War

President Joe Biden has awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for valor, to four U.S. Army soldiers for their actions during the Vietnam War. During a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, President Joe Biden presented the award to Specialist 5 Dwight Birdwell, Major John Duffy, …

by Chief Correspondent Owen Thorne As evening comes on July 4th here in the Donbas, the Russians have taken an operational pause.  Their commanders think they have earned it. In spite of the early disastrous setbacks in places like Kyiv and Karkiv, Phase II here in the east has seen …

by Owen Thorne, Chief Correspondent SLOVYANSK, UKRAINE – Slovyansk has now become the frontline, essentially, of the Russian offensive in the Donbas. The Russians have focused their main effort here in the Donbas over the past two months. They’re slowly pushing the Ukrainian forces back. They’re using the weight of …

Early morning Russian missile strikes in Ukraine’s Odesa region Friday killed at least 17 people. Dozens of people were injured in the strikes. At least one of the targeted sites was a residential building. Russia’s defense ministry said Thursday it had retreated from Ukraine’s Snake Island, which had become a …

by Owen Thorne Eastern Ukraine was hit with sustained artillery early Thursday on a scale that recalls the heavy bombardments of World War I and Korea. I witnessed the rare attack from a short distance away, for more than three hours during the pitch of night. The bombardment rained down …

The United States will bolster its military presence in Europe, including the deployment of additional naval destroyers in Spain and positioning more troops elsewhere, President Joe Biden announced. Biden, in Madrid for a 30-nation NATO summit, said the U.S. would establish a permanent headquarters for the U.S. 5th Army Corps …

From this week, 200 Ukrainian soldiers are set to arrive in the UK every day to receive training from the UK’s Armed Forces, according to Britain’s chief of the Defence Staff. British military chief Admiral Sir Tony Radakin spoke to the U.K.’s Forces News during an interview Saturday in Scarborough, where …

Beijing has doubled down on “its standard form of hostile military signaling,” analyst says  by Ralph Jennings / VOA TAIPEI, TAIWAN — China has increased the number of military flights into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone at sea. Analysts believe the move is designed to send a message to the U.S. …

Russia launched an attack on Ukraine’s capital Sunday. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at least one apartment building was hit in the shelling. The attack Sunday comes on the same day that Group of Seven leaders from the world’s richest democracies are meeting in Germany. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will …

The Geneva Conventions governing the treatment of people in wartime does not apply to Americans who were captured in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Additionally, Moscow cannot guarantee that Americans captured in Ukraine will be spared the death penalty, he said. “I cannot guarantee anything. It depends on the …