A 98th Azov Battalion M-113. Via social media The narrative the Kremlin advances to justify its brutal war on the Ukrainian people—that Ukraine is a far-right Nazi regime bent on destroying Russia—is ...
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Ukrainian Drones Just Took Out A Russian Heavy Bomber 300 Miles From Ukraine
A damaged Russian air force Tu-22M bomber following the Dec. 5 drone raid. Via social media For ten months, the Russian air force’s heavy bombers have bombarded Ukrainian cities with impunity, lobbing...
The Ukrainian Army’s Helicopters Sat Out The Last Campaign. They Sure Aren’t Sitting Out This One.
Ukrainian army Mil Mi-8s. Ukrainian defense ministry photo It was an open question, as Russian forces massed along Ukraine’s borders in late 2021 and early 2022, whether the Ukrainian army’s helicopte...
New Mass Graves Found In Ukraine As Putin’s Atrocities Continue
If we have learned anything from past atrocity crimes is that mass graves will continue to be discovered for decades after the atrocities. Putin’s atrocities in Ukraine are likely to show the same tre...
New U.K. Drones Will Bring Supplies To The Front Line
When Ukrainian forces were surrounded in Mariupol in May, helicopter crews flew daring resupply missions into the besieged city. Flying in pairs, the Mi-8 helicopters brought desperately -needed weapo...
Russia Claims Full Control Of Lyman, Advances Into Strategic City Of Severodonetsk As It Tries To Seize Control Of Donbas
Topline Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed Saturday it captured the strategic city of Lyman in eastern Ukraine as Russian forces seek to encircle thousands of Ukrainian troops in the nearby city of ...
Russian TV Shows Off Rare 2S4 Mega Mortar-Then Ukraine Blows It Up
A Russian 2S4 self-propelled mortar explodes near a building in southern Rubizhne, Luhansk Oblast, … [+] as recorded by a Ukrainian military drone. Video capture. As Russian troops attempt to br...
Putin’s ‘Under Pressure’ Commanders Will Push Unprepared Forces To Donbas, U.K. Defense Ministry Says
Topline Russia will likely hastily redeploy forces from Mariupol to Donbas without time for “adequate preparation” once it has secured the city, the U.K.’s defense ministry said on Friday, as Moscow’s...
After 11 Weeks, Will The Mariupol Siege End With Honor Or Horror?
Two Russian soldiers patrol in still contested Mariupol. AFP via Getty Images The ongoing Ukrainian defense of Mariupol, a port town of some 400,000 Ukraine citizens, is an epic feat of arms. As surre...
Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra Celebrates Eurovision Win
Topline Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest early on Sunday as the sentimental favorites handily topped the charts after securing a record number of public votes, in a...
All Women, Children And Older Adults Evacuated From Azovstal Plant, Ukraine Says
Topline Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Veheshchuk said Saturday all women, children and the elderly have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel works in Mariupol following an internati...
Most Russian Troops Have Left Mariupol, U.S. Believes
Topline Most of the Russian force assigned to take over Mariupol has left the Ukrainian port city, a senior U.S. defense official told reporters in a briefing Wednesday, as Russia pushes to seize much...
Ex-NYPD Officer Found Guilty Of Assaulting Cop During Jan. 6 Riot
Topline A retired member of the New York Police Department was convicted Monday of attacking a D.C. police officer with a flagpole during the January 6 riot, closing out the first jury trial for assau...
Evacuation Of Civilians From Mariupol Steel Plant Continues, Nearly 100 Set To Arrive In Ukraine-Controlled Territory Today
Topline The evacuation of Ukrainian civilians from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the port city of Mariupol—now under Russian control—is set to continue on Monday as a convoy carrying 100 evacue...
Several Women And Children Evacuated From Besieged Mariupol Steel Plant, Ukrainian And Russian Officials Say
Topline Dozens of women and children have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plan in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol—that Russia now claims is under its control—a move that comes amid...
UN Chief Says It’s Ready To ‘Fully Mobilize’ In Mariupol—But Russian Foreign Minister Says Evacuation Pleas Are Merely ‘Theatrical’
Topline The heavily besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol that became a focus of international attention for its humanitarian situation was a key subject of contention Tuesday during a joint press confe...
Zelensky And Red Cross Plead For Evacuations From Besieged Mariupol Steel Plant
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Red Cross on Sunday called for civilian evacuations from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, the last remaining stronghold of Ukrainian defende...
New Mass Grave Site Spotted Outside Mariupol, According To Satellite Images
Topline Satellite photos appear to show a mass grave near the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, satellite firm Maxar Technologies said Thursday, after local officials claimed Russia had disposed of...
Putin Claims Russia Has ‘Liberated’ Mariupol, Orders Siege Of Steel Plant Where Ukrainian Fighters Remain
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed his country’s forces had successfully captured the key port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine which has been under a bloody siege for nearly two mon...
Ukraine Plans To Evacuate 6,000 Women, Children And Elderly From Mariupol After Agreement With Russia
Topline Ukraine is planning to evacuate around 6,000 women, children and elderly people from the besieged port city of Mariupol on Wednesday after reaching a preliminary agreement with Russia to allow...
Here’s Why Mariupol Is Such A Prized Target For Russia
Topline Mariupol, the heavily besieged southeastern Ukrainian port city with a pre-war population of about 400,000 that largely has been reduced to rubble since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine...
Russia Will Likely Capture Mariupol ‘In The Coming Week,’ Think Tank Says
Topline Russian forces have driven Ukrainian defenders out of most parts of Mariupol and could fully capture the besieged port city “in the coming week,” the Institute for the Study of War said Sunday...
Ukrainian Troops Continue To Fight In Mariupol Despite Russian Ultimatum Demanding Their Surrender
Ukrainian forces continue to hold off a full Russian takeover of the besieged city of Mariupol, an official said on Sunday after the deadline for a Russian ultimatum demanding a surrender from the def...
Ukrainian Troops Have Been Cleared Out Of Urban Areas Of Mariupol, Russia Claims
Topline The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Saturday it had cleared Ukrainian forces from all urban areas of the besieged city of Mariupol, Russian news agency RIA reports. A building damaged during ...
Ukrainian Billionaire Rinat Akhmetov Pledges To Rebuild Mariupol
Topline Ukraine’s wealthiest billionaire, Rinat Akhmetov, vowed in an interview with Reuters on Saturday to help rebuild the encircled city of Mariupol, where his mining and steel company is based, an...
Russian Bombers Just Carpet-Bombed Mariupol
Tu-22Ms drop unguided bombs on Syria. Russian defense ministry photo Russian air force Tu-22M bombers flew into Ukrainian air space on Thursday and dropped unguided bombs on Ukrainian troops in the be...
Britain, Australia Join Pentagon To Monitor Russia’s Possible Use Of Chemical Weapons In Ukraine
Topline Officials in Washington and London are investigating the possible use of chemical weapons by the Russian military in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Monday, after Ukrainian forces i...
Over 10,000 Mariupol Residents Have Died, Mayor Says—And Death Toll Could Double
Topline Over 10,000 civilians have been killed in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, a number that could eventually double, the city’s mayor told the Associated Press on Monday, as Russian f...
Ukrainian Marines In Mariupol Are Out Of Ammo
Russian forces in Mariupol. Russian defense ministry photo via Telegram Mariupol, a Ukrainian port city on the Sea of Azov just 30 miles from Russia, was one of the first and biggest targets of Russia...
When Tank Busting Goes Wrong
Still from video recorded by Ukrainian military in late March 2022. NLAW missile fired from window … [+] of building in Mariupol surges towards rear turret of a T-72B model 1989 tank. Ukrainian ...
A Month into The War, This Virginia-Based Firm Is Still Spiriting People Out of The Ugliness in Ukraine
A man holds a child as he flees the city of Irpin, west of Kyiv – Russian forces have pummeled … [+] Ukrainian cities from the air, land and sea and are poised for a delayed assault on the...