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Ukrainian air defenders on Friday morning had fought a tough overnight battle against nearly a hundred missiles and drones launched by Russia at targets across the country, shooting down the bulk of the Kremlin’s strike packages, but by their own reckoning failing to intercept any of Moscow’s ballistic missiles. According to Ukrainian military announcements, the Russian Federation overnight from Thursday to Friday launched 99 long-range weapons at Ukraine. An estimated 58-60 were propeller-driven, Iranian-exported Shahed drones. Based on open-source air defense reports reviewed by Kyiv Post, Russian strike planners used the Shahed drones to probe and where possible spread thin...

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine Put the Flag on Ruzzian Positions | Hard battle was won https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR9X8O0a3Mg Militaryland news The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 9th December 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-654-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

As the global oil market focuses its attention on the oil-supply risks tied to the war between Israel and Hamas, U.S. production has climbed to its highest level on record and it's expected to continue its rise next year. That's a "testament to the ingenuity of the U.S. oil-and-gas industry," said Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at The Price Futures Group. The industry has faced a "harsher regulatory environment" under the Biden administration, which has plans for three oil and gas lease sales over the next five years. That would be the smallest number of lease sales offered in U.S....

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia Attacks Again and Fails Again | The most stupid way to attack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gil7i1Aj3t4 The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 11th October 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-595-summary/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

As of mid-afternoon on Nov. 29, it remained unclear whether Ukraine’s Supreme Court would accept appeals from opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, who insists vote fraud robbed him of the Nov. 21 run-off election. Signs are emerging, however, that factions in Ukraine’s political and business elite who previously supported the candidacy of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych are switching sides and putting their chips on Yushchenko. Citing a statement issued by President Leonid Kuchma’s son-in-law Viktor Pinchuk, opposition television station Channel 5 reported on Nov. 29 that the deputy and business mogul opposes separatist movements in eastern Ukraine that are being...