The breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria, long under Russian control since a conflict in the early 1990s, has moved to join the Russian Federation. Moscow may feel that the timing is right to acquire the former Soviet territory that is mostly made up of ethnic Moldovans but has a significant…
A Russian SU-27 fighter jet came within 10 feet of a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft over international waters of the Black Sea, near the Russian Federation coastline, U.S. defense officials told Reuters. One official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the incident lasted about 19 minutes and the Russian Sukhoi…