The Kyiv Independent’s Alisa Yurchenko investigates why China is buying Russian weapons, what Moscow gains from the deal, and what the deepening Russia–China military cooperation could mean for future ...

On 4 February 2026, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) is due to expire. If it does, it will mark the first ...

The final global treaty restricting nuclear weapon deployment, New START, is set to expire on Thursday, leaving the US and ...

Given the massive scale of Russian and Chinese strike drone production, the U.S. needs more interceptors in the price range ...

New procurement documents suggest Russia is expanding its arsenal of guided artillery, but key details remain unclear. The ...

China is sending tools to help Russia build its nuclear-capable hypersonic missile that Vladimir Putin is using to threaten ...

Two NATO-nation intelligence services suspect Russia is developing a new anti-satellite weapon to target Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation with destructive orbiting clouds of shrapnel, with the aim ...

Russian State Duma deputies urged Moscow to use "more powerful weapons" to attack Ukraine, its Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said on Jan. 30, amid increasingly cold temperatures. Stressing that Moscow's ...

Despite claims of success in Ukraine, new CSIS data shows that Russia is paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains, ...

Russia has sentenced American Charles Zimmerman to five years in prison for illegally transporting weapons, a court said, ...

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, ‍who was chief of Russia's Nuclear, ​Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, and his assistant, Ilya Polikarpov, were killed outside an ​apartment building ⁠in ...

Chuck Zimmerman, 58, was handed a 5-year sentence by a court in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi after a firearm was found ...