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Russian Military Will Face Challenges Securing Occupied Territory In Ukraine
During their initial invasion of Ukraine, the Russian offense failed to break through a staunch Ukrainian defense. Although the Russians have regrouped and have seized portions of the Donbas region in...
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...
A Ukrainian Raid Destroyed A Lot Of Russian Aircraft—And Could Force Russian Squadrons To Pull Back
A wrecked Su-24 at Saki air base on Aug. 9, 2022. Social media capture The Ukrainian attack on a Russian airfield in occupied Crimea on Tuesday apparently destroyed a lot of aircraft. It easily was th...
Russian Journalist Who Protested Ukraine War On TV Charged With Spreading False Information
Topline Marina Ovsyannikova—a former Russian state television journalist who made headlines in March after she interrupted a live broadcast to condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine—had her home raided Wedne...
The Ukrainians Hammered A Russian Air Base 120 Miles From The Front
Tourists react as Saki air base explodes on Aug. 9, 2022. Photo via the Ukrainian defense ministry A Russian air force Il-76 airlifter was rolling down the runway at Saki air base in Russian-occupied ...
Oil Prices Jump As Russian Oil Supplies Halted To Eastern Europe
Topline Ukraine’s suspension of Russian oil to Eastern Europe sent oil prices soaring Tuesday morning, after Russian oil company Transneft announced Ukraine had not received transfer fees for the oil ...
US Commits Another $1 Billion In Arms And $4.5 Billion In Aid To Ukraine
Topline Two U.S. agencies announced massive new rounds of support for Ukraine on Monday, with the Agency for International Development (USAID) committing $4.5 billion to help support the nation’...
Russian National Extradited to the U.S. to Face Crypto Money Laundering Charges
Alexander Vinnik, a Russian national accused of running an illegal crypto exchange BTC-e was extradited to the United States to face fraud charges. In a statement, Kenneth A. Polite Jr., an assistant...
Russian Citizen Accused of Seizing Massive Trove of Bitcoin (BTC) Extradited to United States
The Russian national who is facing crypto-related charges in the Northern District Court of California is reportedly being extradited from Greece to the US. Alexander Vinnik is known as the operator o...
Speculation Iran Will Swap Drones For Russian Su-35 Fighters
The latest speculation about the future of Russia-Iran defense relations is that Tehran might procure Russian Su-35 Flanker fighter jets in return for supplying Moscow with various types of its indige...
US wins extradition war for Russian crypto exchange operator Alexander Vinnik
Russian national Alexander Vinnik is thought to have landed in the US, following a lengthy battle between the US, Russia, and France for extradition on charges related to crypto money laundering. The ...
Brittney Griner Sentenced To 9 Years For Drug Charges By Russian Court
Topline A Russian court on Thursday sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug possession and smuggling, after Russia made a “bad faith” response to a U.S. offer for a prison...
The Ukrainian Army Just Blew Up A Russian Ammo Train—The Fourth Of The War
A Russian train hauls T-62 tanks in June 2022. Photo via social media Ukraine continues to escalate its bombardment of Russian supply lines in southern Ukraine. But it might not matter that much in th...
Dubai-based Crypto Exchange Becomes Safe Haven for Russian Traders
Dubai-based exchange Coinsfera is attracting traders from countries under sanctions, including Russia and Iran, Bloomberg reported. Coinsfera is a crypto over-the-counter (OTC) desk which allows its ...
French Retailer Warns Of Big Turn Off Over Heatwaves And Russian Gas
French CEO Michel-Edouard Leclerc is warning that stores may need to close their doors early. (Photo … [+] by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Eu...
Time Is The Key Factor For The Russian And Ukrainian Military Strategies
The war between Russia and Ukraine recently surpassed the five month mark. What initially started out as a fast-paced, dynamic war has turned into a slow-moving, crushing war of attrition that neither...
A Russian Mountain Brigade Is Having A Hard Time In Mountainless Southern Ukraine
49th Mountain MRB MT-LBs during training in late 2021. Photo via social media Elements of the Russian army’s 34th Independent Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade reportedly were on the rail bridge across the...
Russian Gas Pivot Toward China Will Ease Europe’s Energy Crunch
(Bloomberg) — Russia is boosting natural gas shipments to China as it curbs flows to Europe, a dynamic that may offer some respite from the unprecedented rally in energy costs, according to cons...
In Southern Ukraine, Kyiv’s Artillery Drops Bridges And Isolates A Whole Russian Army
Russian supply dumps burn near Kherson. Photo via social media The 49th Combined Arms Army is the main Russian force in southern Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast. That makes it the Ukrainian army’s main targe...
Blinken Urges Russia To Accept ‘Substantial’ Griner And Whelan Offer
Topline Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Friday he spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov over the “substantial” deal the U.S. offered the country to return detained American citizen...
With German Howitzers And German Radars, Ukraine Is Building A Machine For Blowing Up Russian Guns
German army photo The German government has given arms-maker Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. the green light to manufacture a hundred PzH-2000 self-propelled howitzers for the Ukrainian army as p...
Russian Forces In Kherson ‘Virtually Cut Off’ As Ukraine Counter-Attacks To Take Key City, U.K. Says
Topline Russian troops occupying the city of Kherson have been “virtually cut off” from the main invading force, the U.K. defense ministry said on Thursday in its daily intelligence update, as Ukraine...
Russian Pilots Have More To Fear As Ukraine’s Gepard Anti-Aircraft Tanks Arrive
A Gepard. KMW photo In 1973, the West German army had a problem. Forty-nine years later, the Ukrainian army had the same problem. That problem: the Russian army and air force’s very-low-flying attack ...
EU Finally Strikes Deal To Slash Gas Demand As Russia Starts Squeezing Taps Closed
Topline With the colder months approaching, the EU reached a deal Tuesday for countries to slash gas demand by as much as 15% from August to March, as the bloc tries to wean itself off Russian gas sup...
Europe Auto Makers Fight Off Crises But Inflation, Recession, Energy Shock Undermine Prospects
Oil barrels on stack of golden coins. Growth rise of oil stock prices. 3d illustration getty The European automotive industry, buffeted by coronavirus lockdowns, worries about peace after Russian inva...
Plan to force cap on Russian oil prices could actually work
The U.S. still remains ‘a ways away’ from reaching an international agreement to impose a price cap on Russian oil exports, with limited enthusiasm from the world’s largest energy buyers India and Chi...
Russia Denies Rumors Putin Is Sick
Topline The Kremlin denied Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is sick following months of speculation that he’s battling a serious illness. Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he ...
U.S. Air Force General Says West May Send Jets To Ukraine After All
Topline Western countries could provide the Ukrainian air force with jets and pilot training, the U.S. Air Force’s chief of staff said Wednesday, an idea that would significantly ramp up Western assis...
European Union Bans Russian Gold Exports In Latest Sanctions Package
Topline The European Union appears to have approved bans on Russian gold exports and an asset freeze of the Russian state-owned SberBank as part of its latest round of sanctions against Russia in resp...
For Ukrainian Drone Crews Hunting Russian Tanks, Some Attacks Require More Luck Than Others
Social media capture Separate attempts by Ukrainian drone-operators to knock out Russian vehicles in Ukraine illustrate different approaches to do-it-yourself air raids. Both raids involved commercial...
Far from Putin’s claims of resilience, Russian economy is being hammered by sanctions and exodus of international companies, Yale report finds
Media reports trumpeting the resilience of the Russian economy in the face of the international response to its invasion of neighboring Ukraine are based on misunderstandings that don’t reflect what’s...