Russian Navy ship sails through the Bosphorus Strait AFP via Getty Images Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has spent the past few months previewing a comprehensive ten-point peace plan. But Z...
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New Ukraine Howitzers Make Headlines, While The M-109 Gun Toils In Obscurity
An M109 self propelled 155mm gun fires in Ukraine Getty Images In Ukraine, America’s humble M-109 howitzer isn’t getting much attention. Overshadowed by more modern self-propelled guns, the M-109 is a...
North Korea Denies Selling Weapons To Moscow As Russia’s Isolation Grows
Topline North Korea on Thursday denied supplying Russia with weapons or ammunition for use in Ukraine, dismissing U.S. intelligence reports as “reckless” rumors designed to damage the nation’s image a...
The Band Dispatch Sings In Russian To Aid Ukraine Against The Invasion
NEW YORK, NY – JULY 06: Chadwick Stokes and Brad Corrigan of Dispatch perform at Forest Hills … [+] Stadium on July 6, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images) Getty Image...
Russian Vodka Imports Into U.S. Are Almost At Asterisk Level
The liquor category, which includes tequila as well as vodka, gun, rum and whiskey, is having a … [+] record year for imports into the United States in 2021, according to U.S. Census Bureau data...
The EU’s Energy Dependence On Russia Charted [Infographic]
While the U.S. is moving away fast from Russian energy imports, the EU—one of Russia’s crucial trading partners—is taking more time to ween itself off Russian gas, oil and coal despite heightened scru...
Russian Forces Stalled Outside Kyiv, U.S. Says
Topline Russia’s military is approaching the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv from several directions in a possible effort to encircle the city, but its forces have been stalled for several days, partly due ...
‘If You Look In (Putin’s) Eyes, You See Someone Who Has Gone Completely Mad’
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – FEBRUARY 21, 2022: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation in … [+] advance of a military operation in Ukraine that Putin announced early Thursday loc...
Time To Acknowledge Ukrainian Airspace Is As Dangerous As 1961 Berlin
A tourist looks at a poster showing the standoff of Soviet and American tanks at the former Allies’ … [+] checkpoint at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin. AFP via Getty Images The tools are dif...
Vladimir Putin’s New Refugee Crisis Is A War Crime
It is time to hold Vladimir Putin to account for his crimes against humanity Corbis/VCG via Getty Images Full-scale conflict has yet to begin, but the humanitarian cost of Russia’s aggression in Ukrai...
Putin’s Dream Of New, Globe-Spanning Russian Navy Turns On Ukraine Invasion
Russia’s Navy modernization has been halted by engine problems. Getty Images It is easy to dismiss Vladimir Putin’s effort to retake Ukraine as an abstract effort to reconstitute the Soviet Unio...