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Russian troops are pushing in the northeastern Ukrainian region following an offensive launched this month.

Can delays in U.S. aid and issues with Ukrainian mobilization be rectified in time?

Russia noted the nuclear exercises would take place as Ukraine awaits U.S. missiles and American-made F-16 fighter jets.

The Russian leader is reportedly unhappy with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigus decision-making in Ukraine.

Europe News: The recent arrest of Russia's deputy defense minister Timur Ivanov on bribery charges is being viewed by some analysts as a direct message from Presid

Russias deputy defense minister was arrested in what some call a signal to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired his top general in the biggest military shakeup since Russia invaded, a sign that Kyiv is searching for a new start as Ukraine faces pressure to overcome major setbacks in the war. Zelensky’s removal last week of Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, who was commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces since 2021, is…

President Biden has vowed a response after drone strike by Iran-backed militias killed three US troops and wounded many more in Jordan last Sunday. David Silbe

President Biden has vowed a response after drone strike by Iran-backed militias killed three US troops and wounded many more in Jordan last Sunday. David

I specialize in the industrialized total wars of the 20thcentury and theasymmetric responses (guerrilla warfare, insurgency, and terrorism) to those wars thatevolvedafter 1945. I have written books on the British Army in World War I,the Philippine-American War, the Boxer Rebellion in China, and American military encounters with other cultures.