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A new package of U.S. military aid for Ukraine includes rockets with a range twice the distance of the rockets Kyiv now has. The Pentagon announced the new package on Friday. The Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) is included in a $2.2 billion U.S. military aid package announced by the Pentagon. …

By Liam Collins and John Spencer Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from the book “Understanding Urban Warfare” published by Howgate Publishing and available for purchase at Amazon here. The excerpt is an edited conversation John Spencer had with Lt. Gen. James Rainey about the 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah …

The Russian military is facing an unexpected situation that brought equal measures of protest and ridicule from fighters in the war against Ukraine. In a bid to tighten up discipline in the ranks, the Commander of Russian forces in Ukraine has ordered all men to cut their facial hair. However, …

American military forces killed a key ISIS facilitator and about 10 ISIS operatives in a Wednesday night raid in Somalia, senior administration officials said Thursday. No Americans were killed in the raid, officials said. The key target was Bilal al-Sudani, who had been expanding the terror group’s footprint in Africa. “The …

Russian forces in Ukraine will face additional armor and firepower, following an agreement between the United States and Germany to send some of the world’s most lethal and coveted tanks into the fight. In Ukraine, locals have been celebrating the announcements by wearing leopard print designs, sources inside the country …

Germany will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and allow other countries such as Poland to do so, defense sources told Soldier of Fortune. The development was reported also in Germany, and brought a swift and unhappy response on Tuesday from the Kremlin. “Such shipments do not bode well for the …

“There is deep cold, frozen earth, and fighting.” In this special report, RFE/RL correspondent Maryan Kushnir shows what he encountered on the front line in recent days in Soledar. Ukrainian troops faced waves of Russian and Wagner Group fighters, Kushnir found. Later, Russian forces claimed to have seized control of …

The United Kingdom will send Ukraine a squadron of tanks whose platform is undefeated in battle, the British military says. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak agreed to send 14 Challenger 2 tanks to help the country fight back against Russia’s invasion. The tanks are among other big ticket packages, such as …

by Christopher L. Kolakowski Lord Louis Mountbatten visited the battlefield of Kohima after the fighting had ended in 1944. Considering the ground and the course of the battle, he commented, “The Battle of Kohima will probably go down as one of the greatest battles in history.” Field Marshal Sir William …

Both Russia and Ukraine have claimed to prevail in the fierce battle for Soledar, in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said Thursday that fighting was intense in Soledar, but that Ukraine’s forces were holding on. Yevgeny Prigozhin, who runs the Russian mercenary group Wagner, said his forces …