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Russia’s Best Tank Army Might Have No Choice But To Reequip With 60-Year-old T-62s
A T-62 lays a smokescreen in 1984. Wikimedia Commons Russia’s tank shortage has gotten so dire that the United Kingdom for one believes the Russian army’s best tank formation, the 1st Guards Tank Army...
Energy Diplomacy Isn’t Helping Russia In Africa
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) gestures as Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) and … [+] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) pose for a family photo with African count...
Bank of Russia Registers Another Digital Asset Issuer – Finance Bitcoin News
The Central Bank of Russia has added another entity to its register of authorized issuers of digital financial assets. The platform, called ‘Masterchain,’ becomes the fifth ‘information system operato...
Beware The “Surprise Fees” In Biden’s 200% Aluminum Tariffs
TOPSHOT – US Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden gestures as he addresses … [+] supporters and curious voters at the IBEW Local 490 in Concord, New Hampshire on F...
The Russian Army Is Running Out Of T-72 Tanks—And Quickly
A Russian army T-72B. Russian defense ministry photo Russia’s tank shortage is worse than some observers previously thought. The Kremlin’s stocks of its most numerous tank, the Cold War-vintage T-72, ...
The U.S. Must Go All In On Financing Natural Gas
Cheniere Energy President and CEO Jack Fusco, right, is applauded as he rings the opening bell of … [+] the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Copyright 20...
Russia will start jailing crypto miners that don’t do this – Cryptopolitan
Russia’s government is moving to tighten regulations on cryptocurrency miners, forcing them to report income to tax authorities or face up to four years in prison. The new regulations were announced i...
Cryptocurrency Turnover Growing in Russia, Watchdog Reports to Putin – Bitcoin News
Use of cryptocurrencies is increasing in Russia, the head of the country’s financial watchdog has informed President Putin. The agency, Rosfinmonitoring, is following thousands of participants in digi...
Those Weird Russian Vehicles With 80-Year-Old Naval Turrets Might Have An Air-Defense Role
MT-LB-2M-3s. Via social media Those bizarre, improvised armored vehicles the Russian army is manufacturing—80-year-old naval guns on top of only slightly less aged armored chassis—are starting to make...
Radar Fuzes Would Turn Ukraine’s Glide-Bombs Into Urban Wrecking Balls
A U.S. Air Force airman installs a DSU-33 fuze. U.S. Air Force photo A few weeks after the first rumors circulated that the Ukrainian air force would be getting satellite-guided glide-bombs from the U...
To Keep Open Its Supply Line Into Bakhmut, The Ukrainian Army Rolled In One Of Its Armored Bridgelayers
A U.S. Army bridgelayer in 1985. Wikimedia Commons Ukraine’s foreign allies have pledged to the war effort potentially dozens of armored bridgelayers. And the ongoing battle for Bakhmut has illustrate...
Take A Captured Russian Turret, Add It To Any Spare Chassis
2S17. Via social media After a year of hard fighting, the Ukraine war zone is a scrapyard for more than 10,000 wrecked armored vehicles, both Russian and Ukrainian. The sheer scale of the losses helps...
How Putin Revived Energy Security
TOPSHOT – Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen set at Red Square as he addresses a … [+] rally and a concert marking the annexation of four regions of Ukraine Russian troop...
Are Slovakia And Poland Finally Serious About Giving Ukraine Their Old MiG-29s?
A Slovakian air force MiG-29. Wikimedia Commons Here we go again. For at least the third time since Russia widened its war on Ukraine in February last year, the government of Slovakia has proposed don...
The Ukrainian 4th Tank Brigade Was Running Out Of Tanks. Then It Got Leopard 2s.
Ukrainian tankers train on a Leopard 2A4. Via social media It appears the 4th Tank Brigade will be the first Ukrainian army unit to operate those Leopard 2 tanks Kyiv’s allies have pledged to the war ...
6 Ukrainian Civilians Dead After Russian Missile Strikes—Overnight Attack Means Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant Is On Emergency Power
Topline At least six Ukrainian civilians are dead following overnight missile strikes across Ukraine Thursday, with the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant—Europe’s largest—shifting to emergency power as...
Binance Block More More Russia Transaction Modes; Crypto FUD?
Binance Russia News: Top crypto exchange Binance has now closed more gaps for Russia based users to exchange other fiat currency amid restrictions on it amid the Ukraine war. The latest changes were a...
Russia Raises Stakes With Wave Of Hypersonic Missile Attacks On Ukraine
Russia launched a wave of missiles and drones at Ukraine last night in the biggest strike for weeks, again targeting the electricity infrastructure, causing blackouts and civilians deaths at several l...
Swedish Missiles. Emirati Armored Trucks. The Ukrainian Army’s Newest Mechanized Brigade Has A Weird Mix Of Weapons.
An 88th Mechanized Brigade Panthera F9 armored truck. 88th Mechanized Brigade photo The Ukrainian army has been forming new mechanized brigades as fast as it can recruit, train and equip the troops. I...
Was Pipeline Sabotage A ‘False Flag’ To Blame Ukraine? German Defense Chief Raises Theory
Topline A top German official Wednesday said the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline may have been a “false flag operation” designed to blame Ukraine, and warned against reaching premature conclusion...
North Macedonia Says Bomb Threats Come From Russia, Crypto Used to Hide Origin – Bitcoin News
The government of North Macedonia believes that an ongoing wave of false bomb threats against public targets in the country is coming from Russia and Iran. The authorities in Skopje also say that paym...
Ukraine’s New Stryker Recon Vehicles Can See Six Miles Away, And Call In Mortars And Missiles
A U.S. Army M1127. Wikimedia Commons Those 90 Stryker wheeled fighting vehicles the United States pledged to Ukraine have arrived in Germany aboard a roll-on, roll-off cargo ship. Video of the Stryker...
‘Hero Of Ukraine’ Dies In Battle As Russian Advance Continues
Topline The commander of a Ukrainian volunteer force who had earned the highest Ukrainian award—the so-called Hero of Ukraine—and was featured on Forbes’ Under 30 list in Ukraine last year died in bat...
Daniel Yergin Talks CERAWeek, Energy Security And The Energy Transition
S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin listens during CERAWeek, an international energy conference, … [+] in Houston, Texas, on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP) (Photo by MARK FELI...
North Macedonia links Russia to bomb hoax, says crypto used to hide location
In a short segment on national television on Monday, North Macedonia’s former prime minister and current minister of internal affairs, Oliver Spasovski, said that some recent bomb threats have been tr...
The T-80B Was A Great Tank—In 1978. Now It’s The Latest Obsolete Vehicle To Join The Russian War Effort.
A T-80B in its heyday. Wikimedia Commons In 1978, Soviet tank-maker Omsktransmash took the basic T-80 tank, which had appeared just two years earlier, and added a new turret with a better autoloader a...
Some Of Ukraine’s Heavy Brigades Don’t Have Real Tanks Yet. Here’s How They Might Fight.
M-55S. Wikimedia Commons The Ukrainian army doesn’t say no to armored vehicles. Whatever surplus tanks, fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and reconnaissance vehicles some ally offers, the ...
The Ukrainian Army’s Speedy M-113 Ambulances Help It Save More Wounded Troops
M-113 ambulance. Wikimedia Commons The 1960s-vintage M-113 armored personnel carrier is thinly armored and lightly armed. In a serious firefight, it’s a poor substitute for tougher, more modern infant...