Donetsk attack kills dozens of Russian soldiers, Moscow says : NPR

Serhii Kaharlytskyi, right, stands outside his home, destroyed after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. Kaharlytskyi’s wife Iryna died in the attack on Dec. 31, 2022. Renata Brito/AP hide caption toggle caption Renata Brito/AP Serhii Kaharlytskyi, right, stands outside his home, destroyed after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. … Read more

Russia says 63 soldiers killed by Ukrainian strike in Donetsk region

Ukrainian service members rest near their position at a frontline, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s Defence Ministry said on January 2, 2023, that 63 Russian soldiers had been killed in a Ukrainian New Year’s Eve attack on their quarters in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Donetsk … Read more

Ukrainian soldiers fight mental fatigue as war drags on : NPR

Ukrainian infantry soldiers go through training exercises at a military camp outside Dnipro, Ukraine, on Oct. 24. Official “morale officers” watch over the soldiers, keeping them focused on the fight, addressing any problems quickly and not letting them fester inside, which can be dangerous on the battlefield. Franco Ordonez/NPR hide caption toggle caption Franco Ordonez/NPR … Read more

Kremlin vows to ‘find and punish’ those responsible for soldiers’ ‘murder’

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov The Kremlin said on Monday it would bring to justice people responsible for the “murder” of Russian soldiers in Ukraine after footage surfaced online and spurred mutual war crime allegations from Kyiv and Moscow. The footage which appeared on social media last week showed the bodies of Russian servicemen killed after … Read more

What winter means for Ukraine-Russia war: Fewer offensives, shorter ‘golden hour’ to save injured soldiers

As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hails the Russian withdrawal from Kherson as the “beginning of the end of the war”, the British ministry of defence said that daylight hours, temperature, and weather would change with the onset of winter, changing the conflict conditions faced by Ukraine and Russia. Daylight hours will reduce to nine hours … Read more

Soldiers from Kherson finally return home : NPR

Col. Roman Kostenko liberated his home village in Kherson last week. Russian troops occupied his childhood home for months. They took his body armor and medals and left a grenade and a vulgar message on an outside wall. Frank Langfitt/NPR hide caption toggle caption Frank Langfitt/NPR Col. Roman Kostenko liberated his home village in Kherson … Read more

Seven, including three soldiers, killed as Philippine troops clash with Muslim rebels

The sporadic clashes erupted in a village in Ungkaya Pukan town on the island province of Basilan. The sporadic clashes erupted in a village in Ungkaya Pukan town on the island province of Basilan. Philippine troops have clashed with Muslim guerrillas in a southern village, leaving at least three soldiers and four rebels dead and … Read more

US Army admits probe ruined soldiers’ lives — RT World News

An investigation into fraudulent recruitment bonuses left hundreds on a criminal database The US Army mistakenly put hundreds of participants in its National Guard and Reserve recruiting programs onto a criminal watchlist during an investigation into fraudulent recruitment bonuses, it revealed on Thursday. Some 1,900 names were placed on the FBI’s Interstate Identification Index, a … Read more