May 22 (UPI) --Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said Russia "likely" has launched a "counter space weapon" capable of threatening U.S. government satellites. Responding to a question from ...

Russian officials acknowledged a launch had taken place including a spacecraft, but it called the US' claims "fake news." ...

TASS/. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov rejected as fake news the Pentagon’s claim that Russia launched a counter space weapon, noting that Moscow was against placing strike ...

His focus is Russia and Ukraine ... Moscow's alleged space weapon efforts. On February 5, 2022, 20 days before Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Cosmos 2553 was launched from the Plesetsk ...

The Pentagon subsequently stated that Russia had launched an anti-satellite vehicle into orbit on 16 May 2024: "Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit that we assess is likely a ...

Russia has denied it is developing such a weapon and says Cosmos 2553 is for research purposes. Russia, a storied space power that launched the first man in space in 1961, has for decades been ...

They are calling for an "immediate, full, unconditional 30-day ceasefire to create space ... today. Russia responded by suggesting talks in Turkey on Thursday. It also reportedly launched more ...