Ukraine

The War Zone With Ukrainian personnel and equipment losses mounting, the U.S. defense secretary has promised more Bradleys and Strykers will be delivered. Twitter screencap Ukraine’s allies will “continue to provide platforms,” Austin said during a press conference following the 14th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG). “We talked about the additional leverage […]

The War Zone The Kerch Bridge that connects Russia to Crimea was abruptly shutdown with claims of Ukrainian attack quickly following. Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images The Kerch Bridge, connecting Russia and the Crimean Peninsula has been closed after an incident in which portions of the bridge were damaged, according to Russian officials. Those

The War Zone Despite coming under heavy fire, Ukrainian forces are still lodged on the Russian-controlled side of the Dnipro River. Ukraine continues to maintain a small bridgehead on the Russian-occupied side of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast, but it is under heavy fire, according to Kremlin-connected milbloggers. “Ukrainian formations continue to supply the

The War Zone With the French donation of the SCALP cruise missile, Ukraine receives another long-range weapon to strike targets far beyond the front. MBDA French President Emmanuel Macron officially announced that his nation is sending Ukraine SCALP-EGs air-launched, conventionally armed cruise missiles. He made the declaration Tuesday during the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The War Zone The small but potentially significant push deeper south in Zaporizhzhia Oblast puts Ukrainian troops a step closer to Crimea. Twitter Screencap Pushing along several vectors in its counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces appear to be making continued progress in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said on her Telegram channel Monday that

The War Zone The DPICM cluster shells will help break Russia’s stubborn trench networks and keep Ukraine’s supply of critical artillery up. Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images The counteroffensive, now into its second month, has been “hard sledding, because the Russians had six months to dig in,” Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

The War Zone Among the findings were millions in cash and gold bars, a disguise collection, a giant sledgehammer, and a cache of guns and ammo. Via Twitter Images emerged on social media Wednesday of the opulent St. Petersburg home and its contents seized from Wagner Private Military Company boss Yevgeny Prigozhin as he made

The War Zone The Biden administration appears to be closer to sending Ukraine two weapons it has long-sought, ATACMS and cluster munitions. Lockheed Martin Ukraine appears to be a step closer to obtaining the U.S.-produced Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) short-range ballistic missiles, which can hit targets at about 200 miles away with a significantly

The War Zone With Ukraine facing mounting losses the Pentagon announced Tuesday it is sending another 30 Bradleys and 25 Strykers. Twitter screencap To date, Ukraine has seen 10 of 109 Bradley variants already delivered destroyed, two damaged, and another 12 damaged and abandoned, according to the latest figures from the Oryx open source intelligence

The War Zone After more than a day of uncharacteristic silence, the head of the Wagner mercenary group opened up about his mutinous march on Moscow. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) In a new audio message posted on his Telegram channel Monday, Wagner Private Military Corporation leader Yevgeny Prigozhin took yet another swipe