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 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...
FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian service member walks along fighting positions on the contact line with Russian-backed separatist rebels near the town of Avdiivka in Donetsk Region, Ukraine February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that Rus...
France on Tuesday said recentremarksmade by Sergei Naryshkin, chief of Russia's foreign intelligence service, that any French military sent to Ukraine to help fight Russia would be a 'priority target' for Russian troops were an 'irresponsible' provocation. ...
His commanders were waiting for him beneath a huge portrait of a legendary Russian military hero. As he entered the room, they began to speak. It took a moment for the words to become clear: Special Military Operation. Order. Luhansk. ...
On Saturday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that while the threat to Kyiv had receded, Ukraine was preparing for a tough battle with Russian forces amassing in the east of the country. Ukrainian officials have called on people in the east of the country to flee. ...
"They have enormous problems with their economy, their military is taking tremendous casualties and if we were still fighting at the start of 2026 I think there would be real pressure on the Russian system. "The problem for the Ukrainians is it looks like they might...
KYIV (Reuters) -The Ukrainian military said two soldiers were killed and four wounded in shelling by pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine on Saturday, where a flare up of violence this week has sparked fears it could be the trigger for Russian military action. The Ukrainian ...
The law was spurred by a request from the military command under former army commander Valerii Zaluzhny.