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Russia’s campaign in the Donbas region of Ukraine has “lost momentum and fallen significantly behind schedule,” and likely will not accelerate its advance during the next month, according to British military intelligence. “Despite small-scale initial advances, Russia has failed to achieve substantial territorial gains over the past month whilst sustaining …

In what appears to be the latest setback for Moscow’s military offensive Ukraine, Russian troops are withdrawing from areas near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, according to Ukrainian military officials. The General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces announced the development early on May 14, saying that Russian troops appeared to …

The U.S. Army in World War II also issued playing cards, including a deck of aircraft silhouettes to help soldiers on the ground identify friends from foes.

The Taliban murdered his son and threatened his family. The former interpreter evaded 12 enemy checkpoints, and now has been reunited with the American soldiers whose lives he saved in Afghanistan. They started falling from the above and it took a second for Najeebullah to realize what they were: U.S. …

The U.S. Navy SEAL motto is: “The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday.” I have to add: “And Tomorrow Could be Worse – Much Worse.” Australian Special Air Service (SAS) Captain Dean Pye – administrative commander of SEAL Team One – and I spotted the four-engine C-130 just above the horizon, screaming …

Signs are emerging in Uganda that the East African nation is gearing up for hereditary leadership, with a military commander poised to take the helm from his own father.  Public fetes celebrating the son of Uganda’s leader are raising concern he is aiming for the presidency after years of apparently …

The Ukrainian military says it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea near Snake Island, declaring that a missile launched from a Bayraktar drone struck a Russian landing craft. “In the waters of the Black Sea, an enemy landing craft of the type Serna was destroyed,” military spokesman Serhiy Bratschuk …

By Robert K. Brown After 47 adventure-filled years of publishing Soldier of Fortune Magazine,  I decided it was time to move on to other long awaited projects, including writing books of the SOF adventures. After having given it considerable thought, I am passing the torch to journalist and author Susan …

The United States is giving Ukraine 16 Mi-17 helicopters that Washington had procured for Afghanistan, a U.S. government agency charged with monitoring Afghan events said Wednesday.The Department of Defense (DOD) notified Congress in January that it intended to give the Ukrainian government five of the Russian-built helicopters, which had been …

By SoF correspondent Gatimu Juma Early morning gunfire was the first sign of a deadly assault at a military base about 100 miles from Mogadishu, alerting local residents to the Tuesday attack by al-Shabaab.  Officials and residents near the base said that many dozen Burundi soldiers were killed, and others …