Category: Ukraine
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…
Discord users say Jack Teixeira only leaked documents to show off. That’s a problem for the US military, which uses...
Newsbreak 2 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…
Russia faces new sanctions to foil its efforts to get around the old ones
Newsbreak 2 months ago in Around The World, EU, Markets, MI Exclusive, Putin, Russia, russia ukraine war, Russian Economy, Sanctions, Ukraine, western sanctions 0 Russian President Vladimir Putin. MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/RIA NOVOSTI/AFP via Getty Images Russia will soon face a new set of sanctions to foil any efforts it makes to get around old ones. The EU is planning to roll out its 11th sanctions package, an official told CNBC Thursday. “Don’t underestimate the efforts that Russia will make with its pals globally to get around our sanctions,” she said. …
The Kremlin alleged a female assassin used a bomb hidden in a statue to kill a prominent pro-Russia blogger. Video...
Newsbreak 2 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…
Some Russians can’t agree if they should honor convict soldiers who died in Ukraine after trading prison for war: ‘They...
Newsbreak 2 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 3 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…
NATO chief: Russian forces may take Bakhmut ‘in the coming days’
Newsbreak 3 months ago in Around The World, Bakhmut, International, NATO, News, Russia, russia ukraine war, Ukraine 0 NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Wednesday that the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where government troops have tried to dig in, may fall to Russian forces in the coming days. “And over the last weeks and months, we have seen fierce fighting in and around Bakhmut, and what we see is that Russia is storming in more troops, more forces and what Russia lacks in…
The war in Ukraine has shown the value of tanks, but militaries are now looking to stock up on slimmed-down...
Newsbreak 3 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 3 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…
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…
Sullivan dodges questions on Ukraine retaking Crimea
Newsbreak 3 months ago in Around The World, Biden administration, International, Jake Sullivan, Russia, Sunday Talk Shows, Ukraine 0 National security adviser Jake Sullivan dodged questions on whether the Biden administration would support Ukrainian efforts to retake Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014, as some Republican lawmakers criticize U.S. support of Ukraine. Sullivan, when asked on NBC’s “Meet The Press” on Sunday, would not say whether the U.S. would support Ukrainian efforts to retake Crimea. “The critical thing right now is…
Key Putin ally claims Russia is dismantling seized western weapons to turn ‘the enemy’s experience to our advantage’ in Ukraine
Newsbreak 3 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…
By the numbers: U.S. military aid to Ukraine
Newsbreak 3 months ago in Around The World, Budget, International, Military aid, News, Policy, russia ukraine war, Ukraine 0 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, launched only a year in the past, has resulted in a surprising quantity of U.S. military help for the war-torn country. It’s set off a deep political debate over how a lot help the U.S. ought to provide, although to date there’s been more settlement than disagreement about providing aid to Ukraine. Here’s a take a look at the numbers behind…
Russians hung out with US Army soldiers at a weapons expo and played with the missiles killing Putin’s tanks in...
Newsbreak 3 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 3 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…
Putin wanted to boast about Russia launching a nuclear-capable ICBM — but the launch failed so he could not, report...
Newsbreak 3 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…
Russia’s suspension of nuclear pact brings US into new era of arms control
Newsbreak 3 months ago in Antony Blinken, Around The World, Defense, Joe Biden, NATO, Policy, Russia, START, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin 0 Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suspension of the last main nuclear arms treaty with the U.S. has shifted each nations into a more risky era of engagement on weapons of mass destruction. The risk of a nuclear battle nonetheless stays low, based on worldwide safety analysts, even with the battle in Ukraine and the now-suspended New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). But the newest nuclear saber-rattling…
Zelensky says Ukraine will defend Bakhmut, ‘however not at any price’
Newsbreak 3 months ago in Around The World, International, Joe Biden, News, Russia, russia ukraine war, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky 0 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine will proceed to defend Bakhmut, an japanese metropolis in Donetsk province that has seen months of brutal Russian assaults, however “not at any price.” “Yes, it is not a particularly big town. In fact, like many others in Donbas, (it’s been) devastated by the Russians,” Zelensky told Italian publication Corriere della Sera in an interview revealed Sunday, per Reuters….
China may ‘creep up to the line’ of providing Putin with lethal aid as Biden cabinet members warn the country:...
Newsbreak 3 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 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…
Former Zelensky official says ‘we’ll never give up to Putin,’ ahead of war anniversary
Newsbreak 4 months ago in Around The World, International, Iuliia Mendel, News, Russia, russian invasion of ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine aid, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky 0 The former press secretary to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Saturday that they may “never give up” to Russian President Vladimir Putin, because the one-year anniversary of the war approaches subsequent week. “Thousands and thousands of our people are fighting, and many of them just became soldiers a year ago, but they are determined,” Iuliia Mendel, who served as Zelensky’s press secretary from 2019…
Putin’s plan is to ‘out-suffer’ Ukraine and win by sending hundreds of thousands of Russians to die, retired US general...
Newsbreak 4 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…
Ukraine claims Russian balloons shot down over Kyiv
Newsbreak 4 months ago in Around The World, China, Chinese spy balloon, Defense, Policy, Russia, Ukraine 0 Six Russian balloons have been noticed over the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, with most shot down by the town’s air defenses, in line with Kyiv’s navy administration. It’s unknown when the balloons flew over the town or whether or not they have been carrying reconnaissance gear, however air sirens have been used in Kyiv because the balloons have been in the skies, Reuters reported. “According to…
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 4 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…
European militaries are emptying their arsenals to send heavy-duty howitzers to Ukraine
Newsbreak 4 months ago in Around The World, artillery, Caeser, Howitzer, International, Mildef freelance, Military & Defense, News Contributor, Nordic, Russia, Ukraine 0 A French Caesar self-propelled howitzer fires into the Middle Euphrates River Valley in December 2018. US Army/Sgt. 1st Class Mikki Sprenkle The US and European nations have despatched scores of artillery items to Ukraine. A number of nations have despatched most or all of their artillery arsenals to assist Kyiv fight Russia. Those militaries now face the problem of supplying Ukraine whereas protecting their own…
US tells citizens to leave Russia immediately
Newsbreak 4 months ago in Around The World, International, News, Russia, travel advisory, Ukraine, US 0 The U.S. on Monday issued a top-level advisory telling American citizens to leave Russia immediately and stop journey to the country as Russia’s warfare against neighboring Ukraine continues, citing dangers of harassment and wrongful detention for Americans particularly. “Do not travel to Russia due to the unpredictable consequences of the unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces, the potential for harassment and the…
