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100-Year-Old World War II Veteran Finally Receives Purple Heart From Battle of Okinawa

Harvey Drahos was wounded in action when he was 22 years old, in the World War II Battle of Okinawa. He received his Purple Heart this year, at age 100. The ceremony was held Sept. 30 at the Olympic Flight Museum in Olympia, Washington. Drahos’s service in the Army as an expert …

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Kremlin Faked Video Showing Chechen Warlord Kadyrov in Good Health, Ukraine Says

by Susan Katz Keating The Kremlin faked a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, in order to show that the gravely ill warlord is in good health, according to a Ukrainian official. Kadyrov fell into a coma last month, Ukrainian SBU Security Service officials said. “Yes, …

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Serbia Launches ‘Unprecedented’ Military Buildup on Border With Kosovo, White House Says

Belgrade has launched an “unprecedented staging of advanced Serbian artillery, tanks, and mechanized infantry units” at the border with Kosovo, a senior U.S. official told reporters on Friday. The White House urged Serbia to pull back what it said is a large military deployment from its border with Kosovo amid …

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Moscow Needed a Military Grandstander to Deflect From Prigozhin; Enter Ramzan Kadyrov

ANALYSIS by Susan Katz Keating Now that Yevgeny Prigozhin has been permanently silenced, Moscow needs to deflect from his legacy with a fresh military grandstander delivering Kremlin-friendlier content – and has handed the mic to former Prigozhin rival Ramzan Kadyrov. Kadyrov is a logical choice, if you are Vladimir Putin. …

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Miami Police Give Rifles and Pistols to Ukraine

The Miami Police Department this week gave a trove of civilian rifles and pistols to Ukraine, after obtaining the weapons during a gun buy-back. The shipment comes in the wake of a move by the city of Phoenix, Arizona, to give confiscated weapons to Ukraine. READ MORE: City of Phoenix …

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I Didn’t Check On My Brothers: When ’22-a-Day’ Hits Hard

by Heath Hansen “Listen up, First Platoon. This morning, we got word that the police chief we were supposed to meet today, was executed last night. The Taliban rolled up, extracted intel, and shot him in the head. Does that mean the mission is canceled? Fuck no – we’re still …

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Wagner Group’s Camp Being Fortified Inside Belarus, Images Show

Fortifications are being actively constructed near the tent camp of the private Wagner mercenary group in the village of Tsel in eastern Belarus, the site believed to be where troops from Yevgeny Prigozhin’s company have settled after its aborted mutiny in Russia in late June. Images from the Planet Labs …

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Poland Says Belarusian Helicopters Breached Airspace; Warsaw Adds Troops to Border

Two Belarusian military helicopters violated Poland’s airspace on August 1, according to the Polish Defense Ministry. The ministry said in a statement that the charge d’affaires of Belarus would be summoned to the Polish Foreign Ministry to explain the circumstances of the incident. The statement clarified that the helicopters crossed into Polish airspace at …

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Russia’s Shoigu is Shopping for Weapons in North Korea, US Says

Is Russia on a shopping trip to North Korea for weapons and supplies? The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is doing just that, in Pyongyang. Shortly after Shoigu arrived on a rare trip to North Korea, Blinken said that Russia is jockeying to …

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Igor Strelkov, Former Leader of Pro-Russia Separatists in Ukraine, Arrested in Moscow

Russian police have detained the former leader of Moscow-backed separatists in Ukraine, Igor Strelkov (aka Girkin), on extremism charges, his wife Miroslava Reginskaya said on Telegram on July 21. Igor Girkin (Igor Strelkov) was reportedly arrested by Russian authorities earlier today. https://t.co/Eu4e8EXtfc pic.twitter.com/N8XWn0AvGa— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) July 21, 2023 Strelkov was a …

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