Washington is not short of Russia and China hawks. The Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 28 asked … [+] —how can the U.S. sanction China like we are Russia? Photo by Valery SHARIFULIN / Sputnik /...
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Military Casualties In Russia-Ukraine War Are Likely Less Than Commonly Stated
At the start of March, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces stated that the Russian military casualties exceeded 150,000. Meanwhile, several reports indicate that Ukrainian military casua...
Desperate Russian Forces Are Sticking 80-Year-Old Naval Guns On 70-Year-Old Armored Tractors
A Russian army MT-LB with a 2M-3 naval gun mount. Via social media The Russian army is welding 80-year-old gun mounts, originally built to arm patrol boats, onto 70-year-old armored tractors—and sendi...
Secretary Of State Blinken Unexpectedly Meets With Russian Counterpart At G20 Meeting
Topline Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had an unscheduled meeting with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in New Delhi, multiple outlets report, as tensions esca...
Russian Tanks Have Crude Mine-Defenses. They Don’t Work Against The Latest American Mines.
KMT-5. Russian army photo The Russian army’s winter offensive is failing almost everywhere that isn’t Bakhmut. Ukrainian anti-tank mines—some buried, others scattered by special artillery shells—are a...
Captured Manual Reveals Russia’s New “Assault Detachment” Doctrine
KUPIANSK, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 24: Destroyed Russian tanks are seen in Kupiansk, Ukraine on February … [+] 24, 2023. Kupiansk has been one of the hardest hit areas in the last weeks of the w...
Russian Troops Keep Rolling Into The Same Kill Zone Outside Vuhledar
A Russian tank explodes at the intersection outside Vuhledar. Via social media There’s a road intersection, a few hundred yards outside the town of Mykilske in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, that ha...
Russia Has Nine A-50 Radar Planes. Insurgents Claimed They Sneaked Into A Belarusian Air Base And Blew Up One Of Them.
A Russian air force A-50U. Wikimedia Commons Pro-Ukraine Belarusian insurgents reportedly infiltrated an air base in Belarus and sabotaged a Russian air force Beriev A-50M airborne early-warning plane...
Ukraine netted $70M in crypto donations since start of Russia conflict
Ukraine has received over $70 million in the form of cryptocurrencies since the start of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, providing the nation with military equipment and humanitarian assistance. The f...
As Russian Forces Push Toward Bakhmut, Ukrainian Crews In Upgraded T-64 Tanks Push Back
17th Tank Brigade. Via social media The Russian army and its mercenary allies are shoving many of their best remaining forces into the sector around the ruins of Bakhmut, a ruined town in eastern Ukra...
Ukraine Raises More Crypto Than Russia in Year of War, Analysis Unveils – Bitcoin News
The two sides in the bitter conflict in Ukraine have been relying on crypto assets and technology to support their military and humanitarian activities, Elliptic says in a report. According to the blo...
*NSYNC’s Lance Bass Returns To Space Exploration In New Podcast
Lance Bass never made it to space, but now he returns to the story of the man he’d heard so much … [+] about while training (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images). AFP via Getty Images Singer L...
Continued Sanctions On Russia “Unlikely To Deliver A Knockout Blow,” Think Tank
A view of the Kremlin’s Spasskaya tower and St. Basil’s cathedral taken during the last day of the … [+] three-day parliamentary and local elections in Moscow on September 19, 2021. ...
To Win With Their Leopard 1 Tanks, Ukrainian Crews Need To Think Like Snipers
Brazilian army Leopard 1A5s. Wikimedia Commons Ukraine is getting at least 100, and as many as 237, surplus Leopard 1A5 tanks from Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark and potentially Belgium. The Leopar...
UN Calls For Russia To Withdraw From Ukraine
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The United Nations (UN) has called for Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine. This came after a vote where the majority vote...
Take A 60-Year-Old T-62, Install New Optics, Send It To Ukraine To Get Blown Up
A Russian T-62M that the Ukrainian army captured in late 2022. Wikimedia Commons The Russian army is making half-hearted efforts to upgrade some of the 60-year-old T-62 tanks it has deployed to Ukrain...
Exchanges using USDT to trade in Russia despite sanctions: Report
Huobi and KuCoin are reportedly allowing customers of sanctioned Russian banks to access their trading platforms. Binance was also allowing Russians to convert local currency to crypto without KYC che...
Sanctions On Russia Still Aren’t Working
TOPSHOT – Ukrainian tanks move on a road before an attack in Lugansk region on February 26, 2022. – … [+] Russia on February 26 ordered its troops to advance in Ukraine “from a...
She’s The Last In Her Class. A Uniquely Ukrainian Armored Boat Whose Mission Is To Defend Kyiv.
‘Bucha’ near Kyiv. ARTE capture Kyiv shipbuilder Kuznia na Rybalskomu managed to build seven Gyurza-M patrol boats for the Ukrainian navy before Russia widened its war on Ukraine in Februa...
Biden Administration Unveils $10 Billion Ukraine Aid Package As War Enters 2nd Year
Topline The Biden Administration announced an additional $10 billion aid package to Ukraine on Friday, hours after announcing another $2 billion in military aid and a new round of sanctions targeting ...
Ukraine Will Win War This Year If Allies Remain United ‘Like A Fist’
Topline Speaking to reporters on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed his forces would win the war this year but only if western allies remain...
Russia Has The Most Nuclear Weapons In The World—Here Are The Other Countries With The Largest Nuclear Arsenals
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to expand Russia’s nuclear arsenal Thursday, once again hinting at the threat of using nuclear weapons, as Russia’s arsenal already edges out that of the...
Could Oil Prices Crash In The Fourth Quarter?
Although the futures strip doesn’t reflect it, many anticipate a much tighter oil market in the fourth quarter. Jeff Currie of Goldman Sachs has predicted that prices will reach $110 by the third quar...
U.S. Delivers More Russia Sanctions 1 Year Into War—Here’s What You Need To Know
Topline The White House announced new sanctions against Russia Friday and other steps the U.S. and G-7 countries are taking to hold the country accountable and provide aid to Ukraine, continuing the U...
The Bloody Battle For Bakhmut Offers A Possible Preview Of How Year Two Of The Ukraine War Will Go
The eastern Ukrainian town isn’t strategic, but it hardly matters. As the second year begins of what was predicted to be a days-long conflict, Vladimir Putin keeps throwing Russians into combat there ...
Catastrophic Crisis With Russia And China Brewing — What Biden Must Do Now
This episode of What’s Ahead explains why, in the aftermath of President Biden’s visit to Ukraine and eastern Europe, the U.S. and NATO allies must give Kyiv all the weapons it needs to beat back the ...
One Year Of Putin’s War In Ukraine
On February 24, 2022, Putin unleashed a military attack on Ukraine, without any provocation and without any credible justification. And while on February 24, 2023, the world marks the year of the war,...
Viv Groskop’s Thoroughly Excellent ‘The Anna Karenina Fix’
“To think I might have died without having read it.” Those were the words of the late, great William F. Buckley. He was referring to Moby Dick. Having read it after he’d turned 50, Buckley’s love of t...
US May Consider Alexander Vinnik for Prisoner Exchange With Russia, Lawyer Says – Bitcoin News
Crypto exchange BTC-e’s alleged operator Alexander Vinnik may be a candidate for prisoner swap between the United States and Russia. That’s according to a statement by one of his lawyers for Russian m...
Ukraine’s Big Rigs Haul Damaged Tanks Away From The Battlefield—So They Can Get Fixed Up And Fight Again
A U.S. Army M1070 heavy equipment transporter hauls an M88 armored recovery vehicle. U.S. Army Both sides in the Russia-Ukraine war are losing a lot of tanks. Just one side seems to be working out a r...
Ukraine’s Yaroslav Amosov — After Fighting Russian Forces — Returns To The Cage Saturday At Bellator 291
Bellator chamption Yaroslav Amosov, resting his head on his hands, and other Ukrainian soldiers … [+] prepare to face Russian forces. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES) Los Angeles Times via Getty...
Experts predicted a wheat shortage after Russia invaded Ukraine. Why didn’t it happen?
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February of last year, experts at various outlets warned shipments of wheat could be cut off, which could spur shortages of the grain. The shortages would then lead to h...