Editor's Note Monday, 19 December 2016 Goverment, News, People, Politics, USA, War, World Stuck in meetings this morning and afternoon. Blogging will return after 14:00 EST. Military and Intelligence News Briefs and World News Briefs will be posted later today. Tweet Subscribe to receive free email updates: Related Posts :Is The U.S. Prepared For The Possibility That Putin Uses Nuclear Weapons? FOX News: US doesn't 'seem prepared' for possibility that Putin uses nuclear weapons: expert Russia claimed on Saturday to have laun… Read More...Reports Say Russian President Putin Ready To Order Nuclear Evacuation Drills Daily Mail: 'Depressed' Vladimir Putin is 'set to hold a nuclear evacuation drill' with the Kremlin's doomsday plane after moving his famil… Read More...U.S. Officials Vows "Significant Reaction" If Russia Uses Chemical Or Biological Weapons In Ukraine CBS News: Austin vows "significant reaction" if Russia uses chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine Washington — Defense Se… Read More...Russia Issues Ultimatum To Mariupol To Surrender By 5am Moscow Time. Kyiv Says ‘No Question’ Of Surrender Reuters: Russia demands Ukrainian forces lay down arms in Mariupol LONDON: Russia on Sunday (Mar 20) called on Ukrainian force… Read More...Russia Uses Hypersonic Missiles For The First Time In Strike On Ukraine Arms Depot Daily Mail: Putin fires hypersonic missile at Ukraine: Russia steps up war of attrition with another strike on west of country with… Read More...