Russian President Vladimir Putin called for an emergency meeting on nuclear deterrence, amid concerns over Ukraine possibly using Western-supplied cruise missiles to strike deep into Russia.

It is disturbing. I am speaking without any irony, without any jokes.” Speaking these words at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, President Vladimir Putin emphasized a growing sense of alarm at the path the world is taking toward large-scale war.

Western aspirations for regime change in Russia are a “dangerous delusion” that ignores the lessons of past interventions in Iraq and Libya. -Such efforts are not only unrealistic, given Russia’s nationalist resilience,

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has instructed the Russian military command to significantly enhance the combat capabilities of Russia’s ground forces, according to a broadcast from the Kremlin ...

The Russian president has signed off on a development strategy for Russia's Navy for the next 25 years.

In a classified document approved in March, the president ordered U.S. forces to prepare for possible coordinated nuclear confrontations with Russia, China and North Korea.

As tensions between Moscow and Washington grow in the wake of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and with China aggressively flexing its nuclear muscle on the global stage, Putin's brazen exhibition ...