Tag: President Vladimir Putin

Russia retrains ex-soldiers heading back to the battlefield

ROSTOV REGION, Russia (Reuters) - Nearly 20 years after he last served in Russia's army, "Mara" is back in uniform.The bearded ex-driver and...

Ukrainian soldiers recount delicate 'coexistence' in Russia's Kursk

The "several thousand" Russian civilians still living in territory occupied by Ukrainian troops are mostly elderly and largely cut off from the outside...

Putin lowers threshold of nuclear response as he issues new warnings to the West over Ukraine

MOSCOW (AP) — In a strong, new warning to the West, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that any nation’s conventional attack on Russia...

Top Russian lawmaker warns West of nuclear war over Ukraine

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior Russian lawmaker on Thursday said that Ukrainian strikes on Russia with Western missiles would lead to global war...

Russia says it will change nuclear doctrine because of Western role in Ukraine

By Mark TrevelyanLONDON (Reuters) -Russia will make changes to its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons in response to what it regards...

Ukraine's Kursk incursion tests young Russian conscripts' mettle

By Lucy Papachristou, Mark Trevelyan and Filipp LebedevLONDON (Reuters) - The last time Liana spoke to her husband Husain before he was captured...