Explosions in the Russian-aligned breakaway region of Transnistria have raised the threat of a broader war. While Russia's limited strength and difficulties in Ukraine make an invasion of Moldova unli

In early March, defense officials avoided even confirming the first Stinger missiles were being sent to Ukraine amid concerns of escalating the conflict as Russian troops marched toward Kyiv, and defense analysts counted the days until Russian President Vladimir Putin would likely control the government of his next-door neighbor.  But over the last two months, as Ukraine has made a stand and fought back against the invasion, the aid has ballooned to billions of dollars' worth of helicopters, armored vehicles, newly developed drones and artillery.

Malaysia has emerged as a potential external operations base for Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip if Turkey expels or restricts the group’s movements as a part of its rapprochement with Israel. Turkey has in recent months deported Hamas activists or refused them entry into the country as it sought to improve […]

Iran is stepping up to address fuel shortages in Syria, which are impacting basic services and leading to an increase in food prices.

Speculation is rife about whether President Vladimir Putin will use Russia's Victory Day parade on May 9 to show the world just how powerful Russia really is.

A search by Newsweek on a local recruiting website found more than a dozen job adverts hiring recruits in mobilization training.

Human rights groups say Russian reservists are being contacted in what could be the start of a general mobilisation - an all out war. Vladimir Putin insists only "professionals" will fight the war in Ukraine. But ahead of Victory Day, many Russian's are fearful of what's to come. For the latest developments: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí https://www.youtube.com/channel/skynewsespanol Sky News videos are also available in German here/Hier können Sie außerdem Sky News-Videos auf Deutsch finden: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYg31l2xrF-Bj859nsOfnA To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales

The war in Ukraine is proving extraordinarily lethal for Russian generals, the gray men bedecked in service medals, who are being aggressively targeted by Uk...

Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s visit to Saudi Arabia last month ushered in a new era of cooperation between the two countries. The UAE, once an adversary of Turkey, is also now its friend. Meanwhile the US is preoccupied with the war in Ukraine, and a revived nuclear deal with Tehran, which seemed imminent only a few weeks ago, is now elusive. What do all these changes mean for Iran? Tectonic shifts are underway in the region.

"We are facing a crisis deterrence dynamic right now that we have only seen a few times in our nation's history," Admiral Charles Richard said during a subcommittee hearing this week.

Russian combat losses in Ukraine, problems with this year’s spring draft, trouble recruiting volunteers, and difficulties in forcing soldiers to fight abroad in the absence of a declaration of war are prompting ever more questions about how sustainable Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine is at its current level of manning and resourcing (Online.ua, March 2; LBC, April 28). …

Beijing’s deal with the Solomon Islands has sparked concern among the United States and its allies.

US military and intelligence agencies assess that North Korea could be ready to resume underground nuclear testing this month, according to three US officials.

Europe has seen an explosion in demand for bomb shelters and nuclear bunkers amid fears that Russia might start a nuclear war or cause a nuclear accident.

The head of U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees the nuclear arsenal, warned Congress Wednesday Washington faces a deterrence crisis amid Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s rapid nuclear modernization efforts.

Russian news programs discussing the war in Ukraine are ramping up talks of nuclear Armageddon.

Russia's envoy told Newsweek Moscow is "compelled to warn of the emerging risks associated with the intervention of NATO states into the Russian special military operation."

Targeting assistance is part of a classified effort by the Biden administration to provide real-time battlefield intelligence to Ukraine.

Hundreds of Hezbollah supporters carried out a demonstration along the Lebanese-Israeli border.

As hostilities escalate out of the public eye, the likelihood of a direct Iranian attack on Israel has increased greatly

U.S. officials believe Iran is closer to obtaining a nuclear bomb and could be just a few weeks away from reaching full breakout capabilities.

The Il-80 exhibited on Wednesday, May 4, in the rehearsal for the May 9 Victory Parade was designed as a

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On Russia’s Victory Day, we might find out whether Putin intends to extend his war to the rest of the planet.

Following the start of Russia’s large-scale military re-invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, concerns arose about the role that the Transnistrian region of Moldova could play in the Kremlin’s war plans. The territory has been under Russian military occupation since 1992, with Moscow’s military, security and civilian officials directing, assisting and funding its administration. It has de facto been run …

Few people in the West are aware of how close Russia now is to escalating the war in Ukraine into an all-out nuclear conflict with the West. President Vladimir Putin is backed into a corner. A loss in the war in Ukraine, which is likely if it drags on in a conventional manner, will cause him serious political damage at home. To support him, the Russian media is now openly contemplating the benefits of a nuclear strike against the West. How will this end? It’s difficult to know. But the West needs to start realising that the threat is possible and even likely.

So, there’s a risk now emerging that in the face of military defeat at the conventional level, Russia will use nuclear weapons and plunge the world into a new and uncertain future. It’s a future in which low-yield nuclear weapons become usable in conflicts, certainly in terms of implicit and explicit coercive threats against military intervention—as China might do in a Taiwan crisis. In the worst case, a different perception of the operational utility of low-yield tactical nuclear weapons emerges in comparison to strategic nuclear forces. The nuclear genie is out of the bottle, and the question is whether it can ever be put back in.

The official warns that from Putin's vantage point, though, deep dissatisfaction with the situation in Ukraine and fear of the west turning the tide might actually provoke a nuclear display of some sort—one intended to shock the west and bring a halt to the war. The supply of western arms is also now a serious game changer, resupplying Ukraine while Russia is increasingly constrained. "Escalation is now a true danger," says the senior official.

The Russian president has threatened retaliation if NATO crosses "red lines" in Ukraine. Some experts say those lines have already been crossed.

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