Russia awards state honors to the pilots involved in the US drone incident, despite denying involvement, while the US called Russia's actions "reckless."
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin on charges of illegally deporting children from Ukraine, making him the third serving president to receive an ICC arrest warrant, though Putin is unlikely to face trial soon, according to Reuters.
Members of Russia’s parliament have introduced an amendment to national laws on military and alternative service, which would gradually raise the conscription age bracket for Russian men by three years.
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.
