Wagner Group props up Russia’s Ukraine war with ex-inmates
The Wagner Group has deployed almost 20,000 personnel in Ukraine, according to UK intelligence, as the Kremlin grows increasingly dependent…
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Putin hails reconstruction of Kerch Bridge
The Kerch bridge, linking Russia and the illegally occupied Crimean peninsula and damaged by an explosion in October, is now…
Ukraine’s battlefield successes are being studied internationally
Ukraine is proving a testing ground for military technology where innovative use of commercial drones in coordination with more conventional…
Ukraine cautious as Russia admits Kherson humiliation
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for restraint following Russia’s announcement that it is removing its troops from Kherson, which…
Chechen warlord sends sons to Ukraine and calls for nuclear strikes
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has advised his ally Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine as he revealed he…
Escape routes close for Russian men dodging Putin’s call-up
The Russian republic of North Ossetia has imposed restrictions on cars arriving from elsewhere in Russia as men try to…
US Speaker Pelosi backs Armenia over Azerbaijan border clashes
US Speaker Nancy Pelosi has condemned Azerbaijan’s “illegal” border attacks on Armenia during a visit in a possible attempt to…
Xi to meet pariah Putin at Uzbek summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Vladimir Putin at a summit in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on his first…
Russian forces deceived by crushing Ukraine counteroffensive
Ukraine’s counteroffensive has exposed weaknesses in Russian defences and in five days seized more land than the Russian forces have…
Ukraine uses wooden decoy missile trucks to waste Russian missiles
Ukraine is using wooden dummies to defend its US-made Himars missiles. The fake kit has been hit by Russian missiles,…
Ukraine uses Russian social media post to destroy Wagner HQ: claim
Ukraine has apparently used accurate US-made Himars rockets to destroy a Russian Wagner mercenary group headquarters, after a reporter for…
Ukraine claims Russian weapons obsolete
A Ukrainian government report claims that Russia’s weapons are ineffective and far more vulnerable to small-arms fire than Moscow had…
Russia deploys Kuril troops to Ukraine war amid apparent manpower crisis
Personnel from Russia’s 18th Machine Gun and Artillery Division appear to have been moved across the vast country from their…