Ukrainian military command: Ukrainian soldier captured during a fight near Krymske
A soldier from the 16th Motorized Infantry Battalion (MIB) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was taken prisoner during the fighting on November 23 near Krymske in the Luhansk province, as reported by the 16th MIB on Facebook.
“In connection with the spread of distorted information on the soldiers killed in the fighting of November 23 near Krymske in the Luhansk province, we present an explanation. It was officially reported that four Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the mentioned territory. It …
US Navy Missile Destroyer enters Black Sea
The American missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG95) entered the Black Sea on Sunday, as reported by Turkish media outlets, which published photographs of its passage through the Bosporus Strait.
The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke class destroyer, equipped with 56 Tomahawk cruise missiles, is heading north along the western coast of the Black Sea.
In August of this year, the destroyer James E. Williams was in the Baltic Sea. The American ship was in Riga.
The James E. Williams sailed to the …
Russian airstrikes kill 34 civilians including 15 children in Syria
On the morning of Sunday, November 26, Russian Air Forces and forces of the Syrian government conducted an air raid and struck the village of al-Shafah in the province of Deir ez-Zor in Syria, reports the news agency Deutsche Welle.
“The planes hit base stations and militants gathered in the Euphrates Valley,” said a statement released by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
However, civilians were also killed during these air raids. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), 34 …
Military expert: change of power in separatist LPR is a result of internal struggle between Russian special services and Russian military
The removal of so-called head of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), Igor Plotnisky, from his position is the result of internecine power struggles between Russian proxies in the separatist-controlled Donbas. Recent events in the LPR indicate that Russian military won in a confrontation with Russian security services, military expert Oleg Zhdanov told Apostrof news agency.
The events in Luhansk are actually inner fight among the Russian special services. Most likely, Russia wants to create …
Media: A leak on social media by a military volunteer disrupted an operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas
The Ukrainian army offensive in the Donbas failed because one of the volunteers disclosed the military’s plans, as reported by TSN news, citing a source in the headquarters of the 54th Brigade.
According to him, Kyiv initially planned to capture a significant amount of territory and move to the outskirts of Horlivka, which is under the control of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.
"The result was planned to be much more ambitious. They planned to seize a much larger territory, but …