Of Eric Tegler Ukrainian forces are to receive an anti-aircraft and surface-to-ground precision missile system, which they can use from the back of a truck, SUV or trailer. The image of heavy weapons mounted on trucks is familiar to Americans who have seen nearly two decades of videos and photos of Taliban and ISIS fighters […]
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Russian armed opposition united in Ukraine
The “Free Russia” Legion and the National Republican Army have decided to unite their efforts to liberate Russia from Putin’s tyranny and end the war of aggression against Ukraine as soon as possible. The “Free Russia” Legion and the National Republican Army (NRA), which are engaged in armed resistance against Russia in Ukraine, today, August […]
The ‘Soviet’ Beriev seaplanes rose again in the Black Sea
By David Axe A Ukrainian strike on a Russian air base in occupied Crimea a few days ago reportedly destroyed dozens of warplanes belonging to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. From the attack, however, it seems that an old aircraft escaped: the Beriev Be-12 seaplane from the 1970s. It is either one of the few […]
Former Zelenskyi deputy who joined the occupation administration in Kherson was murdered in his home
Former Ukrainian lawmaker Alexei Kovalev, who sided with President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party but later supported Russian occupation forces in Kherson, was murdered on Sunday, Russian investigative authorities said today. “Deputy head of the Kherson region’s civil-military administration in charge of agricultural affairs, Alexei Kovalev, surrendered after being wounded by bullets,” the Investigative Committee said on […]
Russia accuses Ukraine of hitting a fuel depot at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
Officials stationed in Ukraine by Russia said today that a Ukrainian missile strike blew a hole in the roof of a fuel storage facility at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Russian-backed administration of the Zaporizhia region, posted a photo on Telegram showing what […]
Ukraine says the long-awaited counteroffensive in the south of the country has begun
LAST UPDATE: 15:00 Ukraine has launched a long-awaited counteroffensive in the country’s south, the southern military command said on Monday, Reuters reported. “Today we launched offensive actions in various directions, including in the Kherson region,” Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne quoted southern command spokeswoman Natalya Khumenyuk as saying. She confirmed the news a few minutes later […]
How Russia is implementing new laws to stifle dissent over the war in Ukraine
A growing number of Russians are being prosecuted under laws aimed at stifling criticism of Moscow’s military actions in Ukraine, Reuters reports. Here’s a look at the laws imposed by the Kremlin and how they are enforced. What new laws were passed in Russia after February 24? Russia introduced major additions to two articles of […]
Zaporizhia: Russia and Ukraine again exchange accusations over the bombing of the nuclear plant
Ukraine’s state nuclear company Energoatom said on Saturday that Russia had bombed the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant complex in Russian-held southern Ukraine. “During the last (24 hours), Russian troops again bombarded the premises of the Zaporizhia nuclear plant. The damage is currently being ascertained,” Energoatom wrote in a statement on Telegram. A statement from Russia’s […]
Kiev: ‘We destroyed an important bridge for the Russians in occupied Kherson’
Ukrainian rockets hit a major bridge used by Russian occupation forces in the southern Kherson region on Friday and put it out of action, southern Ukraine’s military command said. “Artillery units continued their missions, including securing control of the Darievsky bridge. Its operation is currently suspended,” the Ukrainians said, while Moscow has not commented on […]
Russia says it destroyed howitzer used to bomb Zaporizhia nuclear plant
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that its forces had destroyed a US-made M777 howitzer that it said Ukraine had used to bomb the Russian-controlled Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. In its daily update, the defense ministry said the howitzer was destroyed west of the city of Marganets, in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region. Reuters could not […]