Trump Selects Retired General Keith Kellogg as Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen Keith Kellogg, a highly decorated retired three-star general, to serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. Kellogg, who is one of the architects of a staunchly conservative policy book that lays out an “America First” national security agenda for […]
Russia Needs Men So Badly that Its Sign-Up Bonuses Are Nearly on Par with the US Military's

Read the original article on Business Insider. Russia’s army is bleeding, and it’s raising its recruitment bonuses to US military levels to draw in more men. Russian media reported that new recruits would get a new signing bonus of 1.9 million rubles, or about $22,000 if they sign contracts with the Russian defense ministry. The announcement said that, […]
Army Doesn't Have Enough Soldiers for Potential Wars with China and Russia, Review Committee Says

The Army is undermanned for a conflict with China or Russia, potential future fights that could expand across several geographic regions, a new report by a committee tasked with reviewing the 2022 National Defense Strategy has found. The service specifically does not have the number of soldiers needed for what would likely be an intensive […]
US Army Cut Off the Pay of Staff Sgt. Gordon Black After His Arrest in Russia, Officials Say

Army officials have confirmed that the service has stopped paying the salary of a U.S. enlisted soldier who traveled to Russia without permission before being arrested and sentenced to nearly four years in prison for theft. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, was convicted of stealing and making threats of murder by a court in the […]
As US-Supplied Weapons Show Impact Inside Russia, Ukrainian Soldiers Hope for Deeper Strikes

KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Weeks after the decision allowing Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied weapons for limited strikes in Russian territory, the country is having some success in halting Russia’s new push along the northeast front, but military commanders are clamoring for restrictions on long-range missiles to be lifted. Deteriorating battlefield conditions forced the U.S. […]
US Soldier Convicted of Theft in Russia and Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Prison

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday convicted a visiting American soldier of stealing and making threats of murder, and it sentenced him to three years and nine months in prison. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, flew to the Pacific port city to see his girlfriend and was […]
Staff Sgt. Gordon Black Reportedly Pleads Guilty to Theft While Being Held by Russia

A U.S. soldier being held in Russia pleaded guilty to theft charges Thursday, two weeks after he was detained in the country on suspicion of stealing money from a Russian woman he was in a relationship with, according to several state media outlets. Russian authorities arrested Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, in Vladivostok, a port […]
Still Held by Russia, US Soldier Gordon Black Files Appeal over Confinement Ahead of Trial

The U.S. Army soldier currently being held in police custody in Russia appealed his two-month pretrial detention, according to state media. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, was detained by Russian authorities in the port city of Vladivostok on May 2 on suspicion he stole money from his Russian girlfriend. Black, an infantryman, was stationed in […]
Russia Detains US Soldier over Alleged Criminal Misconduct

A U.S. Army soldier has been detained in Russia over allegations of criminal misconduct, the service said Monday. The soldier was identified as Staff Sgt. Gordon Black by a U.S. official. He was arrested by Russian authorities last week in Vladivostok, an area northeast of the Korean peninsula near where the Russian Pacific fleet is […]
Army Veteran Who Worked for NSA Pleads Guilty to Trying to Sell US Secrets to Russia

DENVER — A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado pleaded guilty Monday to trying to sell classified national security information to Russia. Federal prosecutors agreed to not ask for more than about 22 years in prison for Jareh Sebastian Dalke when he is sentenced in April if he adheres to the terms of a […]