What You Need to Know: In August 2000, the Russian submarine Kursk suffered two massive explosions during a naval exercise in the Barents Sea, sinking with 118 crew aboard. Caused ...

Key Point: The Oscars needed to be fast to intercept American nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, and that meant they too needed nuclear propulsion. Each was powered by two OK-650 nuclear reactors ...

Captain-Lieutenant Mikhail Averin prepares for an exercise in the Barents Sea by the Russian Northern Fleet, but things do not go to plan on the submarine Kursk. Show more Captain-Lieutenant ...

12, 2000, Russia's Kursk submarine sank in the Barents Sea ... (Tatyana Makeyeva / AFP via Getty Images) Protesters hold pictures of former Yukos chief and Kremlin opposer Mikhail Khodorkovsky ...

Ukraine's risky gamble to seize Russian territory could ultimately pay off, if for no other reason than the timing. Ukrainian forces rolled the dice on a gamble and advanced into the Russian ...

Key developments on Jan. 27: * North Korean troops seem to temporarily withdraw from one section of front in Kursk Oblast, military says * Russia claims to capture Velyka Novosilka, Ukraine admits ...

Key developments on Jan. 27: * North Korean troops seem to temporarily withdraw from one section of front in Kursk Oblast, military says * Russia claims to capture Velyka Novosilka, Ukraine admits ...

The Ukrainian military has launched a new offensive in the Kursk region of Russia as Moscow’s forces continue to push deep inside eastern Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed in a ...

Ukraine's risky gamble to seize Russian territory could ultimately pay off, if for no other reason than the timing. Ukrainian forces rolled the dice on a gamble and advanced into the Russian region of ...

Ukraine launched a fresh operation in Russia's southern Kursk region, Moscow said on Sunday, after Ukrainian officials and military bloggers reported new attacks from Kyiv in a region where Moscow ...