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Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia was forced to retreat from their positions in Avdiivka Glory to Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ4DooVD8i0 The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 22nd November 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-637-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/

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia lost two more ships in Crimea and Many Soldiers in Avdiivka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1inQNbWDOo The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 8th November 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-623-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/

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia put the Flag but not for a long time | Ukraine Strikes Back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgJ8BYHKo5g Order of Battle Deep Dive – 3rd Assault Brigade October 23, 2023 Estimated organization of Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade: Analysis https://militaryland.net/news/order-of-battle-deep-dive-3rd-assault-brigade/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] Recap Deployment Map changes – Week 42 zhutatko October 22, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/recap-deployment-map-changes-week-42/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia wants to Nuke itself | Heavy losses in Ruzzian army confirmed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kLFuhKRf5w Update from Ukraine | Ukrainian Landing Operation in Crimea | Did it Fail? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezyWTWGfOyI The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 4th October 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-588-summary/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Ukraine has carried out a large-scale drone attack across the Black Sea and Crimea that comes after Kyiv claimed success in hitting a Russian military headquarters on the occupied peninsula. Ukraine intends to recapture Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014, and the peninsula hosts many military installations that have come under increasing attack as Kyiv seeks to degrade Russian logistics and equipment. The Russian defense ministry said on Thursday that it had shot down 19 drones and that explosions were heard in the Crimean settlements of Novofedorivka, Saky, Yevpatoriya, Dzhankoi and Balaklava... Russian social media channels painted a different...

Commercial vessels have resumed using Ukraine’s main port of Odesa without asking permission from Russia for the first time since the war began—showing just how much the balance of power has changed in the Black Sea. By imposing an asymmetrical war that relies on domestically produced naval drones and missiles, and that targets Russians ships in their own home bases, Ukraine has eroded much of Russia’s vaunted naval superiority... Outnumbered 12 to one by the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the Ukrainian Navy wasn’t considered a meaningful force when Russia invaded... Ukraine quickly scuttled its flagship frigate... so that the vessel...

Tuesday, during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) reacted to the Clinton Global Initiative’s reemergence on the global scene and its involvement in Ukraine. Vance said he expected we would ultimately find that some would have benefited financially from the Ukrainian war effort. “So Senator, when you see this new news about the Clinton Global Initiative Ukraine Action Network, and we’ve got Airbnb, you know, we’ve got famous Hollywood actors now involved, and the World Bank is kind of laundering American taxpayers through the Clintons into Ukraine, it could be a noble cause,...

President Joe Biden and his leaders at the Pentagon are doubling down on their support of Ukraine despite a failing military counteroffensive, amid a push to get Congress to approve $24 billion more for the war. Biden argued in front of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that if Ukraine was not safe, no nation would be safe, and that investment in Ukraine’s future was an investment in the future of any country that seeks a rules-based world order.

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia loses planes | Ukraine expands from Klishchivka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrN1-14nfgU The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 6th September 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). [two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-560-summary/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Ukraine carried out a missile attack on Sevastopol in Crimea in early hours on Wednesday, with Russia's air defense systems engaging in repelling the assault, the Russia-installed governor of Sevastopol said on Wednesday. Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of the port city of Sevastopol in Crimea, said on the Telegram messaging app that the missile attack had caused a fire at a "non-civilian facility." The scale and other details of the attack were not immediately known. Reuters could not independently verify the report. There was no immediate comment from Kyiv.

If you think, like Elon Musk, that instead of fighting, Ukraine and Russia “should agree to a truce,” the recent interview with General Andrey Mordvichev, one of Russia’s top commanders in Ukraine, should give you pause. Asked about the war’s expected duration, he said the quiet part out loud: There is still “plenty of time.” According to him, “If we are talking about Eastern Europe, which we will have to, of course then it will be longer.” In other words, the Kremlin is in the conflict for the long haul. Not only it is committed, as Russian President Vladimir Putin...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – The Ukrainian military said Monday that it recaptured strategic gas and oil drilling platforms from Russia in the Black Sea and claimed gains in occupied areas near Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine left in ruins after the war’s longest and deadliest fighting. The recapture of the so-called Boyko Towers platforms provides an energy source and takes back an asset that Russia seized in 2015 and used to launch helicopters, Ukraine´s Ministry of Defense said. “Russia has been deprived of the ability to fully control the waters of the Black Sea, and this makes Ukraine many...

Why Should Russia Worry About Ukraine's Breakthrough? New Drone Images from Russia Ukraine War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbQDDmVH7dQ The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 2nd September 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-556-summary/ [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/

Kharkiv is one of the cities in Ukraine eliminating traces of the country's Soviet past by removing Russian art, symbols, books and language. Few cities in Ukraine are making as much effort as Kharkiv, a city with a Russian-speaking tradition, to erase its past. Hundreds of streets with Soviet names have been renamed, dozens of monuments demolished and countless books written in Ukrainian have replaced Russian ones on bookshelves. "These books have a therapeutic effect on people," explained historian and book publisher, Oleksandr Savchuk. "That is, a person seems to get some protection by reading that in fact, Ukrainian culture...

The Biden administration announced a new military aid package for Ukraine on Tuesday valued at approximately $250 million. This package includes AIM-9M missiles for air defense, munitions for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, 155 mm and 105 mm artillery ammunition, mine-clearing equipment, Javelin and other anti-armor systems and rockets, and over 3 million rounds of small arms ammunition, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. "Every day, Russia continues to wage a brutal war of conquest that has killed many of Ukraine’s civilians and displaced millions of its people. Their attacks on Ukraine’s ports and grain infrastructure have...

UKRAINIAN VILLAGE — Later this month, people will be able to access free emergency birth control and condoms in a new vending machine at the lesbian bar Dorothy. The vending machine at Dorothy, 2500 W. Chicago Ave., will be funded and stocked by organizers from Midwest Access Coalition, a non-profit that provides support for people seeking abortions, said the organization’s community and events manager Walker Fitz. Dorothy co-owner Whitney LaMora and Fitz are still working out the details, but they plan to provide emergency contraceptives, condoms, pregnancy tests and other harm reduction resources free of charge through the machine. “We...

Ukrainian drones struck targets in at least six regions deep within Russia on Wednesday, including an airfield where they destroyed military transport planes, in one of the broadest volleys yet of Kyiv's campaign to turn the tables on Moscow. Russian officials described attacks on targets in the Pskov, Bryansk, Kaluga, Orlov, Ryazan and Moscow regions. The Russian foreign ministry said the attacks would "not go unpunished" and could not have reached so far into Russian territory without Western help. In Pskov, in northern Russia more than 600 km (400 miles) from Ukraine, a huge fire erupted at a military airfield....

Update from Ukraine | The Kaboom night for Ruzzia | The biggest Ukrainian Drone Attack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV4NtqIpOaA The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 26th August 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-549-summary/ [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/

<p>XPLOSIONS erupted at a Russian airfield after a suspected Ukrainian drone attack on a fleet of Vladimir Putin's warplanes overnight.</p><p>Thick plumes of smoke and fire was seen rising from Pskov airfield in western Russia in the aftermath of the aggressive aerial assault strike.</p>

This video talks about how many Russian commanders have been moved off the battlefield since the counter-offensive began. It exposes the dysfunction within the Russian Ministry of Defense. Those at the top are incompetent or corrupt.