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  • Russia hits 2 Ukraine's Patriot air defense systems

    07/05/2025 8:10:28 AM PDT · by McGruff · 17 replies
    Baha Breaking News ^ | July 5, 2025 | Christian Baha
    The Russian Ministry of Defence stated on Saturday that its armed forces destroyed two air defense platforms and two radar stations of the Patriot system. "Operational-tactical aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed two launchers and two AN/MPQ-65 radar stations of the [United States] US-made Patriot anti-aircraft missile system," the ministry wrote on Telegram. It also shared that the Russian military's air defense systems managed to down a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, a Neptune long-range guided missile, three guided aerial bombs and 371...
  • Russia’s summer offensive stalls

    06/29/2025 5:26:19 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 19 replies
    Telegraph Yahoo News ^ | 6/29/2025 | Kieran Kelly
    Russia’s summer offensive in Ukraine is faltering just weeks after it began, despite a record number of attacks across multiple fronts. Data analysis by The Telegraph shows Moscow is on track to break its own record, which was set last month, for offensive operations in June. Yet the sheer volume of assaults has not translated into meaningful breakthroughs on the battlefield. The offensive – launched in May but planned over the winter – stretches from the northern border regions of Sumy and Kharkiv to the front lines in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk, into which Russian forces are attempting to break for...
  • NATO Has Abandoned Ukraine to Russia

    06/28/2025 8:28:41 AM PDT · by bimboeruption · 170 replies
    National Security Journal Via MSN ^ | 6-28-25 | Georgia Gilholy
    Key Points and Summary - At this week's NATO summit in The Hague, Ukraine was largely sidelined as the alliance focused on internal matters, primarily a new commitment to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP to placate US President Donald Trump. -While European allies pledged new military aid—including German artillery rockets, Dutch F-16s, and British-funded drones—the final summit declaration omitted previous language about Ukraine's "irreversible path" to membership. -This shift, combined with a strained and brief meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, leaves Kyiv in a precarious position, increasingly dependent on European support as US commitment appears...
  • 'I’ll say ‘how you doing?': Trump says Zelensky is in 'tough situation' ahead of meet at NATO summit

    06/24/2025 10:34:23 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 14 replies
    WION ^ | 6/24/2025 | Prapti Upadhayay
    US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (June 24) that he would “probably” meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the upcoming NATO summit in The Hague. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump confirmed the possibility when asked about a meeting. “Yeah probably I’ll see him,” he said. When asked what he intended to say to the Ukrainian leader, Trump replied, “I’ll say ‘how you doing?’ He’s in a tough situation, should never have been there.” Zelensky team confirms meeting preparations Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, also confirmed that talks were under way to...
  • Trump Rejected Putin's Iran Offer: 'I Need Help With You'

    06/24/2025 7:52:23 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 6 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 6/24/2025 | Shane Croucher
    U.S. President Donald Trump said he rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to help with the Israel-Iran conflict during a recent call, turning the focus back to the unresolved war in Ukraine. -snip- "I'd like to see a deal with Russia," Trump said on Tuesday morning as he headed to the NATO summit in the Netherlands, Fox News reported. "As you know Vladimir called me up. He said, 'Can I help you with Iran?' I said, 'No, I don't need help with Iran. I need help with you.' "And I hope we're going to be getting a deal done with...
  • Putin: ‘Unprovoked act of aggression’ against Iran ‘without foundation or justification’

    06/23/2025 2:02:31 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 27 replies
    The Hill ^ | 6/23/2025 | TARA SUTER
    Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday took aim at the recent U.S. strikes on Iran, calling them a “completely unprovoked act of aggression.” “You are visiting Russia during a challenging period, marked by a significant escalation of tensions both in the region and surrounding your country,” Putin told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, according to an English transcript from the Kremlin. “Russia’s position on the current developments is well known. It has been clearly expressed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is reflected in the stance we’ve taken at the United Nations Security Council, with which you are already...
  • Putin vows to back Iran following US strikes on nuclear facilities

    06/23/2025 4:31:21 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 49 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 6/23/2025 | JAMES REYNOLDS and MARK NICOL and HARRIET LINE and NATALIE LISBONA IN JERUSALEM and MATT STRUDWICK
    Vladimir Putin today vowed to back Iran and condemned 'groundless' aggression against its ally after the U.S. joined Israel in striking nuclear facilities on Sunday. 'This is an absolutely unprovoked aggression against Iran,' Putin told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who travelled to Moscow seeking support in mediation. Putin called recent strikes 'unjustified' and added that Russia was 'making efforts to provide assistance to the Iranian people.' Araghchi on Monday thanked Putin for condemning U.S. strikes on Iran, telling him Russia stood on 'the right side of history'.
  • Putin: 'All Ukraine of is ours' in theory, eyes Sumy city

    06/20/2025 2:32:28 PM PDT · by Grzegorz 246 · 25 replies
    DW ^ | Jun 20, 2025 | Richard Connor
    Russian President Vladimir Putin has revived a controversial narrative, claiming that theoretically "all of Ukraine is ours." He also sparked more immediate concerns with comments about seizing Ukraine's city of Sumy. Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that Russians and Ukrainians are "one people" and that, in that sense, "all of Ukraine is ours." The assertion underscores Moscow's continued underlying rejection of Ukrainian sovereignty and raises renewed alarm over Russia's territorial ambitions. What did Putin say about Ukraine's sovereignty? Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, Putin issued a series of provocative remarks, notably stating: "We have...
  • Putin quips that the 'the whole of Ukraine is ours' - in theory

    06/21/2025 4:30:54 AM PDT · by tlozo · 67 replies
    Asia One ^ | June 21, 2025 | Unnamed
    - Russian President Vladimir Putin quipped on Friday (June 20) that in his view the whole of Ukraine was "ours" and cautioned that advancing Russian forces could take the Ukrainian city of Sumy as part of a bid to carve out a buffer zone along the border. Putin, who ordered troops into Ukraine in 2022 after eight years of fighting in eastern Ukraine, also said he was not seeking the capitulation of Ukraine or denying Ukraine's sovereignty, but that Ukraine had to be neutral. Russia currently controls about a fifth of Ukraine, including Crimea, more than 99 per cent of...
  • Russian soldier kills, eats comrade in twisted attempt to survive Ukraine war: report

    06/20/2025 8:58:07 PM PDT · by Libloather · 40 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/20/25 | Shane Galvin
    He bit more than the bullet. A Russian soldier on the frontlines in Ukraine murdered his comrade and ate the corpse to survive the grim wartime conditions — only to end up dying anyway, Kyiv’s military intelligence reported. A call between two Russian soldiers who shared the jaw-dropping story of the cannibalistic ‘Brelok’, who killed his countryman ‘Foma’, was allegedly intercepted by Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence, according to the Kyiv Post. **SNIP** The ghoulish cannibal was found dead, according to the report. Russia has recruited hardened criminals — including murderers and convicted cannibals — to bolster its ranks during...
  • Putin should end war in Ukraine before mediating in Middle East – Trump

    06/18/2025 12:42:13 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 18 replies
    APA ^ | 6/18/2025 | Staff
    Russian leader Vladimir Putin should first end the war that Russia started in Ukraine before talking about mediating in the Middle East, stated US President Donald Trump during a conversation with journalists, APA reports citing RBC Ukraine. "I spoke to Putin yesterday, he offered to help mediate. I said, do me a favor — mediate your own. Let's mediate Russia first, OK? I said, 'Vladimir, let's mediate Russia first, you can worry about this later," Trump said. According to the US President, he told Putin that he should deal with Russia first before involving himself elsewhere. "So many people have...
  • Russia defends Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear sites amid regional tensions

    06/18/2025 4:16:11 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 17 replies
    Daily Times Pakistan ^ | 6/18/2025 | Staff
    Russia has strongly defended Iran’s right to maintain peaceful nuclear installations. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Iran had the right to such facilities in the past, holds it now, and will continue to do so in the future. She made these remarks while speaking to Sputnik Radio, stressing that peaceful nuclear sites are now under direct attack. Zakharova warned that the threat of nuclear conflict in the Middle East is no longer a theory but a real and growing danger. She said these attacks are not only increasing tensions but also posing a serious threat to both the...
  • North Korea plans to send military construction workers and deminers to Russia

    06/18/2025 2:21:50 AM PDT · by Apparatchik · 21 replies
    NBC Spews ^ | June 18, 2025 | The Associated Press
    SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to support reconstruction work in Russia’s Kursk region, a top Russian official said Tuesday, the latest sign of expanding cooperation between the nations. North Korea has already supplied thousands of combat troops and a vast amount of conventional weapons to back Russia’s war against Ukraine. In April, Pyongyang and Moscow said that their soldiers fought together to repel a Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region, though Ukraine has insisted it still has troops present there. Wrapping up a one-day visit to Pyongyang, Russian Security...
  • North Korea has lost more than half of its troops sent to fight for Russia in Ukraine

    06/16/2025 3:41:29 PM PDT · by Engraved-on-His-hands · 47 replies
    The Express (UK) ^ | June 16, 2025 | Carrington Walker
    Half of the thousands of North Korean troops sent to help Russia's attempted invasion of Ukraine have died in action, according to British Defence Intelligence. Roughly 11,000 troops have been dispatched by Kim Jong Un to aid Vladimir Putin's war effort in Eastern Europe since 2022 as the ties between their two countries has become closer. Now it has been revealed that more than 6,000 soldiers from North Korea have lost their lives after being stationed to the frontline in the Kurk region
  • Putin tells Netanyahu issues surrounding Iran's nuclear programme must be solved through diplomacy

    06/13/2025 1:03:32 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 59 replies
    Reuters ^ | 6/13/2025 | Ronald Popeski
    Russian President Vladimir Putin, in separate telephone conversations on Friday, told Iran's president that Moscow condemned Israel's actions against Tehran and told Israel's prime minister that questions around Iran's nuclear programme could only be solved through diplomacy. A Kremlin statement said Putin told Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian that Russia "condemns the actions of Israel taken in violation of the U.N. Charter" and expressed condolences for those killed.
  • Russia Responds to Israel's Strikes on Iran: 'Full-Scale War' Possible

    06/13/2025 4:18:14 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 56 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 6/13/2025 | Barney Henderson
    An ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin has said that "a full-scale war" in the Middle East is possible following Israel's airstrikes on Iran. -snip- Konstantin Kosachev, vice-speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament, made clear that Russia would stand by its ally, Iran. "Israel's actions cannot be justified from a legal, political, military or moral point of view. The only hope, albeit illusory, of avoiding a full-scale war is a consolidated condemnation of this operation by the international community," he said, according to Russia's official TASS news agency. "We can and must hope for another demonstration of restraint from...
  • Russia says Israel's attack on Iran was unprovoked and illegal

    06/13/2025 4:09:16 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 55 replies
    Reuters Yahoo News ^ | 6/13/2025 | Reuters
    Russia said on Friday that Israeli strikes on Iran were unprovoked and in breach of the United Nations charter, accusing Israel of wrecking diplomatic efforts to strike a deal to allay Western concerns about Tehran's nuclear programme. -snip- "Russia is concerned and condemns the sharp escalation in tensions between Israel and Iran," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state media. President Vladimir Putin was getting real-time reports on the situation from Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service and the foreign and defence ministries, Peskov said. In a detailed statement drawn up at Putin's behest, the Foreign Ministry fiercely condemned Israel and blamed...
  • Zelenskyy demands 'action from America' after latest Russian drone, missile attack

    06/10/2025 7:22:25 AM PDT · by Jan_Sobieski · 36 replies
    ABC News ^ | 06/10/2025 | Jason Volack andDavid Brennan
    […]"It is vital that the response to this and other similar Russian attacks is not silence from the world, but concrete action," Zelenskyy said in his statement."Action from America, which has the power to force Russia into peace," he continued. "Action from Europe, which has no alternative but to be strong. Action from others around the world who called for diplomacy and an end to the war -- and whom Russia has ignored. There must be strong pressure for the sake of peace..."
  • Russia Is Winning the Ukraine War and NATO Can’t Stop It

    06/10/2025 6:40:38 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 70 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 6/10/2025 | Harry Kazianis
    What needs to happen is simple, but, at least for now, looks pretty suspect if you ask me. Russia would need to get so exhausted from the war that its lines collapse. After losing 1 million casualties, thousands of tanks and artillery pieces, and billions of dollars in bombers and drones, Moscow would one day see its war effort collapse in a mix of exhaustion, anger about the overall direction of the conflict, and a society that had had enough. This would allow Ukraine to reclaim the initiative and retake large swaths of territory. But from here, things get even...
  • Potato price surge fuels inflation pain for Russia's poorest

    06/10/2025 5:34:09 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 28 replies
    Reuters Yahoo Finance ^ | 6/10/2025 | Gleb Bryansk and Evgeniy Matveev
    At a farm near Moscow, newly arrived guest workers from India are planting potatoes and cabbages - work closely monitored by central bank analysts as they prepare for board meetings to set interest rates. While in developed economies such as the United States food accounts for about 14% of the basket used to calculate inflation, in Russia it makes up a hefty 40% or so, and surging prices for potatoes and other staples have been a major reason for its tight monetary policy. The central bank trimmed its benchmark rate to 20% on June 6 but even that is around...