Russia has likely ordered the withdrawal of its troops from the whole of the Kharkiv Oblast, according to the British Ministry of Defence. In an update on Twitter, the MOD said pockets of Russian resistance remained in Kharkiv, west of the Oskil River, but Ukraine has “recaptured territory at least …

by Owen Thorne I am optimistically but guardedly watching the Ukrainian success in the north. After being on the ground during the fall of Iszyum to the Russians over the summer, I see its liberation as a good step.   Ukraine said on Monday it had recaptured more villages in the …

Many Afghans who fled their native country after the Taliban seized power saw Turkey as a safe haven in their road to escape persecution and violence. But Turkish security forces have been accused of using live ammunition and physical force to keep Afghans from entering. Those who do succeed often …

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Ukrainian forces advanced their counteroffensive in eastern Ukraine Sunday, aiming to take advantage of Russian troop withdrawals from the northeastern Kharkiv region in a retreat that may have changed the course of the nearly seven-month conflict. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday posted a video of Ukrainian soldiers hoisting the …

One of the most iconic machine guns ever made is the Soviet-built DShK – known mostly as the Dushka. It has been used in wars from Vietnam to Syria and an adapted version is being used by the Ukrainian military. The Dushka was originally developed in the 1930s as an anti-aircraft gun, …

Journalist Andriy Dubchak barely escaped with his life as he and his son came under cluster-bomb attack from Russian forces in Ukraine. The two were filming a Russian artillery barrage in Donbas, when Dubchak heard “something strange,” unlike the sounds from artillery or other forms of attack. He quickly realized …

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by Owen Thorne Spending the better part of five months on the ground in Ukraine, beginning with the siege of Kyiv and then on to most of the major battlefields, has built a strong bond with the Ukrainian patriots fighting there.  On those battlefields I observed not only the maelstrom of …

Russian soldiers say they are surrounded in Kharkiv Oblast without food, water, or coms, according to intercepted communications that were published by Ukrainian intelligence. “Everything is fucked,” one soldier tells another in one clip. “We’ve got nothing left now. No water, no food.” He and another soldier talk about a …