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War in Ukraine
According to Ukrainian military spokesperson, nearly 40 Russian soldiers took their weapons and ran, the latest in a string of incidents suggesting rock bottom morale.
Jan. 11
War in Ukraine
Ukrainian drone swarms and tough infantry defending strategic Krynky village are now topics of open complaint by their opponents. Clumsy Russian army decision-making is a big problem, they say.
Jan. 10
War in Ukraine
Russia is set to begin mass production of its new precision-guided glide bomb, which has been under development since 2016, according to a Rostec statement.
Jan. 10
War in Ukraine
The Russian attack employing drones equipped with night vision targeted Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region and resulted in damage to two private houses and a power line.
Jan. 10
Russia
Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate reports that Russia is trying compensate for its troop manpower losses by coercing farmers and others in the occupied territories to enlist in its army.
Jan. 9
Drones
A Ukrainian army video has been edited to include background Russian pop music, with one Moscow disco ditty about attractive gams accompanying grim images of a soldier losing his leg at the knee.
Jan. 9
Crimea
Ukrainian representatives of occupied Crimea claim at least 41 Russian soldiers from Crimea have been taken prisoner. Many of them are Ukrainian citizens.
Jan. 9
Putin
Military enlistment offices in Russia have begun issuing the first war veterans’ certificates to former mercenaries of the Wagner group, which mutinied against the Ministry of Defense last year.
Jan. 8
War in Ukraine
Russian POWs previously interviewed by Kyiv Post said soldiers are told by their commanders that it’s better to kill themselves than surrender to Ukrainian forces.
Jan. 8
Russia
Russian air defense in Rostov mistook its own paratroopers during training for Ukrainian troops and fired on them in panic, killing two in one of its latest friendly fire incidents.
Jan. 8
Partisans
Russia has become concerned about partisan activity and anti-Kremlin attitudes among the local population in the occupied territories of Ukraine as its presidential elections approach.
Jan. 8
War in Ukraine
A successful Ukrainian operation to destroy a Russian bridge last weekend could be a strong indicator of the way we will see the fighting go in coming months.
Jan. 8
War in Ukraine
Russian planes are quite regularly dropping bombs on unintended targets and the latest incident comes just days after another jet accidentally bombed a Russian village.
Jan. 8
Ukraine
In Kyiv, Metro stations were full of people taking shelter during the alert but no strikes on the capital have been reported.
Jan. 8
War in Ukraine
Back in Russia, discontent over the treatment of soldiers is growing and on Saturday wives of mobilised servicemen held a protest right next to the Kremlin.
Jan. 7
Kharkiv
Authorities in Kharkiv are keen to stress no final conclusions have been made but they have noted Russia took steps to hide certain details on the missile before launching.
Jan. 7
Recent satellite imagery shows there were bombers on the tarmac recently, but actual damage to one of the Kremlin’s biggest military airfields isn’t clear. The base is well outside of US ATACMS range.
Sep. 17