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By Howard AltmanContributing Writer |
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Chernobyl Worries Continue As Russian Forces Move Back
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant continues to be a source of concern for Ukraine’s military, even as Russian forces have turned control of the plant over to Ukrainians and appear to be withdrawing toward Belarus.
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Marines Head To Lithuania As Russians Relent Around Kyiv
After a month of setbacks, Russian officials said Tuesday, March 29, that the true goal of the invasion of Ukraine is not to conquer Kyiv but instead “the liberation of Donbas.” Does that claim match up with Western intelligence?
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Ukraine’s Intel Chief: We Have Sources In The Kremlin, But We Need Jets
Brig. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov is not surprised that Russia is making little headway in its all-out assault on his nation. “We understood how it would go,” Budanov told me Friday morning, via a translator, in a far-ranging interview with Coffee or Die Magazine.
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With Captured Tanks, Ukraine Now Has More Armor Than When The War Began
The man standing near what appears to be a captured Russian T-72 tank is ecstatic. “Our guys commandeered a Russian tank,” he says, as it rolls by. “Now it will be ours.” The man’s battle cry for revenge highlights what Ukraine officials and independent observers say is a startling trend.
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Russian Ship Burning In Ukraine Harbor, Hit By Missile Strike
Ukrainian forces destroyed a large Russian landing ship Thursday, March 24, leaving the ship burning at its pier after a missile strike at the Ukrainian port of Berdyansk, about 50 miles southwest of the besieged city of Mariupol. A Ukrainian general confirmed the strike to Coffee or Die Magazine.
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Why The Skies Over Ukraine Are A ‘Nightmare’ For Russian Pilots
David Shank served as commandant of the US Army’s Air Defense Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, before retiring as a colonel, but when he considers how Russian pilots now see the airspace over Ukraine, he thinks it’s akin to how US troops viewed the side streets of Baghdad — full of dangers they couldn’t…
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Seeking Public Reports, Ukraine Launches War Crimes Database
In Mariupol, doctors and patients were taken hostage by Russian soldiers, Ukrainian officials said. In the town of Rubizhne, Russian shelling destroyed three schools, a hospital, and an institution for visually impaired children. Around Kharkiv and its suburbs, artillery crashed into three high-rise buildings, two private houses, yards, markets, parks, a hospital, and a kindergarten.…
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China, Russian Mercenaries Active In Africa, Per Top US Generals
On the 20th day of Russia’s war on Ukraine, two top American generals reminded lawmakers that recent inroads made by Russia and China in Africa and the Middle East demonstrate that Europe isn’t the only continent where U.S. influence is being challenged.
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Russian Advances Stalled Across Ukraine as Training Facility Hit With Cruise Missiles
Now 19 days into its invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces made little progress over the weekend of Saturday, March 12, a senior US defense official told reporters Monday afternoon. Russian cruise missiles hit a training facility — once used by Americans — near the Polish border.