The threat of Russian military invasion of the remainder of Ukraine represents the most serious military crisis and challenge in Europe since the Balkan wars of the 1990s. The current substantial buildup of Russian military forces around that nation continues, ominously.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson braced Wednesday for the conclusions of an investigation into allegations of lockdown-breaching parties, a document that could help him end weeks of scandal and discontent, or bring his time in office to an abrupt close.

With more than 100,000 of its troops amasses near Ukraine’s boder and as it ratchets up military war games in the region, Russia continues to say it is not preparing to assault its neighbor.

As tensions over the Russia-Ukraine conflict soared this week, the United States ordered the departure of all family members of U.S. Embassy personnel, citing the “threat of Russian military action.” It also told nonessential staff that they could leave.

The U.S. has made no concessions to the main Russian demands over Ukraine and NATO in a long-awaited written response delivered to Russia on Wednesday in Moscow, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

Retired Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, who died in July at the age of 76, was the third-great-nephew of Civil War general Montgomery Meigs.

As Western-supplied weapons land by the planeload in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, soldiers and civilians in the east wait with helpless anticipation for decisions made by people with little knowledge of Ukraine and even less about the eastern front lines.

Team USA bobsledder Jimmy Reed spent most of his childhood in the alpine village of Garmisch, Germany, where his father was a foreign area officer helping to train troops and diplomats.

A confidential European Union military report calls for continuing a controversial EU program to train and equip Libya's coast guard and navy despite growing concerns about their treatment of migrants.

Rescue crews in Istanbul and Athens dug through snow and ice Tuesday to clear paralyzed roads and rescue people stranded overnight in their cars after snowstorms and a massive cold front brought much of Turkey and Greece to a standstill.