The US Army plans to bolster US armored presence and keep rotations of American troops in Eastern Europe to provide “deterrence against Russian aggression.” Lt. Gen. Frederick “Ben” Hodges, the new Army commander in Europe, said that 100 Abrams tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles would be deployed into Eastern Europe. “We are looking at courses of action for how we could pre-position... 

This file photo shows an apartment building destroyed by fighting in the Lugansk city of Lysychansk. Ukraine and pro-Russians have “agreed in principle” on a truce in the country’s volatile eastern region of Lugansk, that will come into force on December 5, the pan-European security watchdog says. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) made the announcement in a statement... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in the Presidential Palace in Ankara December 1, 2014. Russia is forced to withdraw from the South Stream project due to the EU’s unwillingness to support the pipeline, and gas flows will be redirected to other customers, Vladimir Putin said after talks with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “We... 

A truly grim Ministry of Defense (MoD) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that President Putin has ordered over 2,000 top military officers to immediately begun duties at the National Defense Control Center (NDCC) which is, in fact, Russia’s “wartime government” headquarters in Moscow as “global war nears”. According to this report, Putin’s order came immediately after his... 

An interesting Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) report circulating in the Kremlin today on Moscow’s agreement to follow the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decision not to cut oil output says this action was met by an Obama regime “temper tantrum” resulting in the launching of three US Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBM) towards the Federations far eastern... 

The air defense missile system “Patriot” Are the US, NATO and Russia on a mad spiral leading to war in Europe? Is it inevitable? Far from it. The US-propelled vassal Petro Poroshenko, currently starring in the oligarch dance in Ukraine this week advanced the proposition that Ukrainians in the near future, after his “reforms”, will be asked to vote on whether to join NATO. Let’s be... 

Large antisubmarine ship “North Sea” at the pier in the port of Severomorsk. Russia’s Northern Fleet has been conducting naval training near Dover. Two battleships and two supply vessels worked on operations and communications in conditions of adverse weather and heavy marine traffic. “Today a squadron of warships and support vessels of the Northern Fleet headed by a large anti-submarine... 

A mysterious Russian satellite orbiting Earth has global media in a bit of a spin after the object, thought to be space debris, conducted suspicious manoeuvres in space sparking rumors of little less than a revival of old Soviet satellite-killer program. The unknown space object was reportedly launched into space 6 months ago, along with a cluster of three military communication satellites which received... 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó arrive to take part at a meeting in Moscow on November 19, 2014. Russia has slammed expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization a “reckless” mistake that menaces Europe’s security. “We believe, and we’ve been talking about it since the very beginning of the current historical period... 

President of Russia Vladimir Putin ​The US has no plans to humiliate Russia, but instead wants to subdue it, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that no one had ever succeeded in doing so, and never will. Speaking at a forum of the All-Russia Peoples’ Front in Moscow on Tuesday, the Russian leader said that history was not about to change, and that no one would manage to suppress... 

The US is working on a “dangerous” and “destabilizing” plan to “breakup” Russia and force it to submit to Western authority, says Bruce Gagnon. The US and NATO are working on a “dangerous” and “destabilizing” plan to “breakup” Russia and force it to submit to Western authority, which will lead to more instability and possibly a nuclear confrontation, an American anti-war activist... 

Dutch experts work at Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Amsterdam – Kuala Lumpur crash site. New radar data indicating that military aircraft were in the air near Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 when it crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17 has been released by a Russian air safety consultancy. The consultancy provided a snapshot representing the readings taken by a radar station located in Russia’s... 

The amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce The US Navy has deployed its first ever combat laser. The futuristic weapon has boosted the arsenal of the Fifth Fleet’s command vessel in the Persian Gulf. The laser is said to be effective against numerous small targets, such as Iran’s gunboats. A 30-kilowatt-class Laser Weapon System has been equipped on the USS Ponce amphibious transport ship since... 

A Naval Surface Forces (NSF) updated report to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) circulating in the Kremlin today on the “accelerated deployment” of the Pacific Fleet guided missile cruiser Varyag and destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov (along with their support ships) to international waters off the coast of Australia is confirming that that the Australian Navy has sent another of their warships to the... 

Russian Tupolev Tu-22M supersonic strategic bombers fly above the Kremlin in Moscow. Russia’s military says it plans to expand regular patrol missions by its long-range bombers to the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. “We have to maintain military presence in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific, as well as the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu...