by Mike Eckel, RFE/RL By one account, nearly three dozen Russian tanks and armored vehicles were reduced to smoldering rubble. By another, as many as 500 Russian troops may have been killed. Relatives of soldiers from one unit are frantically trading text messages and social-media posts trying to locate their …

In the year since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the war has taken unexpected turns, with both countries now entrenched in heavy fighting in Ukraine’s east and south, with no easy end in sight. At the star of the war, Ukraine defied many Western intelligence assessments that predicted …

by Mitchell “Taco” Bell “Taco” is a retired Marine KC-130 pilot flying for a major airline on the B-737. Here’s what he encountered while flying into Mexico. Guadalajara, MX? Yeah, the law there is optional. That is the best comment about having a seemingly coordinated attack on a civilian airliner …

In his latest outburst over the handling of Moscow’s war against Ukraine, an angry Yevgeny Prigozhin accused Russian officials of withholding ammunition from his Wagner Group fighters. Prigozhin made the comments during a seven-minute long audio message published on Monday, when he said he was required to “apologise and obey” …

An employee of the Russian Defense Ministry has been found dead after apparently falling from a high-rise apartment building in St. Petersburg in the latest mysterious death of a senior official. Marina Yankina, 58, was the head of finance and procurement of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Western Military District. The …

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korea confirmed that the intercontinental ballistic missile it fired Saturday was the Hwasong-15, which it said was part of a “surprise” exercise to test its war readiness with a “mobile and mighty counterattack.” The ICBM had the capacity to reach the continental United States given a …

The new leader of al-Qaida is a combat-experienced former Egyptian special forces officer with a $10 million bounty on his head in connection with terrorist acts that killed Americans and others, the United Nations announced this week. More than six months after the United States killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri …

The USS James E Williams has Tomahawk cruise missiles, air-launched torpedoes, anti-ship missiles, and more. Two of its guns are called Thelma and Louise. Here’s a look at this U.S. Navy destroyer as it patrols the Mediterranean. Video by British Forces News Please leave this field emptySubscribe to the Soldier of …

by Heath Hansen Editor’s note: Soldier of Fortune correspondent Heath Hansen recently came across an artist who creates visceral, dark, and mesmerizing military themed works that he says “do a fantastic job capturing the deepest emotions of the GWOT veteran.” Hansen contacted the artist, Invader Girl, and sends the following …

Equatorial Guinea announced its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a deadly and highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, the World Health Organization said.  World health officials on Tuesday convened an urgent meeting to address the Marburg outbreak. The small central African nation of about 1.6 million people reported nine …