Anonymous U.S. officials suggest that a pro-Ukrainian group is suspected to have been responsible for the September 2022 bombing of Nord Stream pipelines, according to The New York Times, although it is unclear who directed or paid for the operation.
Zelensky had said that if his conflict with Russia does not go his way, then Americans "will have to send their sons and daughters exactly the same way as we are sending their sons and daughters to war."
The head of the Wagner private army has claimed that Russian troops and mercenaries have surrounded the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, bringing Moscow closer to another major victory in half a year.
The US Navy's "doomsday plane," the E-6B Mercury, has landed in Iceland to conduct operations in the US European Command zone, amid rising tensions with Russia over the suspension of the New START nuclear treaty.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admonished a heckler at an event Friday night that marked the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
"I have to say today that Russia is suspending its participation in New START. I repeat, not withdrawing from the treaty, no, but merely suspending its participation," Putin said.
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Russia committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine in a Saturday statement, vowing to hold Russia “accountable” for murder, torture and rape.
