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Putin says Western tanks ‘priority target’ for Russia in Ukraine
1 year, 5 months ago

Putin says Western tanks ‘priority target’ for Russia in Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

Russian president also warns that Western weapons supplied to Kyiv only prolonged war and would not change its outcome. Foreign-made tanks are a “priority target” for Russian forces in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, and the supply of Western weaponry to Kyiv will not change the course of the war. When asked about France’s decision to supply Ukraine …

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Ukraine war likely to stretch past 2023: Purported US documents
1 year, 8 months ago

Ukraine war likely to stretch past 2023: Purported US documents

Al Jazeera  

Unverified US intelligence documents say fighting in Donbas region headed for ‘stalemate’, war casualties much higher. One February 23, 2023 assessment, titled, “Battle for the Donbas Region Likely Heading for a Stalemate Throughout 2023”, said Russia is unlikely to be able to take that part of east Ukraine. “Russia’s grinding campaign of attrition in the Donbas region is likely heading …

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Display of burnt-out Russian tanks in Baltic capitals leads to clashes as some Russian sympathisers lay flowers
1 year, 9 months ago

Display of burnt-out Russian tanks in Baltic capitals leads to clashes as some Russian sympathisers lay flowers

ABC  

Burnt-out Russian tanks seized by Ukrainian forces last year have gone on display in recent days in the capitals of the three Baltic states, where Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are turning out to view them and snap photos in sympathy with the Ukrainians defending their homeland. But among those visiting the tanks are also members of the countries' sizeable ethnic …

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US will send dozens of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Biden announces
1 year, 11 months ago

US will send dozens of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Biden announces

Al Jazeera  

US president says the new military aid underscores Washington’s ‘enduring commitment’ to Kyiv against Moscow’s invasion. Biden said on Wednesday that the Abrams tanks, which he described as the “most capable” in the world, will help Ukraine defend its territorial integrity against what he called Russia’s “brutal” aggression against its neighbour. Biden told reporters at the White House that the …

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Ukraine’s Dnipro reels as Russia, Belarus hold military drills
1 year, 11 months ago

Ukraine’s Dnipro reels as Russia, Belarus hold military drills

Al Jazeera  

One of the war’s deadliest attacks rocks the central Ukrainian city as Russia denies responsibility. They strike military targets,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, suggesting Kyiv’s air defences knocked a Russian missile off course. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late on Sunday that search operations would go on as long as necessary and condemned Russia’s “cowardly silence” over the attack, …

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How Russian soldiers ran a ‘cleansing’ operation in Bucha
2 years, 1 month ago

How Russian soldiers ran a ‘cleansing’ operation in Bucha

Associated Press  

BUCHA, Ukraine — The first man arrived at 7:27 a.m. Russian soldiers covered his head and marched him up the driveway toward a nondescript office building. What happened that day in Bucha was what Russian soldiers on intercepted phone conversations called “zachistka” — cleansing. Russian soldiers in intercepted phone conversations called their sweeps of Bucha and other towns outside Kyiv …

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Fact Check: Video game footage mistaken for Ukrainian missile attack on Russian tanks — once again!
2 years, 2 months ago

Fact Check: Video game footage mistaken for Ukrainian missile attack on Russian tanks — once again!

India Today  

Almost eight months in, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, Russian General Sergei Surovikin admitted on October 18 that the situation in areas Russia claims to have annexed was 'tensed'. As the war rages on, a video allegedly showing a Ukrainian missile attack on Russian tanks has been widely shared. AFWA found that this video is not authentic footage from …

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Burned-out Russian tanks on display on Kyiv streets as Putin's invasion continues to splutter
2 years, 4 months ago

Burned-out Russian tanks on display on Kyiv streets as Putin's invasion continues to splutter

Daily Mail  

Downtown Kyiv has been turned into a massive open-air museum of burned-out and captured Russian tanks as Putin's invasion of Ukraine continues to sputter. Crowds of Kyiv residents tour the open-air collection of wrecked Russian tanks today A crowd of children climb on top of a destroyed Russian tank in central Kyiv earlier today Kyiv residents wander through city streets …

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War-damaged Russian tanks to go on display in Polish square
2 years, 6 months ago

War-damaged Russian tanks to go on display in Polish square

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Polish and Ukraine government officials say they plan to put on public display in Warsaw damaged or burnt-out Russian tanks and armored vehicles captured by Ukrainian forces during the war. The head of the Polish prime minister’s office, Michal Dworczyk, said the idea is to highlight Russian “atrocities” and the Ukrainian response. “On one hand we are …

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‘It warms my heart to see Russian tanks blown up – it means our NLAW was a success’
2 years, 7 months ago

‘It warms my heart to see Russian tanks blown up – it means our NLAW was a success’

The Telegraph  

On May 21, 2002, Baron Bach, the UK’s then Minister for Defence Procurement, gave a speech in which he announced the Swedish defence company, Saab Bofors, had won the £400 million British contract for the Next Generation Light Anti Armour Weapon, or NLAW. Together with the longer-range but much more expensive American-made Javelin anti-tank missile – and alongside drones and …

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Tanks in the Ukrainian conflict: Chronology of a premature obituary
2 years, 7 months ago

Tanks in the Ukrainian conflict: Chronology of a premature obituary

Firstpost  

Most analysts want to talk about the demise of the tank. Against tanks and other armoured vehicles, the overfly top attack mode is used; the missile flies about one metre above the line of sight, detonating the warhead above the target’s weaker top armour via proximity fuse and magnetic sensors. In fact, the Washington Post ran an article on 30 …

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The jack-in-the-box effect destroying Russian tanks adds to Moscow's woes in Ukraine war
2 years, 7 months ago

The jack-in-the-box effect destroying Russian tanks adds to Moscow's woes in Ukraine war

India Today  

The Ukraine war is not going as per Moscow's plan. British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has said Russia has lost as many as 580 tanks since the beginning of its Ukraine invasion, CNN reported. The Russian tanks are suffering from a defect that the West had known for a long time and referred to as the "jack-in-the-box" effect. Sam Bendett, …

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Explained: Why Ukraine is able to destroy hundreds of Russian tanks
2 years, 8 months ago

Explained: Why Ukraine is able to destroy hundreds of Russian tanks

Firstpost  

The war that was expected to be over within a few days has now stretched for almost two months as Russia’s ambitions of quickly taking over Ukraine were met with the gritty determination of the Ukrainian forces. Even while equipped with advanced weaponry Russian forces have faced tough resistance from Ukrainian and allied forces that pushed them back from several …

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In Ukraine, the flood of displaced people fleeing the war only grows
2 years, 9 months ago

In Ukraine, the flood of displaced people fleeing the war only grows

LA Times  

A man comforts his wife in Lviv, Ukraine, before she boards a train to Przemysl, Poland. Because of the gender split, jumping-off spots inside Ukraine — like this scruffy border town, a short walk from Medyka, Poland — have become stages for high drama. “I would remain in Ukraine and fight,” Bondar responded, as he stood at the border post, …

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'It's the new swastika': The letter Z has become Russia's symbol of war
2 years, 9 months ago

'It's the new swastika': The letter Z has become Russia's symbol of war

India Today  

The letter Z has become the symbol of support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine under President Vladimir Putin. Whatever it may mean, the letter Z is increasingly becoming a totalitarian symbol combining support for troops and national identity in Russia. Today a "Z" convoy was organized in #Russia to support the troops involved in the military operations in #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/TQJjEWQGm6 …

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Russians worry for their savings as ruble tanks
2 years, 9 months ago

Russians worry for their savings as ruble tanks

Raw Story  

When she saw the ruble go through the floor, Natalia Proshina made a beeline for the bank. "Even if the central bank tells us everything is OK, people are going to spook and withdraw their cash," the 50-year-old engineer from Moscow forecasted. 'No confidence left' On Monday, the Russian central bank hiked its key interest rate from 10.5 to 20 …

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Ukraine to hold peace talks with Russia on border with Belarus
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine to hold peace talks with Russia on border with Belarus

Daily Mail  

Ukraine war latest, at a glance Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko warns the West's sanctions on Russia are pushing the Kremlin into WWIII The EU has unveiled a new package of sanctions against Putin's regime, closing off its airspace to all Russian planes and banning Kremlin propaganda outlets Russia Today and Sputnik Kyiv and Moscow will hold peace talks at the …

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Influx of Javelin missiles to Ukraine could balance out David vs Goliath equation: Fareed Zakaria
2 years, 9 months ago

Influx of Javelin missiles to Ukraine could balance out David vs Goliath equation: Fareed Zakaria

India Today  

The US-made anti-tank Javelin missile could be a solution to Russian tanks rolling into Ukraine, said Geopolitical expert Fareed Zakaria. While speaking to India Today on Saturday, Fareed Zakaria said that the Javelin missile could help balance out the Russian-Ukraine equation a bit. “One of the things that could be effective are the javelin missiles as they would allow ordinary …

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Ukrainian soldier blows himself up on a bridge to stop Russian tanks
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukrainian soldier blows himself up on a bridge to stop Russian tanks

Op India  

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, a Ukrainian soldier sacrificed his life to stop the Russian tanks from marching ahead, the Ukrainian Army said on Friday. According to the reports, Marine battalion engineer Vitaly Skakun Volodymyrovych blew himself up to destroy a bridge in the southern province of Kherson to stop the Russian tanks from marching ahead. The sacrifice …

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World watches on as Ukraine REFUSES to surrender in bloody war
2 years, 9 months ago

World watches on as Ukraine REFUSES to surrender in bloody war

Daily Mail  

More remarkable footage emerged today as the war in Ukraine entered its third day. Missile strike on warehouse in Odessa This is the moment a Russian Kalibr missile hit a warehouse in Odessa, in the southwestern corner of Ukraine, around 10:15am today Video shows the warehouse becoming a fireball after it is hit by the missile - the latest in …

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Attempting to stop invasion by Russian tanks, Ukrainian soldier blows himself up
2 years, 9 months ago

Attempting to stop invasion by Russian tanks, Ukrainian soldier blows himself up

India TV News  

Highlights Ukranian soldier Skakun Vitaliy Volodymyrovych blew himself up along with a bridge in Ukraine. Amid tensions in Ukraine as Russian forces have invaded the country, Ukranian soldier Skakun Vitaliy Volodymyrovych blew himself up along with a bridge in order to prevent invasion by Russian tanks from marching ahead. "On this difficult day for our country, when the Ukrainian people …

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