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The radicalized son of a CIA director was killed last year while allegedly fighting for Russia in Ukraine, according to a new investigation. Michael Alexander Gloss, the 21-year-old son of the CIA’s Deputy Director for Digital Innovation Julianne Gallina Gloss and a Navy veteran father, was killed on the front lines after enlisting in the Russian army, according to a lengthy investigation by independent Russian outlet Important Stories. Gloss’ obituary said his “fiercely beautiful life … was taken from us during his travels overseas” on April 4, 2024, without detailing exactly how “With his noble heart and warrior spirit Michael...

A Russian satellite believed to be part of Moscow’s nuclear anti-satellite weapon program appears to be malfunctioning, with erratic movements suggesting it may no longer be operational. The development could be a major blow to Russia’s military space ambitions, US analysts said. Cosmos 2553 was launched just weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Over the past year, it has shown signs of uncontrolled tumbling, according to radar data from LeoLabs and optical tracking shared by Slingshot Aerospace with Reuters. The satellite is believed to serve as both a radar tool for intelligence gathering and a platform for radiation testing....

United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff left the Kremlin on Friday afternoon after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a RIA Novosti correspondent. Witkoff's motorcade was seen exiting the Kremlin around 5:19 pm local time, suggesting the meeting lasted under three hours, shorter than the four-and-a-half-hour discussion held during their previous encounter two weeks ago.

The Russian central bank maintained its key interest rate at 21% on Friday, with inflation starting to decline but new risks facing the Russian economy because of global economic turbulence triggered by U.S. trade tariffs. "A further decrease in the growth rate of the global economy and oil prices in case of escalating trade tensions may have proinflationary effects through the rouble exchange rate dynamics," the central bank said in a statement.

US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, who is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, has arrived in Moscow, Interfax news agency said, citing a source.

The teenage son of Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia’s Chechnya region and close ally of President Vladimir Putin, has been appointed secretary of the region’s security council, according to the council’s Telegram channel. Adam Kadyrov turned 17 in November 2024. It is the fourth time he has been appointed to an official position since 2023, when he was 15. He already serves as his father’s top bodyguard, a trustee of Chechnya’s Special Forces University, and an observer in a new army battalion. Ramzan Kadyrov has led Chechnya, a mountainous Muslim region in southern Russia that tried to break away...

Volodymyr Zelensky surprised the U.S. President by being the more difficult of the two principals to negotiate with in the Ukraine War talks, Donald Trump said, expressing hope for talks for the sake of the “humanity” of those being killed.U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed his hope there is still a deal to be achieved to bring peace to the Ukraine War in Oval Office remarks that follow days of comments from key players that clearly suggest talks are on the brink of collapse. While Russia and Ukraine daily accuse each other of undermining the process, and overnight Russia has...

The United States will demand that Russia accept Ukraine's right to have its own army and defense industry as part of a peace agreement between Moscow and Kyiv, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. US special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to raise the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin when they next meet, the report added.

President Donald Trump on Thursday offered rare criticism of Vladimir Putin, urging the Russian leader to “STOP!” after a deadly barrage of attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. “I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. “Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!”

President Trump blasted Vladimir Putin on Thursday and urged the Russian president to “STOP!” after Moscow launched its deadliest attack on Ukraine in almost a year overnight. “I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV,” Trump raged in a Truth Social post. “Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!”

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has strongly rejected a report that the country was considering whether to lift sanctions on one of Russia's main natural gas pipelines linked to Western Europe as part of a deal to end the war in Ukraine. Rubio dismissed as "unequivocally false" a Politico report that Washington would reverse U.S. policy on Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, which would deliver a major coup for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Steve Witkoff, an envoy for the Trump administration, had floated the idea, according to the publication citing undisclosed sources, although he also rejected the...

Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event it faces aggression by Western countries, Moscow's top security official, Sergei Shoigu, was quoted as saying in an interview with the TASS state news agency on Thursday. -snip- Shoigu, who served for over a decade as Russia's defence minister until he moved to head its powerful security council in a government reshuffle last year, cited amendments to Moscow's nuclear doctrine approved by President Vladimir Putin last November. Under the new terms, Russia could consider a nuclear strike in response to a conventional attack on Russia or its ally Belarus...

A large-scale Russian missile and drone attack hit Kyiv overnight, killing nine people and injuring another 63, including six children, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday. The Kyiv City Military Administration said on its Telegram channel that Russia struck Kyiv with drones and ballistic missiles.

Missiles struck Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, early on Thursday morning, setting off air raid sirens and forcing residents into bomb shelters. Explosions were heard across the city just after the alert was issued. “Kyiv is being attacked by enemy missiles,” the capital’s military command posted on Telegram, urging people to take shelter immediately. Local authorities confirmed that at least two districts in the city had sustained damage. -snip- Meanwhile, in the east of the country, the city of Kharkiv was also hit. Mayor Igor Terekhov said that seven missiles had struck the city overnight. Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to Ukraine...

Air defence units were in action early on Thursday in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, against a combined attack by drones and missiles, with officials reporting fallen fragments and fires in various districts. Reuters witnesses reported a series of loud explosions in succession. "A combined attack is proceeding. The danger remains high," Timur Tkachenko, head of the city's military administration, wrote on Telegram. Tkachenko said fires and fallen fragments had been recorded in two districts on the west bank of the Dnipro River bisecting the city. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said drones were flying over central districts. He ordered teams of medics...

US President Donald Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, Axios reporter Barak Ravid said on social media on Wednesday, citing an American official. Witkoff has previously held three long meetings with Putin on prospects for an end to the war in Ukraine and will visit Moscow this week for a new round of talks, the White House said earlier.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said his nation’s troops are still experiencing some weapons shortages despite increases in production demands. Before a meeting of Russia’s Military-Industrial Commission on Wednesday, Mr. Putin confirmed that the country had met all of its defense production goals last year. However, those goals may not have been enough, with Mr. Putin adding that some Russian military members lack the necessary equipment. “I know very well, and many here who are participating in our meeting today know it as well as I do: There are still not enough of these weapons,” he said. “Not enough.”

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that countries involved in peace talks around Ukraine still needed to narrow their differences and that there were "a lot of nuances" that needed to be worked out before any deal could be reached. The Kremlin made its comments after talks between the U.S., Ukraine and European officials to discuss ending Russia's war in Ukraine faltered on Wednesday as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly cancelled his trip to London and negotiations were downgraded. -snip- Unconfirmed details of those proposals have appeared in various media, but the Kremlin on Wednesday said it would not...

Last month, Putin gave Witkoff a mystery painting to deliver to Trump as a gift amidst their ongoing negotiations. CNN were given access to the painting by the Russian artist, Nikas Safronov, depicting Trump’s iconic fist pump after the assassination attempt in Butler, PA. This shows the relationship between the US and Russia is in a significantly better place than just a few months ago, when Putin was firing new IRBM systems and the Biden regime were pushing for Ukraine to join NATO. The once looming threat of direct/nuclear war with Russia, now seems like a distant memory. But as...

The Senate Intelligence Committee has requested documents from a 2016 Green Party presidential candidate as part of the committee’s Russia probe, according to a new report. Last week, candidate Jill Stein contacted Dennis Trainor Jr., who worked as her communications director and acting campaign manager from January to August 2015, because the committee had requested documents from the campaign, BuzzFeed reported Monday. Trainor said that he was contacted because his personal cellphone had been given as the “primary point of contact” to those trying to reach Stein, such as producers from the Russian state-funded media company, RT News. Stein had...