Powerful explosions rocked the occupied city of Mariupol on the morning of January 13th. Witnesses report an attack on a Russian military facility in the Kalmius district.

Petro Andryushchenko, an advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol, provided details of the incident.

Reports of loud explosions in the city emerged after 9 a.m. The Russians attempted to intercept the missiles with air defense systems but apparently failed.

"Mariupol. Loud. Observing the work of the enemy's air defense," reported …

NATO Secretary General Mircea Geoană believes the Alliance must prepare for a protracted conflict in Russia's war against Ukraine, as neither side currently possesses the military capability to secure a "decisive victory."

During an interview with the Romanian television network Digi24, Geoană opined that Russia’s military economy is "meeting current needs," moreover, in a manner "completely outside international law," North Korea and Iran either promise or are already sending weapons to …

Russian aggressors launched six Kinzhal hypersonic missiles at Ukraine on the morning of Saturday with half of them failing to reach their targets, announced Ukraine's Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat during a national news broadcast on January 13.

"We observed six Kinzhals today, and we reported on them... Half of them definitely did not reach their targets – that's for sure," said Ihnat. He suggested that during the attack, there might have been several false targets involved.

Ihnat added …

Ukraine's operation to liberate Crimea and its territorial waters in the Black Sea is gaining momentum, according to Ukraine's military intelligence chief Budanov.

During successful multi-faceted operations, Ukraine has managed to take back control of the northern Black Sea and has weakened the Russian forces in Crimea. The Russian fleet is fleeing the peninsula, General-Lieutenant Kirill Budanov of Ukraine's military intelligence service (GUR MO) told French newspaper Le Monde.

"The northern …

Amid a record labor shortage spurred by the war in Ukraine and an aging population, Russia is seeking migrant workers beyond the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and turning its attention to Africa, reports The Moscow Times.

Hussein Mohammed, Kenya’s State House Spokesperson, announced that the first 10,000 workers from the African continent will arrive from Kenya.

Mohammed did not specify which industries the Kenyans would be employed in but emphasized that they would encompass …

NATO countries have resolutely stated that they will continue to provide Ukraine with substantial military, economic, and humanitarian aid, with many nations planning to allocate "billions of euros in additional strength and resources in 2024," according to a NATO press service announcement following the NATO-Ukraine Council meeting on Wednesday, January 10, in Brussels.

Furthermore, "NATO's promise was that this year, 500 million euros would be allocated to Ukraine's priority projects," said …

The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, announced on January 10 that Russia will form five marine divisions and one brigade. TASS news agency reported that the new units will be created in the "medium-term future".

"To enhance the combat capabilities of the marines as an individual branch of the Navy, it is planned in the medium-term perspective to reorganize the existing five marine brigades on the fleets into marine divisions, and the marine regiment of the …

In the Russian city of Orel, located approximately 170 kilometres from the country's border with Ukraine, two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) fell on a fuel and gas facility, said Andrey Klychkov, the governor of Oryol Oblast, on Tuesday, 9 January. According to him, the incident caused a fire which was "quickly localized".

Klychkov later added that three individuals sustained moderate injuries as a result of the drones' attack. Two of them refused hospitalization. The governor also reported …