Just over a year ago, I argued in The National Interest that the Russian victory against Ukraine’s 2023 summer counteroffensive would grant the Kremlin tremendous political capital. Moscow would be able to continue mobilizing Russian society and the economy to prosecute the war to the utmost. A Russian military that returned to maneuver warfare after […]
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The Ukrainian military commandant’s office is ensuring ‘strict observance’ of international humanitarian law in the areas of Russia’s Kursk Oblast under Kyiv’s control, the Ukrainian Ground Forces said in a statement on Sept. 4. “A significant number of civilians, whom the Russian authorities have abandoned without any means of subsistence — food, light, water, and gas
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The Ukrainian military incursion in the Kursk oblast, now a month old, has not forced Russian occupiers to halt their offensive in Donbas, to the east, though its effects are already being felt on certain sections of the front, ERR’s Anton Aleksejev reported. Aleksejev and camera operator Kristjan Svirgsden have been delivering regular reportages from
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Russian troops are inching ever close to Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, a vital logistical hub for Kyiv’s outgunned and outnumbered forces, leading some analysts to question the wisdom of a Ukrainian lightning offensive on Russian soil that was intended to distract Moscow from its Donbas push. The Ukrainian army remains in control of more
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The Ukrainian advance into Russia’s Kursk region has so far failed to achieve one of its main objectives: diverting Russian troops from the front lines of eastern Ukraine in a bid to reshape the battlefield. Ukraine’s surprise August incursion has achieved other goals, including dealing a blow to Russia’s image of strength, destroying military assets
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VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Ukraine’s Kursk incursion was aimed at slowing the Russian advance in Donbas but that it had failed as Kyiv had simply weakened its forces along the rest of the front. In the biggest foreign attack on Russian sovereign territory since World War Two,
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Angola: One person died and 36 others were injured as a result of a road accident, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, in the commune of Gangula, municipality of Sumbe, province of Cuanza-Sul. Among those injured, there were 33 serious and three with minor injuries, aged between one and 63 years. According to
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MOSCOW – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim praised President Vladimir Putin for steering Russia’s development and pledged to deepen ties, saying there was “enormous potential” to enhance regional trade relations already focused on semiconductors. Anwar, who is on two-day visit to Moscow, said it would be to Malaysia’s benefit if Russia shared its achievements and
Members of Britain’s Commando Force have conducted a long-range raiding exercise alongside US Navy Seals and US and South Korean marines. Alpha Coy of 40 Commando took part in during Exercise Ssang Yong 24 – which also featured the US Marine Corps’ MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. Among the other units involved were members of 31st United
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At a Taipei, Taiwan zero-waste workshop, bottle caps, food packaging, utensils, and old toys are just some of the plastic items that are given a new lease of life. Customers are gaining hands-on experience in the recycling process, including upcycling plastic waste they bring from home by softening and molding it into a pair of
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