Desertions on the rise from Moscow’s hybrid military force in Donbas
Desertions by pro-Moscow mercenaries in the Donbas are increasing, according to Dmytro Tymchuk, head of Ukraine’s Information Resistance Group, a…
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“Reposts are the Soviet anecdotes of today” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
War report: Wassyl Slipak’s and Anatoly Koval’s last combat mission
On June 29, in response to the continuous massive firing on their positions, the Ukrainian army was forced…
Soloshenko: What imprisoned Russian army officers told me…
Ukrainian political prisoner Yuriy Soloshenko was released from Russia on June 14. He reports that he met and…
Russian military analyst: The forces in Donbas are Russian Army
Definitely, the construction of a new [Russian] military base next to the Ukrainian border [in the town of Klintsy…
Ukrainian military intelligence identifies top Putin’s generals conducting war in Ukraine
Recently the intelligence department of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense published the true identities of several top Russian…
Putin’s nuclear brinkmanship betrays his military’s backwardness, Felgenhauer says
Vladimir Putin has revived nuclear brinkmanship as a method of statecraft because the Russian military is so far…
As Crimea was occupied, Western countries cautioned Ukraine against “drastic steps”
Today, the National Security and Defence Committee has declassified and published the minutes of the most important high-level meeting…
Beware of Russian Cyber Warfare in 2016
So what was Russia up to in 2015 beyond its continuing war in Ukraine, capturing the Donetsk airport…
Troubling questions about Putin: Is he sick? And is he getting rid of witnesses?
In the dies non that exists in Russia over the country’s long winter holidays, two uncomfortable and potentially…
One fifth of Russia’s hybrid “DNR/LNR” force in Ukraine are regular Russian Army troops – Ukrainian MoD (Infographic)
During the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin many times denied the presence of Russian armed forces…
Russian soldiers must not shed their blood for Putin, Assad and oil, Basanets says
Pavel Basanets, a retired intelligence officer who attracted attention in 2007 when he accused Vladimir Putin of violating…
Moscow sending Chechens to occupied Crimea as draftees in Russian military
Many of the 774 Chechens slated to be drafted into the Russian military during the fall draft –…
“DNR” will shell schools on September 1 and ask for Russian “peacekeepers” — Ukrainian defense official
The “DNR” unit of the Russian hybrid military has planned provocative actions for September 1: to fire on…
Donbas militias are “UNITS OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY,” says Babchenko
Having launched a “hybrid” war giving it plausible deniability for many, Russia now has a “hybrid” army, a…
Russian soldiers fleeing their units to avoid being sent to fight in Ukraine
Several dozen contract soldiers in a Russian motorized rifle brigade based in Maikop have deserted in order to…
‘It’s important the world knows about inhuman torture used against Ukraine’s POWs,’ says father
A 64-year-old Urzuf resident whose son, a volunteer soldier with Ukrainian forces, was killed by Russian militants, recorded…
About 60% of enemy fighters in Donbas are former or current servicemen of the Russian Federation
The total number of enemy forces on the territory of Ukraine is about 42 thousand. About 60% of…
Photo of the Day: A silent witness of human strength
Sometimes inanimate objects can be the most articulate record-keepers of events that pass in their presence. So is…
Is Russia losing its nuclear defense capability?
There are many reasons why Vladimir Putin has been threatening the West with the possibility that he will…
