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Ukraine has significantly stepped up drone strikes on Moscow, which by late December had effectively become daily, reports the news outlet Agentstvo.Novosti, citing Russia’s Defense Ministry and statements by Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.
Since …
The fall of Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela could bring Russia not only reputational and geopolitical fallout, but serious defense problems, as the Venezuelan army’s Russian-made weaponry could end up in U.S. hands.
The formation of a government …
In a dimly-lit wooden bunker, a tall, formidably-built Ukrainian officer is filmed from behind, wishing his men good fortune one by one with firm handshakes before a mission.
The soldiers in question — a few dozen mobilized Ukrainian men mostly in …
Overnight on January 6, several regions of Russia issued air-raid alerts over a drone threat. Social media reports said an oil depot and a plant were hit in the Lipetsk and Penza regions.
Explosions were also heard in the Republic of Bashkortostan, …
Ukrainian forces say they killed dozens of Russian troops who attempted to use the Soyuz gas pipeline to advance in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region. The report came from the 7th Corps of the Air Assault Forces on Monday, January 5.
The incident …
Russian forces are using small-group tactics to infiltrate the village of Dronivka in the Siversk urban community of Bakhmut district, Donetsk region. They are also trying to bypass Ukrainian positions using the Siversk–Zakytne road, the 81st …
Australia has pledged to help bolster Ukraine’s air defenses, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after a phone call with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
“The Prime Minister promised to help, and I am very grateful for that. Air …
When criminals are apprehended, their first statement is usually: "But I did nothing wrong, I am an honest man!"
The latest example of such a procedure — which, of course, stands for ideology at its purest — occurred in mid-December 2025 when Russia …
