For weeks, even as Moscow insisted it hadno plansfor an invasion, it had beenmovingtroops and weaponry closer to Ukraine's borders. Today, satellite photos continue to capture Russia's military deployments — and its grim capabilities — as the invasion grinds on. Here's a look at Russia's...
Military experts operate at the site of a Russian aerial bombing of a high-rise residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district on March 27, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Global Images Ukraine | Getty Images At least one person has died and 12 have been injured, including children, in the...
“It is the task that Putin has set General Gerasimov [the commander-in-chief of Russia’s forces in Ukraine],” said Serhii Kuzan, chair of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Centre think-tank in Kyiv. “Our task is to hold our defensive lines and exhaust the offensive potential of t...
The deeper Yevgeny moved into Ukraine, the uglier things got. “We didn’t want to kill anyone, but we also wanted to live,” explained Yevgeny, a senior lieutenant who oversaw a platoon of around 15 men. “The locals would come in civilian cars and shoot at our military. What would ...
The origins of the Russia-Ukraine War begin in February 2014 with the covert invasion of the Ukrainian autonomous republic of Crimea by disguised Russian troops. The conflict expanded in April 2014 when Russians and local proxy forces seized territory in
Ukraine has used drones to strike Russian soil this year, includinghitting a Moscow suburb, with the aim of disrupting the Kremlin’s war effort and bringing the conflict home to ordinary Russians. Ukraine has also used drones to attack military facilities, munitions factories and energy infrastruct...
The Russian Armed Forces are considered the fifth-largest military in the world but retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, the former commanding general of U.S. Army forces in Europe, said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has exposed its military shortcomings. "The weaknesses are being ...
The law was spurred by a request from the military command under former army commander Valerii Zaluzhny.
"Ukraine's missile and artillery units continue to target Russian military strongholds, personnel clusters, logistical support bases and ammunition depots," the ministry said on Twitter Thursday. "This will highly likely impact Russian military logistical resupply and put pressure on Russian military com...
(Reuters) - Russia's defence spending was up nearly 40% in the first four months of the year, according to preliminary data released by the finance ministry on Wednesday, almost three months into Moscow's large-scale military campaign in Ukraine. Russia spent 1.7 trillion ...