NORAD intercepted five Russian military aircraft near Alaska’s western coast, but officials say the flights were not provocative.

NORAD said it intercepted five Russian military planes flying in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on Thursday.

The US-mediated talks are the latest chapter in the so far unsuccessful diplomatic effort to halt the war in Ukraine.

The U.S. and Russia agreed Thursday to reestablish high-level military dialogue for the first time in more than four years in another sign of warming relations between the two countries since President Donald Trump returned to office and sought to end the war in Ukraine.

A Russian official said Moscow is ready to respond with military measures if the United States deploys its missile defense program to Greenland.

WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said that Washington and Moscow on Thursday agreed to reestablish high level military-to-military dialogue, following talks in Abu Dhabi, a move which could signal a move towards normalizing some ties between the United States and Russia.

Russian and Chinese military incursions near Alaska prompt major U.S. defense investments, including reopening Adak base and new Arctic infrastructure.

The US military has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in international waters off the coast of Iceland, having deployed a small armada of aircraft and ships to intercept the vessel. US European Command (EUCOM) on 7 January issued a statement saying ...

In the early hours of February 24 2022, standing on the freezing roof of a hotel in Kyiv, the idea that Russia would launch a full-scale assault on Ukraine, despite a troop buildup on the border, still seemed almost impossible to imagine.