Russia-Ukraine war

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Ukraine Begged for Tanks. It's Finally Getting Them

Germany says it will send its Leopard 2 heavy tanks; US expected to send its M1 Abrams tanks

(Newser) - Earlier this month, NATO allies, including the US, agreed to send combat vehicles to Ukraine to assist it in its fight against Russia. Now, Western nations are taking things up a level, at Ukraine's request, promising to ship heavier weaponry, including tanks, to the war-torn country. On Wednesday, Germany...

2 British Volunteers Killed During Ukraine Rescue

Men had been evacuating civilians from frontline areas

(Newser) - Britain's Foreign Office has confirmed the deaths of two British citizens who had been carrying out risky evacuations of civilians from frontline areas in Ukraine. Chris Parry, 28, and Andrew Bagshaw, 47, were last seen on Jan. 6 heading to Soledar in eastern Ukraine, where there has been heavy...

Fearing the Sledgehammer, a Putin Fighter Defects
Wagner Group Defector
Detained in Norway
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Jan 23, 2023 6:45 PM CST

Wagner Group Defector Detained in Norway

Lawyer says there was 'friction' over tight security around Andrei Medvedev

(Newser) - The first known member of the Wagner Group to defect to the West has been arrested in Norway, but police have denied that Andrei Medvedev will be deported back to Russia. A lawyer for the 26-year-old tells the BBC that Medvedev, who crossed into Norway's far north earlier this...

US Extends Deployment at the Edge of War
US Extends Deployment
at the Edge of War
the rundown
Jan 21, 2023 4:00 PM CST

US Extends Deployment at the Edge of War

Pressure increases on Germany to provide tanks to Ukraine

(Newser) - About 4,000 US soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division will remain in southeast Romania for at least nine months longer, Pentagon officials said Saturday. The troops are stationed at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, across the Black Sea from Russian forces in Crimea, the New York Times reports. It's...

Top Ukrainian Officials Killed in Kyiv Helicopter Crash

Six government officials, including the minister for internal affairs, died alongside children

(Newser) - A helicopter crashed Wednesday near a kindergarten outside Ukraine's capital, killing at least 16 people, including Ukraine's minister for internal affairs and three children, outlets report. The minister, Denys Monastyrsky, is the highest-ranking government official to die since the war with Russia began, according to the New York ...

Soldier Accidentally Detonates Grenade in Ammo Warehouse

Russian state news channels blamed a senior sergeant for incident that killed at least 3

(Newser) - At least 3 Russian soldiers are dead and 16 injured following the accidental detonation of a grenade at a military facility in Russia’s Belgorod region. Per Business Insider , it happened in a village community center that was being used not only for ammunition storage but also a dormitory. Russian...

That&#39;s an Unexploded Grenade Lodged Near Ukrainian&#39;s Heart
Ukrainian Soldier's Case 'Will
Go Down in Medical Textbooks'
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Jan 15, 2023 3:55 PM CST

Ukrainian Soldier's Case 'Will Go Down in Medical Textbooks'

Unexploded grenade successfully removed from soldier's chest, military says

(Newser) - Imagine living with an unexploded grenade, at risk of going off at any moment, lodged just below your heart. That was the reality for a Ukrainian soldier until recently. Doctors succeeded in removing the explosive from the chest of the man in his late 20s during surgery overseen by soldiers,...

Crews Comb Through Rubble for Survivors of Russian Strike

Ukrainian city's residents call strike terrorism, saying, 'There are no military facilities here'

(Newser) - Ukrainian rescuers were still searching the rubble of an apartment building on Sunday that was struck by Russian missiles , trying to find survivors calling out for help. President Volodymyr Zelensky posted on Telegram that 25 people were killed in the strike, 73 were injured, and 39 rescued, though he said...

Strikes Hit Ukraine Cities as UK Promises Tanks

Nine people are killed in one city in missile attack

(Newser) - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday promised to provide tanks and artillery systems to Ukraine, as renewed missile attacks by Moscow targeted multiple Ukrainian cities for the first time in nearly two weeks. Nine people were killed and 64 wounded in the southeastern city of Dnipro, where a Russian...

Ukraine Denies Russian Claim of First Victory in Months

Moscow says its forces are in control of town after months of fighting

(Newser) - Russia claimed Friday to have taken control of the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, which would be its first victory in months. But Ukraine denied the claim, saying fighting is ongoing. The Wagner mercenary group claimed Wednesday that it had captured the salt-mining town, but Russia's defense ministry...

In NYT Story on Russian Troops, Source Code Leaked Too Much

Phone numbers of soldiers, others exposed, putting at risk those who criticized war and Putin

(Newser) - In late September, the New York Times published an interactive report that effectively spied on Russian soldiers' unauthorized calls home from the front lines of the Ukraine war, revealing a "crisis in morale" and "an inside view of a military in disarray." That story likely wasn't...

Russia Changes Commanders in Ukraine

Military leaders have been criticized for handling of invasion

(Newser) - Russia's top military officer was put in charge of troops fighting in Ukraine on Wednesday, a move that appears to reflect the Kremlin's dissatisfaction with the current leadership and flaws in the military's performance. Russia's Defense Ministry said Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff...

Ukrainian Troops Are Coming to Oklahoma

US is bringing them here to train with the Patriot missile system

(Newser) - Last month, the US said it was sending its vaunted Patriot missile system to Ukraine. This month, a related move: The Pentagon is bringing Ukrainian soldiers to the US to train on the system, reports the Washington Post . The training will take place at Fort Sill in Oklahoma and will...

Condoleezza Rice Urges Bold Shift on Ukraine
Condoleezza Rice Urges
Bold Shift on Ukraine
OPINION
Jan 8, 2023 9:35 AM CST

Condoleezza Rice Urges Bold Shift on Ukraine

She and Robert Gates call for 'dramatic increase' in US military aid and equipment

(Newser) - By nearly all accounts, Russia's war in Ukraine is not going Vladimir Putin's way. But two former diplomatic heavyweights for the US warn that it probably won't last. In their Washington Post op-ed, former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and former defense chief Robert Gates note that...

Putin's Ceasefire Has Begun. No One Seems to Be Listening

Artillery fire continues, apparently from both sides, after Putin's holiday mandate went into effect Friday

(Newser) - Usually for a truce to work, even a temporary one, both sides have to be in agreement. Russian President Vladimir Putin is finding that out as a 36-hour ceasefire in the Ukraine war he called didn't get off to a great start on Friday, right as it began. The...

US, Other Allies Sending Combat Vehicles to Ukraine

New American aid package is nearly $3B

(Newser) - As the Russian-spurred war in Ukraine enters a new calendar year, Ukraine continues to push back hard, and its president is reupping an ask of Western allies. In a Wednesday night video address, Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded specifically for tanks and heavy weaponry, as officials in the country's east say...

Putin Orders 36-Hour Ceasefire in Ukraine

His forces will halt fighting to observe Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered Moscow's armed forces to hold a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine this weekend for the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday, the Kremlin said. The order follows a proposal by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, and will start at noon on...

Russia Blames Deadly Attack on Soldiers' Phone Use

It now acknowledges at least 89 deaths

(Newser) - Russia now says at least 89 of its soldiers were killed in a New Year's Day missile attack in Ukraine's occupied Donetsk region, and it blames its own troops for the attack. The Russian military says its soldiers were using mobile phones, which they are not supposed to...

Bad News for Suspect in Ukraine's Banksy Mural Theft

Interior ministry: He could get 12 years behind bars after planning theft of $244K artwork in Kyiv suburb

(Newser) - A month after thieves tried to make off with a Banksy mural worth nearly $250,000 from a scorched building in a Kyiv suburb, Ukrainian officials are offering a sign on what repercussions might be coming down the pike. The nation's interior ministry said Monday that the man they...

Shelling Intensifies as Putin Gives Angry New Year's Speech

Ukrainians celebrate despite Russian president's most aggressive holiday speech yet

(Newser) - Ukraine endured a new round of shelling Saturday while Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered the longest, most strident New Year's address of his reign. Putin began the nine-minute speech by lauding the Russian army's "strength of spirit and courage," the Washington Post reports. He then blamed...

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