Moscow has lost another military commander who died while fighting in Ukraine, Russian military officials said.   The latest to die is Colonel Ivan Grishin, commander of the 49th anti-aircraft missile brigade, who killed while fighting near Kharkiv. He dies from shrapnel wounds to the abdomen.  Grishin is the 23rd Russian …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said Russia has launched its anticipated large-scale offensive in the eastern Donbas region. “We can now confirm that Russian troops have begun the battle for the Donbas, which they have been preparing for a long time,” Zelensky said on Telegram. “A large part of …

“They called me one morning from the office of the division commander in Amur Oblast, where Pavlik served,” said a woman from Russia’s Tambov region who asked to be identified only by her first name, Yelena. “The man said: ‘Do you know that they are searching for your son, that …

Israel has successfully tested the new “Iron Beam” laser interception system, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said.  “This is the world’s first energy-based weapons system that uses a laser to shoot down incoming UAVs, rockets & mortars at a cost of $3.50 per shot,” Bennett wrote on Twitter when announcing …

The government of Ukraine has issued a postage stamp to commemorate the incident at Snake Island, where Ukrainians told the crew of the Moskva: “Russian warship, go f— yourself.” The ship was ravaged by fire and has sunk, the Kremlin says.

Photo and video images from Ukraine depict scores of Russian T-72 tanks inside the country, in various states of functionality. But where are Russia’s supposedly top line T-14 Armata tanks? Even before the war, observers noted that the production of the new Armata was not going according to schedule. The …

In an indication of where Moscow is directing its efforts in Ukraine, a Kremlin spokesman on Friday said that a top priority task is to eliminate “nationalist battalions.”   “The main task is to liberate [Ukraine] from these nationalist battalions after all,” Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “The operation continues and …

An additional $800 million package of security assistance is on its way to Ukraine. Efforts to get the newly authorized equipment and supplies to the Ukrainian military will begin immediately, the Pentagon said.  The Defense Department is still delivering equipment from the last $800 million package for Ukraine, and Kirby …

Moscow confirmed on Thursday that its Black Sea flagship, Moskva, has sunk. The report follows another from the Kremlin saying the ship had suffered serious damage from a fire following onboard explosions, and that the crew has been evacuated. “The fire on the guided missile cruiser Moskva has been localized,” …