Russia has been upgrading and modernizing several nuclear bases for its European and Pacific forces. Business Insider obtained new satellite images that show the major construction at the sites.

Recent satellite images taken by Planet Labs in May and June 2025 reveal large-scale construction at five secret nuclear ...

Russia has responded to President Trump’s new hardline Ukraine strategy with a mix of public dismissal and covert military escalation. -While former president Dmitry Medvedev mocked the US threat of ...

New images assessed by Business Insider show new roadworks, buildings, and modifications, with some sites undergoing rapid ...

Following American airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities last week, and then the imposition of a ceasefire, it’s time to step back and assess what has changed in the Middle East, and the ...

Rachel Maddow explains how Ukraine's "Spiderweb" drone operation, which destroyed several Russian military planes, exposed a huge global nuclear vulnerability.

The following is the May 22, 2025, Congressional Reserach Service In Focus report, Russia’s Nuclear Weapons. From the report Russia presents an “acute threat” to the United States and its ...

Russia’s former president claimed NATO’s newest members are potential targets for revenge strikes using nuclear weapons in the event of war — as the Kremlin expands its military bases along ...

The world is witnessing a new kind of global race—not for authority in space but for control over the global nuclear energy market. Nuclear power had long been considered risky owing to major ...

Russia’s growing technological assistance has the potential to bolster North Korea’s development of ICBMs and SLBMs, nuclear-powered submarines, and low yield nuclear weapons.

Satellite images, documents, photos, and expert witnesses reveal extensive construction activity at a site in Belarus previously identified as a site that may house Russian nuclear weapons.

Russia is expanding its global influence in nuclear power plant construction, despite Western efforts to reduce reliance on Russian nuclear fuel and technology.