Ukraine Russia War
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With Ukraine And Future Battles, Biden Wants $886bn Defence Budget
President Joe Biden’s $886 billion request for the US defence budget is the largest in peacetime. It includes a 5.2% pay raise for troops and the largest amount ever given for research and development. Russia’s war in Ukraine has increased the need for more money to be spent on weapons. Biden’s request gives $842 billion to the Pentagon and $44 billion to the FBI, the Department of Energy, and other…
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Ukraine And Russia Locked In Brutal Battle In Bakhmut; Casualties Rise
Russian forces kept attacking the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region’s eastern Donetsk region. Both sides reported more casualties on the other side as they fought across a small river that now divides the destroyed town and marks the front line. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine said late on Sunday that his troops had killed more than 1,100 Russian soldiers in the last few days as they fought…
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Russia Takes East Bakhmut As Ukraine Raises Troops
During the last week of February and the first week of March, Ukrainian troops slowly left their most dangerous defences in Bakhmut, but they did not give up the eastern city to Russian forces. The Ukraine’s plan was likely to keep its losses to a minimum while drawing more Russian troops into what is now the longest and hardest-fought battle of the war. One of Vladimir Putin’s goals is to…
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Russia Has Resources For 2 More Years To Battle Ukraine: Lithuania
The head of Lithuania’s military intelligence said that Russia has enough money to keep the war in Ukraine going at the same level of intensity for another two years. Moscow says it started its “special military operation” in Ukraine a year ago to fight against a threat to national security. Kyiv and the rest of the West say it’s an unprovoked war to take over a free state. “The resources…
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After Russian Strike, Ukraine Nuclear Plant Without Power: Operator
The Ukrainian nuclear energy operator said Thursday that a Russian strike left the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant without electricity. It is now running on diesel generators. During a new wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine, which killed at least nine people and cut power across the country, this happened. “Rocket attacks cut off the last power line between the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP and the Ukrainian power system,” Energoatom said. The…
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Sergey Shoigu, Russia’s Defense Minister, Makes Rare Visit To Frontline Troops
Sergei Shoigu, the Russian Defense Minister, has made a rare visit to Russian troops in occupied Ukraine. This visit is probably as much about how it looks as it is about how Russia’s invasion is going. The Russian Defense Ministry released a short video that showed Shoigu in a helicopter and then briefly with commanders near some heavily damaged buildings. It wasn’t possible to figure out where the video was…
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CDS General Anil Chauhan Says Ukraine-Russia War Shows India To Be Self-Reliance
In an open discussion at the Raisina Dialogue on Friday, March 3, Chief of Defense Staff General Anil Chauhan said that the Ukraine conflict has taught India that it needs to be self-reliant. He said that India’s military can’t depend on other countries to give it weapons. The topic of the panel discussion was “The Old, the New, and the Unusual: Assessing Modern Conflicts.” The Raisina Dialogue was put on…
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Moscow Claims Ukraine Launched Failed Drone Attacks On Russia Overnight
Russia’s defence ministry said on Tuesday that Ukraine tried to attack civil infrastructure targets in two southern Russian regions with drones overnight, but the attacks failed. The Ukrainian government didn’t say anything right away. “Overnight, the Kyiv government tried to attack civilian infrastructure in the Krasnodar and Adygea regions with unmanned aerial vehicles,” the defence ministry said in a statement. It said that its defences against drones had stopped the…
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India Abstains From UN General Assembly Vote On Ukraine’s “Lasting Peace”
India didn’t vote for or against a resolution at the UN General Assembly on Thursday. The resolution stressed the need for a “comprehensive, just, and lasting peace” in Ukraine as soon as possible, in line with the UN Charter. The 193-member General Assembly passed the “Principles of the United Nations Charter underpinning a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in Ukraine” resolution. It was put forward by Ukraine and its supporters.…
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Russia Claims Battlefield Gains As Ukraine Requests Military Aid
Russia said on Wednesday that it had broken through two fortified Ukrainian defence lines on the eastern front. At the same time, Kiev said that things were hard there and Western allies said they would help with more military aid, such as more artillery rounds. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Ukrainians had retreated in the Luhansk region because of Russian attacks, but it didn’t give any details and…
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