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Senior leaders of Russia’s military severely wounded during targeted strike on Black Sea Fleet HQ, reports say
Newsbreak 7 days ago in Around The World, casualties, insider news, Military & Defense, russian invasion, Ukraine, War, War Casualties 0 A Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images On Friday, a Ukrainian missile struck Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Crimea. Russia has not confirmed any deaths but top military commanders were among those reported wounded. Since the invasion began, many high-ranking Russian military officials have been killed in action. Top Russian military commanders were among those wounded…
North Korea said the US’ latest military actions ‘may fall under the conditions’ Pyongyang has set for a nuclear first...
Newsbreak 2 months ago in Around The World, insider news, Kim Jong Un, Military & Defense, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, USS Kentucky 0 This photo provided on Nov. 19, 2022, by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and his daughter at the site of a missile launch at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via Associated Press On Thursday, North Korea’s defense minister made a veiled threat about a nuclear first…
A former Russian diplomat says the attempted Wagner mutiny is ‘just another step’ toward Putin’s eventual ouster
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images; Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Boris Bondarev told Newsweek he believes the Wagner mutiny will hasten Putin’s ouster. “His war was from the very beginning doomed. This mutiny is just another step,” Bondarev said. Bondarev said there has been growing “disappointment and anger” among Russia’s elite over the war. A former Russian…
The US Marine Corps’ deadliest sniper might never have become one if it weren’t for a wild night of drinking...
Newsbreak 3 months ago in Around The World, chuck mawhinney, Marine Corps, Military & Defense, Sniper, Vietnam 0 Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney, the most lethal sniper in Marine Corps history Courtesy photo The deadliest sniper in Marine Corps history is Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney. During the Vietnam War, he had 103 confirmed kills and 216 probable kills over 16 months in country. But the legendary sniper might not have been one if it weren’t for some unexpected developments. Chuck Mawhinney is a legend for the…
Putin praises Wagner mercenaries for Bakhmut claims of victory, his first time directly crediting the for-hire army for their military...
Newsbreak 4 months ago in Around The World, Military, Military & Defense, News, Putin, Russia, Ukraine invasion, Ukraine war, Vladimir Putin, Wagner Group 0 Yevgeny Prigozhin, left, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, around his factory which produces school means, outside St. Petersburg, Russia on Sept. 20, 2010. Prigozhin, the millionaire owner of the Wagner Group private military company and long-term ally of Putin’s, has grown increasingly frustrated with the Russian leader over his for-hire troops being killed at the front lines of the invasion of Ukraine. Sputnik, Kremlin Pool…
Russia’s claim that it won in Bakhmut may be meaningless — and a good sign for Ukraine’s upcoming counteroffensive
An aerial view of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on April 26, 2023. Libkos/AP Russia claimed victory over Bakhmut after a monthlong battle over the eastern Ukrainian city. But experts have said even if that’s true, the area provides little to no strategic advantage. Now, Russia will have to expend resources in the city while also preparing for Ukraine’s counterattack. The monthslong battle in Bakhmut may have reached…
Leaked Pentagon docs show the shot-down Chinese spy balloon may have had a feature known as ‘synthetic aperture radar’ that...
Newsbreak 6 months ago in Around The World, Chinese spy balloon, International, Military & Defense, News, pentagon leaks, Spy Satellite 0 Photo provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 15 April 1994 in Pasadena, Ca, shows false-color composite image of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines taken by Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C and X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on orbit 78 13 April 1994. IMAGING RADAR / JPL / AFP The shot-down Chinese spy balloon may have had synthetic aperture radar, the Washington Post reports. …
Discord users say Jack Teixeira only leaked documents to show off. That’s a problem for the US military, which uses...
Newsbreak 6 months ago in Analysis, Around The World, Discord, Jack Teixeira, Military & Defense, News, Pentagon, Ukraine 0 A man plays a round of “Call of Duty 4” in the computer area of the U.S. Army Experience center at the Franklin Mills mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 7, 2009. Tim Shaffer/Reuters Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old airman, was accused of leaking US intelligence documents on Discord. The US military uses Discord to recruit young people who are enthusiastic about video games. SOCOM previously…
The Kremlin alleged a female assassin used a bomb hidden in a statue to kill a prominent pro-Russia blogger. Video...
Newsbreak 6 months ago in Around The World, Military & Defense, News, Russia, Speed desk, Ukraine, Vladlen Tatarsky 0 A screenshot of a video showing the moment Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky received the statue that the Kremlin says exploded. Ren-TV / Vkontake Video shows Russian military blogger receiving statue that Russia says exploded, killing him. Police arrested the woman who they alleged gifted the statue. The Russian Interior Ministry released a video interrogating the woman about the incident. A video circulating on social…
Another SEAL parachuting death highlights the inherent danger of US special operators’ go-to infiltration method
Joe Skipper/Reuters Several US troops, including Navy SEALs, have died in parachuting accidents over the past decade. Despite the danger, parachuting is a valuable method to put forces on the ground for important missions. Several members of elite US military units have died in parachute accidents over the past decade, including a Navy SEAL and a member of the Army’s parachute demonstration team who were…
Some Russians can’t agree if they should honor convict soldiers who died in Ukraine after trading prison for war: ‘They...
Newsbreak 6 months ago in Around The World, International, Military & Defense, News, Prisoners, Russia, Soldiers, Ukraine, Wagner Group, War 0 Graves of Wagner group mercenaries killed in the Russian invasion war in Ukraine are being buried in the Mavrino village cemetery in the outskirts of Moscow. Celestino Arce/NurPhoto/Getty Images The Wagner Group recruited thousands of Russian prisoners to fight in Ukraine in exchange for freedom. While those who died return home to be buried, residents can’t agree on how they should be treated. One soldier…
Top US general says it will be really hard and cost a lot of ‘blood and treasure’ for Ukraine to...
Ukrainian servicemen from 24th brigade operate a BM-21 Grad near the frontlines of Toretsk, Ukraine on March 18, 2023. Photo by Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The top US general believes Russia’s war in Ukraine will likely end at the negotiating table. It’ll cost Ukraine a lot of “blood and treasure” and be really difficult to expel all the invading Russians, he said. Gen….
How Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president, went from perceived pro-West reformer to virulent warmonger since the invasion of Ukraine
Newsbreak 6 months ago in Analysis, Around The World, Dmitry Medvedev, Military & Defense, News UK, Politics, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin 0 Dmitry Medvedev gives a TV address at the Gorki state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, on December 31, 2022. Ekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Russia’s former president has become one of its most vitriolic figures amid the Ukraine invasion. When Dmitry Medvedev was elected, some saw him representing a more liberal future for Russia. But experts say he’s now politically vulnerable and doing…
Russia fired rarely seen missiles and wildly unpredictable ones that Ukraine’s forces can’t stop in deadly strikes across the country
MiG-31BM supersonic interceptor equipped with a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missile underneath it. Russian Ministry of Defense/YouTube Russian forces launched a huge missile and drone attack against Ukraine on Thursday. The missiles that were launched include Kh-47 hypersonic and Kh-22 anti-ship missiles. Ukraine’s air defenses are unable to shoot down these weapons, a military official said. Russian forces carried out a massive missile attack against…
The war in Ukraine has shown the value of tanks, but militaries are now looking to stock up on slimmed-down...
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, International, light tank, main battle tank, Mildef freelance, Military & Defense, News Contributor, Russia, Tank, Ukraine 0 Soviet light tanks in 1936. Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The war in Ukraine has generated renewed interest in the role of tanks on the modern battlefield. Even before the war, some militaries were developing “light tanks” to complement heavier main battle tanks. Light tanks are seen as filling a capability gap between main battle tanks and other armored vehicles. Russia’s renewed attack on…
Putin’s top troops are being ‘decimated’ as Russia relies too much on so-called ‘elite’ forces to wage war in Ukraine
Russian servicemen take part in military exercises at the Uspenovskyi training ground outside the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on September 4, 2022. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images Several so-called “elite” Russian units have suffered heavy casualties on the battlefield in Ukraine. Military experts told Insider that these losses are a huge blow to Moscow’s combat capabilities. It also highlights an overdependence on these units to…
Russia repeated a battle tactic that failed miserably in Bucha and once again lost tanks critical to the war
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, International, Military & Defense, News, Putin, Russia, Tanks, Ukraine, Vuhledar 0 This image provided by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and taken in February 2023 shows damaged Russian tanks in a field after an attack on Vuhledar, Ukraine Ukrainian Armed Forces via AP, File Russia lost 130 tanks during three weeks of fighting near Vuhledar, per Ukrainian officials. The country repeated prior tactical errors that previously lost them scores of critical vehicles. An expert of US-Soviet relations…
A manhole cover launched into space with a nuclear test is the fastest human-made object. A scientist on Operation Plumbbob...
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, Bombs, Features, History, IBM-block, Military & Defense, Nevada Test Site, News Visual Feature, Nuclear Tests, Nuclear Weapons, science, Weapons 0 The pockmarked Nevada Testing Site, strewn with craters from all the nuclear weapons tests that took place there. NNSA Robert Brownlee was on the Operation Plumbbob team that launched an object in space before Sputnik. They put a manhole cover above a nuke underground, and the explosion shot the iron cap into space. The fastest human-made object was part of the US government’s nuclear testing…
Russia’s struggles in Ukraine are showing US special operators that they’ll need to fight without their ‘tethers’ to win future...
Ukrainian, Romanian, and US Army Special Forces soldiers conduct close-quarters-battle training in Romania in May 2021. Romanian army/Capt. Roxana Davidovits The challenges of waging modern warfare are on vivid display in Russia’s ongoing attack on Ukraine. A less visible aspect has been the need for a robust logistical network to sustain frontline forces. For US special operators, the war is a reminder that such a…
Russia’s air force is struggling to hit targets in Ukraine, but its missiles can still keep Ukraine’s jets at bay
A destroyed Russian Su-34 fighter jet in Lyman, Ukraine on October 5. Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Limited numbers of guided air-to-ground munitions hinder Russia’s ability to conduct airstrikes. However, more potent air-to-air missiles are helping Russian jets keep Ukrainian aircraft at bay. Both sides are using air-launched weapons at a rate that is striking to experts observing the war. Russia’s air force is…
Key Putin ally claims Russia is dismantling seized western weapons to turn ‘the enemy’s experience to our advantage’ in Ukraine
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, Dmitry Medvedev, Military & Defense, News, Russia, russia ukraine war, Ukraine, War, Weapons, Weekend BI UK News 0 Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia is improving its firepower by studying Western weapons seized on the battlefield. Getty Images Dmitry Medvedev has hit back at Western reports that Russia is running short of weapons in Ukraine. He said Russian factories were working “around the clock” to produce the “latest technologies.” Researchers study high-tech Western weapons seized in Ukraine to improve Russian kit, said Medvedev. Dmitry…
Russians hung out with US Army soldiers at a weapons expo and played with the missiles killing Putin’s tanks in...
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, International, javelin, Military & Defense, Russia, Tanks, The US Army, Ukraine, Weapons 0 Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team load a Javelin missile onto the Common Remotely Operated Weapons System on a Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle before a live-fire coaching train on April 28, 2022 in Fort Carson, Colorado. Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images US Army soldiers discovered themselves located close to Russian weapons contractors at an expo in Abu Dhabi. At one level, the Russians…
The Ukraine war has killed hundreds of thousands of people. His job is to collect the our bodies.
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, Burial, civilian casualties, Death, deaths, Geneva Convention, Military & Defense, News, News-freelancer, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine war, War Casualties, War Crimes 0 Black Tulip exhumes our bodies from a mass grave in Yampil, Ukraine, close to Sloviansk. Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters Content note: This story comprises graphic photos. SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — In the year since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the our bodies of civilians and troopers have piled up in mined forests and in cratered fields alongside Ukraine’s entrance…
A missile system was spotted nearby as Putin spoke for just 4 minutes in Moscow, showing how the Russian city...
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, Military & Defense, Missile Defense, News, Russia, Speed desk, Vladimir Putin, war in Ukraine 0 (*4*)Russian President Vladimir Putin. KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/Getty Images A missile system was spotted close to the Moscow stadium the place Putin gave a patriotic speech. Similar air defenses have been popping up on rooftops throughout the capital since Russia invaded Ukraine. Some locals concern the set up of those defensive techniques hints the battle may get worse, based on the Moscow Times. An anti-aircraft missile system…
Putin wanted to boast about Russia launching a nuclear-capable ICBM — but the launch failed so he could not, report...
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, insider news, International, Military & Defense, News, nuclear missile, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, ukraine-russia, Vladimir Putin 0 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would droop its participation in its last main nuclear arms cope with the US. MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images A latest Russian check launch of its Sarmat missile seems to have failed, two US officials told CNN. Had it labored, Vladimir Putin would possible have highlighted it in his Tuesday handle, they said. But Putin did not point…
China may ‘creep up to the line’ of providing Putin with lethal aid as Biden cabinet members warn the country:...
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Anthony Blinken, Around The World, China, Kamala Harris, Military & Defense, News, Politics, Russia, Ukraine, Wang Yi, War 0 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Munch Security Conference on February 18. 2023. Petr David Josek/AP Â China may strive to send lethal aid to Russia “without getting caught,” a source told NBC News. Warnings of escalation come on the heels of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s assembly with China. Blinken warned “about the implications” of sending lethal aid, the State Department said. US…
Putin’s plan is to ‘out-suffer’ Ukraine and win by sending hundreds of thousands of Russians to die, retired US general...
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, Hitler, Military & Defense, Napoleon, News, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine war, Vladimir Putin, World War II 0 Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mikhail Klimentyev/Getty Images David Petraeus thinks Vladimir Putin hopes to beat Ukraine by sacrificing more lives. Petraeus cited earlier conflicts the place Russia gained on the cost of an amazing dying depend. This included Russia’s WWII fight against Hitler’s Nazis, and Napoleon’s 1812 invasion of Russia. Retired US general David Petraeus says Russian chief Vladimir Putin is hoping to win its…
The US Navy’s struggle to keep ships in fighting shape is leading sailors to ‘cannibalize’ more parts from other ships
Newsbreak 8 months ago in Around The World, Cannibalization, International, Mildef freelance, Military & Defense, News Contributor, spare parts, US Navy 0 The decrease bow unit of the plane service Ronald Reagan is lowered into place at a Newport News shipyard in March 2000. US Navy Shortages of spare parts is driving US sailors to take more and more parts from other ships. As a outcome, more ships are down for upkeep and unable to carry out missions, a government watchdog says. The drawback largely stems from…
Russia has placed 6,000 Ukrainian children in ‘re-education’ camps where they are taught how to shoot guns and drive vehicles,...
Children maintain Ukrainian flags alongside the street close to Sloviansk, Ukraine on January 30, 2023. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images Russia is working no less than 43 camps to re-educate 1000’s of Ukrainian children, a study discovered. The report discovered children as younger as four-months-old had been taken to the camps. The operation is coordinated by Russia’s federal government, the examine said. Russia has put…
Wagner Group’s turn from prison recruitment could be effort to tap soldiers who might balk at ‘serving with rapists and...
Newsbreak 8 months ago in Around The World, International, Military & Defense, Politics, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin 0 Visitors carrying navy camouflage pose at the doorway of the ‘PMC Wagner Centre’, which is related with businessman and founding father of the Wagner personal navy group Yevgeny Prigozhin. AP Photo, File Wagner Group, the Russian paramilitary group, has stopped recruiting prisoners for the battle. The group’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, confirmed the cessation of the follow last week. An knowledgeable in Russian historical past told…