• Military

• WMD Menu                           

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

Ukraine Invasion
Defense Policy / Programs
Foreign Policy
News Reports

Ukraine Invasion

• Rhetoric Heats Up Between Russia, West Over Ukraine Involvement RFE/RL 06 May 2024 -- Russia, angered over what it says are "unprecedented" and "provocative" statements from the West, threatened retaliatory moves "inside Ukraine and beyond," as well as plans to conduct military exercises with tactical nuclear weapons that the European Union called "irresponsible."
• Russia says Ukrainian drone attack killed 6 in Belgorod VOA 06 May 2024 -- Officials in western Russia said a Ukrainian drone attack killed at least six people Monday in the Belgorod region near the Russia-Ukraine border.
• Ukraine kills six in drone attack on Russia's Belgorod Press TV 06 May 2024 -- Ukraine has killed six people and injured 35 others in a drone attack on vehicles carrying workers in Russia's border region of Belgorod.
• Moscow threatens UK with strikes if Ukraine hits Russia with British weapons VOA 06 May 2024 -- Moscow threatened Monday to strike at British military targets inside Ukraine and elsewhere if Kyiv's forces struck Russia with British-supplied long-range missiles — a move British Foreign Secretary David Cameron greenlighted Kyiv to take in self-defense.
• Press release on summoning French Ambassador Pierre Levy to the Foreign Ministry Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 May 2024
• Press release on summoning UK Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 May 2024
• Report: US has intensified efforts to find replacement for Ukraine's Zelensky Press TV 06 May 2024 -- The United States has ramped up its search for an alternative to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to Russia's foreign intelligence service (SVR).
• 'Russia's Not Bluffing': Tactical Nuke Drills are Deafening Warning to NATO to Stay Out of Ukraine Sputnik 06 May 2024 -- Russia's military has parried bellicose statements by officials and lawmakers in Washington, Paris and London about deploying troops in Ukraine by announcing drills involving battlefield nuclear weapons. Sputnik asked Earl Rasmussen, a 20-year veteran of the US Army-turned independent military and foreign affairs observer, what it all means.
• Russian Envoy on Jeffries Remarks: Deployment of US Troops Won't Turn Tide in Ukraine Conflict Sputnik 06 May 2024 -- The United States will not be able to turn the tide in the Ukraine conflict even if it sends troops there, Russian Ambassador in Washington Anatoly Antonov said on Monday.
• Russia Will Treat F-16s in Ukraine as Nuclear-Capable Aircraft - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 06 May 2024 -- Russia will treat F-16 multi-role fighter jets operated by Ukraine as nuclear-capable assets, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
• Russian Armed Forces Liberate Solovyovo in DPR and Kotlyarovka in Kharkov Region Sputnik 06 May 2024 -- Russian troops' surprise spring breakthrough in Donbass and slow, steady push through the Kharkov region have sparked fears in Kiev and Washington that Ukraine's NATO-armed and trained forces won't be able to stop the front from crumbling before new arms aid arrives.
• Six People Killed, 40 Injured in Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russia's Belgorod Region Sputnik 06 May 2024 -- Six people were killed and 40 more were injured as a result of Ukrainian drones attacks on vehicles in the Borisovsky district of Russia's Belgorod Region, local authorities said.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Statement by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in connection with the holding of exercises by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to develop skills in the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 May 2024 -- "In connection with the upcoming Russian military exercise to develop skills in the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons, we note that this event should be considered in the context of recent bellicose statements by Western officials and sharply destabilizing actions taken by a number of NATO countries aimed at building forceful pressure on the Russian Federation and creating additional threats to the security of our country in connection with the conflict in and around Ukraine."
• Russia announces nuclear drills in response to perceived Western threats VOA 06 May 2024 -- Russia plans to perform drills involving tactical nuclear weapons, in response to what it called "provocative statements and threats from France, Britain and the United States regarding the Russian Federation," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, a warning that tensions with the West are deepening over the war in Ukraine.
• Russian Missile Drills Linked to NATO Threat of Troop Deployment to Ukraine - Kremlin Sputnik 06 May 2024 -- Statements by the French President, UK officials and a representative of the US Senate about their readiness and intention to send military personnel to Ukraine require special attention and special measures, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, commenting on military drills announced by the Russian Defense Ministry.
• Russia announces drills involving nuclear weapons after West's 'provocative' threats Press TV 06 May 2024 -- Russia has announced military exercises involving tactical nuclear weapons after top European leaders made "provocative" threats against Moscow.
• Russia's General Staff Preparing for Drills to Practice Use of Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons Sputnik 06 May 2024 -- The training exercises for Russian Southern Military District missile units will be held in response to "provocative threats by Western nations against Russia," Moscow underscored.
• Russia May Take Measures If US Deploys Missiles in Asia-Pacific Region - Diplomat Sputnik 06 May 2024 -- Wahington's plans to deploy medium- and short-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region will inevitably provoke a missile arms race, and Russia will be forced to respond to new security threats, including in the field of nuclear deterrence, Russian Ambassador-at-Large Grigory Mashkov told Sputnik.
• Meeting with Government members President of Russia 06 May 2024 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members.

Foreign Policy

• Press Release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with President of the National Assembly of Serbia Ana Brnabić, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister of Serbia Ivica Dačić and Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Đurić Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 May 2024
• Russia Detains U.S. Soldier In Far East On Criminal RFE/RL 06 May 2024 -- A U.S. soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing after traveling there without informing his superiors, adding to a list of Americans being detained by Moscow amid deteriorating relations with Washington.
• US, most of EU boycott Putin inauguration VOA 06 May 2024 -- The United States and most European Union countries said they will skip Russian President Vladimir Putin's swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday.

News Reports

• Six More Years For Putin. Five Things To Watch For. RFE/RL 06 May 2024 -- After being declared the victor of a presidential election in March, an outcome that was never in doubt, Vladimir Putin starts a new six-year term with an inauguration ceremony in the Kremlin on May 7.