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Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Claims Patriot Intercepted Kinzhal Air-Launched Ballistic Missile

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Claims Patriot Intercepted Kinzhal Air-Launched Ballistic Missile

The War Zone After a denial, Ukraine revealed that its newly arrived Patriot missile battery intercepted a Russian Kinzhal missile during recent strikes. Ukraine MOD screengrab The Ukrainian Air Force has confirmed that a MIM-104 Patriot missile system intercepted a Kh-47 Kinzhal air-launched ‘hypersonic’ ballistic missile over Kyiv in what could be a high-profile victory […]

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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

The War Zone It’s bunker time! Space Frontiers/Archive Photos/Getty Images. Welcome to Bunker Talk. This is a weekend open discussion post for the best commenting crew on the net, in which we can chat about all the stuff that went on this week that we didn’t cover. We can also talk about the stuff we

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Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Rains Incendiaries On Bakhmut

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Rains Incendiaries On Bakhmut

The War Zone Horrific video is coming out of Bakhmut showing blocks of the devastated city covered in brightly glowing incendiaries dropped from above. Ukraine MOD It appears that the Russians have launched a large incendiary weapons attack on the heavily embattled city in Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast. Video shot from a drone has emerged

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Ukraine Isn’t Buying Wagner Boss’s Tirade About Pulling Out Of Bakhmut

Ukraine Isn’t Buying Wagner Boss’s Tirade About Pulling Out Of Bakhmut

The War Zone Wagner boss Vevgeny Prigozhin said his troops will leave Bakhmut on May 10 over a lack of ammo, but Ukraine isn’t buying that threat. Wagner screencap Ukraine’s Armed Forces are not buying into the head of the Wagner mercenary group’s emotional screed threatening to pull out of Bakhmut next week due to

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Ukrainian TB2 Shot Down Over Kyiv By Friendly Forces

Ukrainian TB2 Shot Down Over Kyiv By Friendly Forces

The War Zone Dramatic imagery of a familiar-looking drone downed by a surface-to-air missile over the Ukrainian capital left many wondering what happened. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images Ukraine’s military has confirmed shooting down one of the country’s own Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones flying over Kyiv earlier today. Individuals on the ground had captured dramatic pictures

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Ukraine Situation Report: HIMARS Shown Being Stashed In ‘Soviet Bunker’

Ukraine Situation Report: HIMARS Shown Being Stashed In ‘Soviet Bunker’

The War Zone Ukraine’s info war is in full swing as “Capt. HIMARS” taunts Russian troops by saying contrary to Kremlin claims, none have been destroyed. Ukraine MoD screencap Ukraine on Wednesday combined two of its most effective weapons – U.S.-donated  M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS  and its own top-notch information warfare

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USS Gerald R. Ford Has Finally Set Sail On Its First Full Deployment

USS Gerald R. Ford Has Finally Set Sail On Its First Full Deployment

The War Zone The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier is set to conduct operations in European waters, at least initially, for its first operational cruise. USN “She [the Ford] earned all of her certifications and met all the requirements to deploy. She’s designated to deploy the first week of May,” Navy Capt. Brian Metcalf, head of

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Ukraine Situation Report: 100k Russian Casualties Since December, White House Says (Updated)

Ukraine Situation Report: 100k Russian Casualties Since December, White House Says (Updated)

The War Zone Over 20,000 Russians were killed in Ukraine since December, according to White House National Security Council spokesman. Via Twitter Screencap Russia has made “incremental gains” in Bakhmut, but those gains and other actions have come at the tremendous cost of more than 20,000 Russian troops killed and 80,000 wounded across Ukraine since

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F-22s Intercepted “Spherical Object” Off Hawaii In Latest Balloon Chase

F-22s Intercepted “Spherical Object” Off Hawaii In Latest Balloon Chase

The War Zone The first indications that something was afoot was last Friday when a C-17 was asked to divert to investigate something near Hawaii. USAF/Google Earth The U.S. Air Force sent a trio of F-22 Raptor stealth fighters to intercept what was eventually assessed to be a balloon of unknown origin off the Hawaiian

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Ukraine Situation Report: Drone Strike Puts Russian Fuel Depot In Crimea Up In Smoke

Ukraine Situation Report: Drone Strike Puts Russian Fuel Depot In Crimea Up In Smoke

The War Zone The latest drone strike on Russian-occupied Sevastopol resulted in destroying a big fuel farm just as Ukraine’s offensive is set to begin. Twitter Screencap A brilliant explosion turned night to day in the strategic Russian-occupied Crimean port city of Sevastopol, then blacked out the sky as a Russian fuel depot burned throughout

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