The site of the rocket attack in Makiivka. Via social media At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day in Makiivka, in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, a volley of GPS-guided rockets from a Ukrainia...
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Ukraine Converts $21.9 Billion In U.S. Military Surplus Into Fearsome Force
Few nations have put U.S. military aid to better use than Ukraine AFP via Getty Images The list of American security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s “unprovoked and brutal invasi...
Russia’s Southern Supply Hub Is Now In Range Of Ukraine’s Rockets. Expect Explosions.
Ukrainian HIMARS firing in June 2022. Ukrainian army photo Ukrainian advances in southern Ukraine could lead to, well, further Ukrainian advances in southern Ukraine. To understand why, look at Russia...
New Types Of Ammunition Make Ukraine’s HIMARS Far Deadlier
HIMARS rocket launchers have been among Ukraine’s most effective weapons against the Russian invaders, and yesterday’s DoD announcement that they are sending four more will be welcome. Perhaps more si...
Confusion Deepens As The Ukrainian Army Rolls South Toward Kherson
Ukrainian forces advancing in Kherson Oblast. Via social media After more than three months of preparation, the Ukrainian army on Monday launched its highly-anticipated counteroffensive in southern Uk...
Ukrainian Forces Photobombed Russian Mercenaries—With Rockets
US M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers fire salvoes during the “African … [+] Lion” military exercise in the Grier Labouihi region in southeastern Morocco o...
How Did Ukraine Destroy So Many Russian Aircraft At That Crimean Airbase?
The Ukrainian attack on a Russian airfield in occupied Crimea on Tuesday was another unexpected David v. Goliath result, on a par with the sinking of Russia’s Black Sea flagship in April. Some have ev...
Russia Claims Ukraine Killed Its Own POWs—Here’s Why Few Believe It
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT – In this photo taken from video a view of destroyed barrack at a prison … [+] in Olenivka, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces, eastern Ukr...
How HIMARS could change the Ukraine-Russia war
Artillery has quickly become the most important weapon in Ukraine’s war with Russia. Ukrainian forces have begun to use newer Western artillery, like the M777 Howitzer, in the battlefield. But a...
There’s A Good Reason Russia’s Artillery Is Running Out Of Ammo. Ukraine Keeps Blowing It Up.
A Russian ammo dump burns near Kherson. Photo via social media Russian artillery is falling quiet in Donbas, if observations by NASA’s fire-detecting satellites are any indication. Well, quieter. Batt...
Ukraine’s American-Made Rockets Are Blowing Up Russia’s Ammo Dumps
Ukrainian HIMARS target a Russian ammo dump in Melitopol on July 3, 2022. Ukrainian defense ministry photo The Ukrainian army systematically is demolishing Russian ammunition supplies. The strategy co...
The Russians Scramble To Protect A Juicy Target—The Bridge Connecting Russia to The Crimean Peninsula
Smoke obscures the Crimean Bridge on July 1, 2022. Social media capture A new 11-mile bridge connects Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, which Russia has occupied since 2014, to mainland Russia. It’s an obv...
How Ukraine Won The Battle
LVIV, UKRAINE – MAY 09: Limited edition “Snake Island” stamps, commemorating the moment when a … [+] Ukrainian soldier defiantly replied “Russian warship, go f*ck yoursel...
The Ukrainians’ American-Made Rockets Blast The Russians For The First Time
Ukrainian HIMARS in action. Via social media Ukraine’s new American-made rocket-launchers apparently have fired their first shots at Russian forces. The first-ever documented fire-mission by the High-...
With New Guns And Long-Range Rockets, Ukraine Is Transforming Its Artillery. But Maybe Not Fast Enough.
An ex-Norwegian M-109 howitzer in Ukrainian service. Ukrainian defense ministry As many as a hundred Ukrainian soldiers die every day in the battle for eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, Ukrainian Defen...
Watch As A Russian ‘Flamethrower’ Launcher Opens Fire—And Ukrainian Guns Shoot Back A Minute Later
A Russian TOS-1 firing in eastern Ukraine. Social media capture A dramatic duel between a Russian “flamethrowing” rocket launcher and Ukrainian artillery somewhere in eastern Ukraine recently undersco...
Ukraine Will Get HIMARS Rocket Systems, But Not Long-Range Missiles
EAST COAST, SOUTH KOREA – JULY 05: In this handout photo released by the South Korean Defense … [+] Ministry, U.S. M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System firing an MGM-140 Army Tactical Missil...
Russia’s Control of Snake Island Spells Hunger and Instability for Parts of Africa and The Middle East
A view of Snake Island, Ukraine which is currently occupied and controlled by a Russian garrison. Wikipedia commons Russia’s foothold on Snake Island, a smattering of land off the coast of Western Ukr...