Crimea

Russia has added troops, aircraft, and weapons to Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in what amounts to a “significant” buildup of forces over the past 18 months, according to U.S. intelligence officials, observers, and new satellite photos that…

Russia has deployed strategic bombers and Iskander missile systems in Crimea to counter US anti-missile elements in Romania, a top senator said. It will allow the country to respond to any threat coming from European territory, rt.com…

In an interview for ‘Free Europe’, US Ambassador Hans Klemm says Laura Codruta Kovesi is "fully qualified" to be European Prosecutor and says the US Embassy has “a team that monitors Russia's malignant activities in the press and Romanian…

Ten European foreign ministers, among them Romanian head of diplomacy Teodor Melescanu, have signed a joint statement condemning the illegal annexation of Crimea, ‘The Guardian’ informs. “Five years ago, Russia gravely challenged the…

The dock-landing vessel USS Fort McHenry transited the Dardanelles Strait en route to the Black Sea on Sunday, making it the first U.S. Navy ship to enter the tense region since Russia seized three Ukrainian vessels in November in the Kerch…

The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday after Russia seized three Ukrainian navy ships off the coast of Crimea, the US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley wrote on Twitter. Russia's Federal Security…

During a press briefing previewing the October 3—4 Defense Ministerial in Brussels, Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO said that the United States is enhancing the capabilities for Romania and Bulgaria through its…

The United States’ guided-missile destroyer USS Carney has entered the Black Sea for maritime security operations, the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet said in a statement. "The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64)…

The Russian Embassy in Bucharest has shared on Facebook the news posted by Sputnik.md, criticizing the fact that no Romanian high ranking official attended the Victory Day reception on Wednesday, but commends the US Ambassador, Hans Klemm,…

The US Air Force is sending its newest fighter jets to Estonia and Romania as part of a program set up after Russia annexed Crimea from the Ukraine in 2014, a US official has told CNN. F-35A stealth Joint Strike Fighters will fly from…