Russia's Syzran oil refinery halted operations on Dec. 5 after sustaining damage in a Ukrainian drone attack, Reuters ...

Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life ...

In 1941, as German panzers closed in on Kiev, Soviet commanders begged to withdraw. Stalin refused. The result was one of the ...

World War II ended generations ago, yet many of its weapons are still firing in today’s conflicts. Heavy machine guns, ...

1950 – Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the ...