Brendan Cole
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United Kingdom
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Video Appears to Show Russian Soldiers Attacking With Wooden Sticks
The drone footage is said to show Moscow's troops amid gunfire near Bakhmut in the Donetsk oblast. → Read More
Former Russian Commander Points to Lack of Bakhmut Progress
Igor Girkin's social media updates on the war in Ukraine frequently criticize Russia's forces and their commanders. → Read More
Russian Schoolgirl Who Painted Anti-War Image Sent to Orphanage
In 2022, criminal cases were opened against eight minors in Russia for expressing anti-war sentiment. → Read More
Ukraine Helicopters Make Daring Low-Level Attack in Astonishing Video
The Twitter account of OSINTtechnical said the footage "shows a low-level attack run with unguided S-8 rockets." → Read More
Russia Perplexed by Nord Stream Pipeline Explosion Revelations
"This is not just strange, it smells of a monstrous crime," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. → Read More
Russian Platoon Refuses to Fight amid Military Chaos: 'Complete B*******'
"Personnel are dying," said a soldier sent to join a Donetsk militia, in a video plea that has gone viral. → Read More
Russian Soldier Vents Anger Over Lack of Training: 'We Are Expendable'
Draftees from Russia's Belgorod region recorded a video address complaining about heavy losses. → Read More
Russia Suffers Catastrophic Loss of Life As Over 1k Killed in One Day: Kyiv
Russian forces spearheaded by Wagner mercenaries are suffering huge losses in the battle for Bakhmut. → Read More
Ukrainian Forces Open to Attacks on 'Three Sides' As Bakhmut End Nears—U.K.
"The Ukrainians are setting the conditions to potentially withdraw," military expert Philip Ingram told Newsweek. → Read More
Russian State TV Responds to Bryansk Incident: 'Provoking Nuclear War'
Channel 1 anchor Olga Skabeyeva accused Ukraine of organizing "terrorist forays" into Russia. → Read More
Russia Losses in Ukraine Pass New Deadly Milestone: Kyiv
Ukraine's armed forces have reported a spike in Russian losses in the war over the last two months. → Read More
Ukraine Takes Counter-Offensive to Russian Soil
The Kremlin said it did not believe Kyiv's denials that it was attacking targets in Russia. → Read More
Russian Support for Putin's War Falling Fast as Economic Fallout Bites—Poll
The survey by the Russian research group Chronicles shows only one-fifth of Russians support Putin's invasion. → Read More
What Are Russia's A-50 Surveillance Planes? Aircraft Reportedly Destroyed
The Belarusian opposition in exile has hailed the sabotage of the aircraft near the Machulishchy airfield by Minsk. → Read More
Mystery Surrounds Russian Plane Reportedly Blown Up in Belarus
Belarusian anti-government group BYPOL allegedly carried out the attack on an A-50 at the airfield near Minsk. → Read More
Russia May Be Left 'Naked and Barefoot' Without Chinese Help: Igor Girkin
The former FSB officer turned military blogger said China's cooperation was needed for Russia to win in Ukraine. → Read More
Russia May Have Run Out of Iranian Shahed-136 Drones: U.K.
The kamikaze loitering munitions have not been used since February 15, the British Ministry of Defense said. → Read More
The U.S. Must Give Kyiv the Weapons It Needs Right Now: Ex-Envoy to Moscow
"The clock is ticking," former American ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, told Newsweek. → Read More
Ex-Kremlin Advisor Says Biden Started Ukraine War Because He 'Hates' Putin
Sergei Markov said that the root of Russia's invasion stemmed back to comments Biden made in 2010. → Read More
Wagner Boss Claims Victory After Public Calls for More Ammunition
Yevgeny Prigozhin had said that his troops had perished in Ukraine due to "shell hunger." → Read More