United States Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States is closing the US Embassy in Kyiv and relocating diplomatic personnel in the country to the western Ukraine city of Lviv as fears of Russian invasion rise. “I have no higher
Russian 56th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade. (Credit/mil.ru/) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES US AFRICOM Commander Stephen Townsend said Russian Mercenaries are operating in West Africa nation Mali via the Wagner Group. “We have observed the Malian junta bring Russian mercenaries into their
Press room at the Pentagon in Washington DC (Credit: US DOD) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – President Joe Biden gave the go ahead for deployment of 3,000 US troops to Europe as Russia-Ukraine tensions rise. The United States will move
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Vasily Nebenzia, is the President of the United Nations Security Council for month of February 2022. (UN Photo/Manuel Elías) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – RUSSIA officially took over as President of
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON – Although the Pentagon has some 8,500 U.S.-based troops on heightened alert amid rising tensions over a potential Russian military invasion on Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said there is still time for Moscow
Airman 1st Class Stephen Knotts, 436th Aerial Port Squadron ramp services apprentice, drives a cargo loader at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Jan. 24, 2022. The cargo on the loader contains security assistance aid bound for Ukraine. (Credit: Photo By: Roland Balik, Air Force) By
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense located in Arlington VA. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – PENTAGON – The Pentagon is placing some 8,500 U.S.-based troops on heightened alert for possible deployment to Europe as
Pentagon Press Briefing room at the Pentagon in Washington DC (Credit: US DOD) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – PENTAGON – The U.S. House on Tuesday passed a $768 billion defense policy bill, boosting the Pentagon’s budget some
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Norwegian Minister of Defense Odd Enoksen sign a roadmap to deepen cooperation between U.S. and Norwegian Special Operations Forces, in a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2021. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando) By Gary
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III shares a laugh with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO defense ministerial at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 22, 2021. NATO leaders are conducting their first in-person defense ministerial since the beginning of the