MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin vowed Wednesday to push back Ukrainian forces to reduce the threat of attacks on Russian territory as he met with activists running his campaign ahead of the March presidential election that he’s all but certain to win. Asked about plans for the military campaign in Ukraine, Putin said the line […]
The U.S. booked $81 billion in new weapons deals last year as governments around the world sought to replace the stocks that were sent to Ukraine to help fight off a Russian invasion force. The deals amounted to a more than 50% increase in such weapons sales from 2022, the State Department said this week. […]
Don’t expect to hear a lot about this from the MSM or the Ukraine-loving politicians in Washington from both parties. It turns out that some money has once again gone missing in Kyiv. And we’re not talking about chicken feed here. Members of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reportedly conspired with a local arms firm to […]
BANGKOK — A visiting dissident rock band that has been critical of Moscow’s war in Ukraine and whose members were arrested last week in Thailand might face deportation to Russia, according to human rights advocates and fans on Monday. Five of the seven musicians playing with the progressive rock band, Bi-2, traveled using Russian passports, […]
Ukrainian forces have destroyed more than 360 enemy main battle tanks and at least 700 armored combat vehicles since early October, when Russian forces in eastern Ukraine went on the attack after several months spent in defensive positions, British officials said. While the Russian forces have achieved “minor territorial gains” since October, their industrial capability […]
Russia’s crackdown on criticism of its invasion of Ukraine is now targeting some of its most hawkish supporters, a sign that President Vladimir Putin will brook no opposition to his “special military operation” regardless of where it comes from. A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced prominent Russian nationalist Igor Girkin to four years in prison […]
TALLINN, Estonia — The Moscow City Court on Thursday convicted a former Ukraine rebel leader who called President Vladimir Putin cowardly of extremism and sentenced him to four years in prison. Igor Girkin, who used the surname alias of Strelkov (shooter), was the most prominent leader of Russian-backed separatist fighters in Ukraine’s Donetsk region in […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal has asked Russia to send back hundreds of Nepali nationals who were recruited to fight against Ukraine and repatriate the bodies of those who died in the conflict, Nepal‘s top diplomat said Thursday. The Russian army is estimated to have recruited more than 200 Nepali nationals to fight in Ukraine and […]
A Russian military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew and three people accompanying them crashed on Wednesday morning in Russia’s Belgorod region near Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash, which occurred around 11 a.m. It was also not known if anyone survived. The authorities […]
The Pentagon is saying that it’s out of money to send weapons to Ukraine to fight off the Russian invasion and is asking a group of 50 nations who support Kyiv to bridge the gap. “I urge this group to dig deep to provide Ukraine with more lifesaving ground-based […]
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