now arrayed along Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia....
Report: Ukrainian Records Show $12M Designated for Trump Campaign Chief Manafort
The Ukrainian government set aside millions of dollars in cash payments for Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, while he was a political consultant in the country, the New York Times reported late Sunday. Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators found in a secret ledger that former president Viktor Yanukovych’s pro-Russian...
U.S. General Calls on Russia to Allow Observers at Military Drills
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters)–Russia should allow observers, including Western journalists, to attend upcoming military drills that could again put Ukraine on edge just as Russian President Vladimir Putin has sharpened his rhetoric, the commander of the U.S. Army in Europe told Reuters. The comments by Lieutenant General Ben Hodges came as...
Report: Russia Sends S-400 Air Defense System to Crimea
Russia has reportedly deployed its advanced S-400 air defense missile system to Crimea, days after accusing Ukrainian intelligence agents of plotting terrorist attacks on critical infrastructure of the peninsula. “The antiaircraft missile regiment of the 4th Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Southern Military District based in the Republic of...
Ukraine Orders Troops to High Alert
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered troops on the border with Crimea and the frontline in Eastern Ukraine to be on high alert on Thursday, following Russian accusations that Ukrainian intelligence agents plotted terror attacks in Crimea. The alert, announced in a statement posted to social media, comes amid a period of increased...
Russia Accuses Ukraine Intelligence Agents of Plotting Terror Attacks
Russia’s Federal Security Service accused intelligence agents at the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense of plotting terror attacks in Crimea on Wednesday, the latest sign of deteriorating conditions in the region. The Federal Security Service said in a statement on its website that it had prevented terror attacks planned by the Ukrainian...
Republicans Among Foreign Policy Leaders to Condemn Trump’s ‘Disgraceful’ Policies
Several Republicans joined former ambassadors, senior administration officials, and military officers to condemn Donald Trump on Thursday for his “disgraceful” comments regarding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Russia. The 37 signatories of the open letter, first obtained by the Washington Post, denounced Trump’s recent...
Illinois Republican Critical of Trump Rhetoric on NATO, Russia
CLEVELAND, Ohio—Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R., Ill.) on Wednesday expressed concern about Donald Trump’s dismissive tone on NATO and friendliness toward Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kinzinger, who has hesitated to support Trump and criticized the candidate’s foreign policy, told the Washington Free Beacon in a brief interview at the...
Ukrainian Pilot Freed From Russian Incarceration in Prisoner Swap
A Ukrainian helicopter pilot known as the nation’s “Joan of Arc” was freed Wednesday after two years of imprisonment in exchange for two Russian servicemen. The high-level prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine was seen as a step forward in negotiations regarding the territory dispute over Crimea. “I am free,” the pilot, Lt. Nadiya...
