Articles tagged "conscription"

Ukraine won't trade young soldiers' lives for better weapons [fight smarter] -- Russian military suppliers exploit loophole to source US microchips -- SBU releases video of Sea Baby naval drones repelling Russian helicopter attack -- [podcast] When Ukraine was the third-largest nuclear power -- NATO jets intercept Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea -- and more

‘Human safari:’ Kherson civilians hunted down by Russian drones -- Ukraine's military intelligence hacks Russian finance industry -- Ukraine wants UN nuclear watchdog to place foreign observers near all its nuclear plants -- Ukraine aims to increase ballistic missiles, long-range arms production in 2025 -- and more

Putin looking for ceasefire to cement gains in Ukraine, Reuters reports -- Russian troops halted in Kharkiv sector, Ukraine conducts counterattacks -- Ukrainian drone attack damages 2 Russian aircraft in Krasnodar Krai -- Russia couldn't swallow NATO as it struggles to defeat Ukraine -- and more

Ukraine downs another Russian Su-25 fighter jet in second reported shoot-down in one day -- Russia 'completely bogged down' in Vovchansk street fighting, deploys reserves -- Russia’s latest offensive into Kharkiv Oblast is stretching Ukrainian defenses -- Baltic countries to push for 2.5% of GDP defense spending during NATO summit -- and more

Russian railway in occupied Ukraine can pose a serious problem -- Moscow shooting aftermath: Repressions, racism, terror -- Ukrainian retreat looms without US support, ATACMS are the answer’ -- Russia enhances Novorossiysk port's defense against Ukrainian attacks -- and more

Special section on Il-76 crash -- Russia imported over $1 billion worth of advanced US and European chips in 2023 -- Forced conscription in occupied Ukraine pushes essential services to brink -- Some POWs from Russian list of Il-76 crash victims had already been exchanged -- PACE calls on European parliaments to recognize Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children as genocide -- and more

F-16s for Ukraine: When will they arrive and what can they do? -- EU chief says aid package for Ukraine will be approved 'with or without' Hungary's approval -- Belarus prepares new military doctrine allowing use of nuclear weapons -- Downed A-50 spy plane 'serious blow' to Russia's aviation -- and more

Russia claims drone attack on Kursk Nuclear Power Plant -- First Ukrainian demining machine developed in Kharkiv -- Russia has lost at least a brigade trying to capture Avdiivka -- 'I never planned to fight against Ukraine:' Forcibly conscripted by Russia, Ukrainians await fate in POW camp -- and more

Cooling pond at Zaporizhzhia plant at risk of rupturing surrounding dike following dam explosion -- Chechen security forces blackmailing men who refuse to fight in Ukraine -- Russia has enough missiles for key targets like Kyiv -- Polish general: 'No doubt' that Russia blew up Kakhovka dam -- and more

Nearly 30% of Ukrainian territory is mined -- Even children were kept in torture chambers in Kherson Oblast -- Russian troops killed 7 civilians, blew up house with bodies in Kherson Oblast in April -- Polish PM: If we do not support Ukraine, war will come to us -- and more

Ukrainian army confirms liberation of eight villages in Kherson Oblast -- 700,000 people have left Russia since mobilization began -- Russian forces strike Kyiv Oblast with kamikaze drones -- Russians try to set up border in Zaporizhzhia Oblast after annexation -- and more

Ukraine liberates Drobysheve, Donetsk Oblast -- US sees no signs yet that Russia will use nuclear weapons -- Life under occupation: 'I was forced to vote in sham referendum at gunpoint -- Lithuania to buy kamikaze drones for Ukraine -- and more