The Latest Breaking News from Lloyd Austin

The U.S. and South Korea are jointly warning North Korea that use of any kind of nuclear weapon against Seoul or other regional allies would result in the end of Kim Jong Un’s regime

Ukrainian forces can retake the strategic southern city of Kherson from Russian troops, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday, in what would be a major defeat for Russia in its invasion of its neighbor.

The United States and South Korea agreed on Thursday to seek new measures to demonstrate the alliance's "determination and capabilities" following repeated North Korean provocations, according to a joint statement between the two countries.

In report outlining threats, Pentagon describes China as the most ‘comprehensive and serious challenge’ to US security.

The United States has not yet seen any indications that Russia's ongoing annual "Grom" exercises of its nuclear forces may be a cover for a real deployment, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday.

Moscow appears to be preparing ground for further escalation with discredited claims that Kyiv may use ‘dirty’ bomb

Ukraine has accused Russia of targeting its energy infrastructure, with President Volodymyr Zelensky claiming Moscow has already disrupted a third of the country's supply ahead of the freezing winter

Ukraine slammed Russia on Sunday for alleging Kyiv was planning to use a radioactive bomb in its own territory, calling the claims "dangerous" lies and prompting Western allies to warn Moscow against using any pretext for escalating the conflict. Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke with his British, French and…

The United States warned on Monday there would be severe consequences if Russia used a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, while Russia took its claim that Kyiv was planning to deploy a "dirty bomb" to the United Nations.

Ukraine responds by calling the allegation an ‘absolute absurdity’ as concerns over an escalation in the war rise.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in a phone call on Sunday that he "rejected any pretext for Russian escalation" in Ukraine, the Pentagon said.