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Russia Pounds Ukraine in Rare Hours-Long Overnight Artillery Barrage

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 …

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Biden Tells NATO: US Will Bolster its Military Presence in Europe

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 …

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British Military Chief: 200 Ukrainian Soldiers Per Day to Arrive in UK for Training

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 …

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Beijing Ramps Up Military Flights Near Coast of Taiwan

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. …

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Russia Launches Attack on Kyiv While G7 Leaders Meet in Germany

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 …

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What’s In the Stars for Volodymyr Zelenskyy? Soldier of Fortune Consults an Astrologer

Key dates include August-September 2022; February 2023; and mid-July 2023 by Johnnietwobrows Editor’s note: Astrologer Johnnietwobrows previously examined Vladimir Putin’s astrological chart for SOF, so we thought it only made sense that he also see what is written in the stars for Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The following analysis is based on …

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‘We’re Not Going to be Scared Away’: Journalists Threatened With Arrest While Digging Into Police Response During Uvalde Massacre

by Amaris Castillo San Antonio Express-News editor Nora López talks about her newsroom’s struggle against authorities to tell the stories of Uvalde. By now, many who have been following this story know that the official narrative of the tragedy that left 19 students and two teachers dead has shifted, with …

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The Hunt is On For Two American Veterans Missing in Ukraine

The U.S. is working to “determine the exact nature of what happened” to two Americans who have been reported missing while fighting in Ukraine, according to a State Department official. “We’re trying to determine their whereabouts,” and bring the fighters to safety, the official told Soldier of Fortune. The two …

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‘One of the Most Violent Battles’ in European History: The Fight for Donbas

Russia now controls about 80% of Ukraine’s eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk and has destroyed all three bridges leading out of it, Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Haidai said Tuesday. With Russia’s destruction of bridges, Haidai acknowledged that a mass evacuation of civilians from Sievierodonetsk now is “simply not possible” because …

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Street Battles Rage in Eastern Ukraine, as Russian Artillery Hammers Industrial Hub City

Russian artillery is pounding the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk as Ukrainian forces wage pitched street battles across the river in Syevyerodonetsk, trying to slow Russian efforts to take the city. Ukrainian and Russian forces have been engaged in brutal fighting in Syevyerodonetsk for weeks now as Ukraine tries to …

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