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NATO Chief Confirms Ukraine Has Received 98% of Promised Combat Vehicles
The head of NATO said that NATO allies and partner countries have given Ukraine 1,550 armored vehicles and 230 tanks to help it form units and take back land from Russian forces. NATO’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said on Thursday that Ukraine had received more than 98 percent of the combat vehicles that had been given to it during Russia’s invasion and war. This gives Kyiv more power as it…
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US General Claims Russian Ground Forces Have Increased Since Ukraine War
Even though Russia has lost a lot of people in its war with Ukraine, a top US military leader in Europe told lawmakers on Wednesday that they still have a lot of weapons left. The head of US European Command, Gen. Christopher Cavoli, told the House Armed Services Committee, “This conflict has hurt the Russian ground force a little bit, but it is bigger now than it was at the…
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Russian T-14 Armata Battle Tank Debuts In Ukraine
The appearance of the highly advanced tanks has raised concerns over escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
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Ukraine Prepared Attack On Moscow That Could Have Started WW3, Leaked Memos Say
Earlier this year, Ukraine was going to launch a huge attack on the Russian city, but the US government stopped them. A report from the Pentagon that got out shows that the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) told agents to get ready for “mass strikes” using “everything the HUR had” on February 24, the first anniversary of the start of the war. But when Washington heard about the planned…
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Unprepared For Extended Battle, US Army Under Gun To More Munitions
One of the most important weapons in the Ukraine war comes from a historic plant in this city that was built by coal barons. Tons of steel rods are brought in by train to be forged into artillery shells that Kyiv can’t get enough of and that the U.S. can’t make fast enough. The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant is at the front of a multibillion-dollar Pentagon plan to upgrade and…
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Ukraine Receives American Patriot Guided Missile Systems
On April 19, Ukraine’s Defense Minister said that his country had finally gotten the Patriot surface-to-air guided missile systems it had been wanting for a long time. Kyiv hopes that these systems will help protect it from Russian attacks during the war. Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said in a tweet, “Today, our beautiful Ukrainian sky is safer because Patriot air defense systems have arrived in Ukraine.” Ukrainian officials have said…
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Pentagon Leaks Indicate Date Of Ukrainian Counteroffensive
Newsweek said on Sunday that a leaked Pentagon paper showed that the Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces will start on April 30. Dated February 28, the document explains the delivery of equipment and a training schedule for nine brigades that, with help from the US and its allies, “can be made ready for the spring counteroffensive.” According to the papers, it is expected that three more brigades will be recruited…
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‘Important To Hear Your Opinion’: Putin Visits Occupied Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin went to the Russian military headquarters in the eastern parts of Ukraine. He talked about the war with a general in charge of airborne troops, who apparently took on a powerful new role in the invasion. The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Putin went to an army command meeting in the southern Kherson region and heard about what was going on there. He also went to the…
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Ukraine Receives 9 Of 13 Promised Warplanes From Slovakia
The Slovak Defense Ministry said on Monday that Slovakia had given Ukraine the last nine of the 13 MiG-29 fighter jets from the Soviet Union that it had promised. The ministry said that the warplanes had to be moved by land because it was safer. This was a “complicated logistics operation.” On March 23, Ukrainian pilots flew the first four from Slovakia to Ukraine. “We are doing the right thing,”…
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Top Secret US Documents Leaked: What They Indicate About Russia-Ukraine War
Just a few days after dozens of secret Pentagon papers about the war between Russia and Ukraine were leaked on social media, Kyiv changed some of its military plans. Some Ukrainian officials were quoted in the news story as saying that the leaked documents “contained fake information and looked like a Russian disinformation campaign. Pentagon officials have said the papers are real, but that some parts of them seem to…
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