Russia, Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday lowered the threshold for nuclear weapons use, just two days after the U.S.
Lyons questioned the timing of the decision, saying, “I’m not sure why we didn’t allow this two or three years ago." ...
Russia’s central bank set the ruble’s exchange rate at more than 100 per US dollar for the first time in more than a year ...
Ukraine’s expanded firepower gives the nation a chance to hold on to the sliver of Russian territory it has been controlling ...
A Ukrainian official says a Russian strike on a nine-story building in the city of Sumy killed eight people and wounded ...