Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Moscow's military to raise the alert status of its large nuclear forces on Sunday, and the threat will test a 2012 agreement that calls on China to provide a nuclear deterrent umbrella for Ukraine. Published February 27, 2022

China's government took U.S. intelligence provided to convince Beijing to join American-led efforts to head off a military attack on Ukraine and shared it with Russia, according to a person familiar with the activity. Published February 25, 2022

China's government leaned further toward supporting Russia's military incursion into Ukraine on Thursday blaming the Eastern European conflict on U.S. arms transfers to Kyiv. Published February 24, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin's military offensive now underway in Ukraine is a crime against humanity and a violation of Russian law, exiled opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Thursday. Published February 24, 2022

Chinese government instructions posted on social media reveal that Chinese Communist Party propaganda organs have been ordered to avoid criticizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Published February 23, 2022

Security analysts familiar with internal U.S. government thinking say most of the blame for the Ukraine crisis and Russian invasion this week in seizing two eastern regions rests with President Biden and grew out of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August. Published February 23, 2022

China on Tuesday appeared to back Russian grievances over Ukraine and NATO following Russian President Vladimir Putin's recognition Monday of two separatist enclaves in the eastern part of the country, noting what it called Moscow's "legitimate security concerns." Published February 22, 2022

ANALYSIS: China's communist leaders face the dilemma of supporting a quasi-ally in backing Russian military operation against Ukraine while avoiding a collapse of Beijing's declared policy of respecting sovereignty and never interfering in the internal affairs of other states. Published February 21, 2022

The FBI sting operation that ensnared an Annapolis U.S. Navy engineer and his wife in a conspiracy to sell nuclear submarine secrets involved an unidentified foreign nation that could be China, The Washington Times has learned. Published February 18, 2022

Beijing's expanding military poses a "significant threat" to the United States and the Pentagon is not ready for a conflict with China, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. Published February 17, 2022