According to a report by The New York Times, the West sent Ukraine broken weapons, citing documents provided by Ukrainian officials on the condition of anonymity. Weapons provided to Ukraine by the US and its allies have either required fixing or had to be cannibalized for parts, the New York
Frank St. John, the chief operations officer of the defense manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, stated that they are ready to train Ukrainians to pilot F-16s once NATO reaches an agreement. Pentagon contractor Lockheed Martin is ready to train Ukrainians to fly and maintain F-16s, if NATO allies agree to send the
Professor Joe Siracusa, a political scientist and dean of Global Futures at Curtin University in Western Australia, stated that Western leaders who backed Kiev and predicted Russia’s collapse “don’t know any history.” At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to the global dynamic
CNN reported that, according to Oryx, a Netherlands-based operation that tracks materiel losses on both sides of the conflict, 15 percent of U.S.-made Bradleys have already been destroyed in Ukraine. Almost 15 percent of the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) sent to Ukraine by Joe Biden’s government have been destroyed,
The control over US financial assistance, which many American officials insist on, is caused not only by its significant volumes, but also numerous evidences of corruption in recipient countries. The amount of money allocated for direct support of Ukraine from the US budget has already exceeded $100 billion, creating significant
Ukrainian Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov told Foreign Policy magazine that the West told us to “kill as many Russians” as possible. In the initial days of the conflict in Ukraine, Kiev’s Western backers wanted its forces to make do without military aid and “kill as many Russians” as they could before admitting
During a gathering of war correspondents, Putin said that Russia’s goals in the Ukraine conflict have not changed. The goals of Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine have not changed and are in fact being served by Kiev’s latest offensive, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a gathering of war correspondents at
The Wall Street Journal reports that the White House is set to approve depleted uranium munitions for Ukraine. The Biden administration is set to transfer depleted uranium shells to Ukraine for the first time since the Russian invasion began The Wall Street Journal reports Tuesday. Internal administration debate over the controversial munitions has been ongoing
How Ukraine’s propaganda machine works is by creating symbols, such as packing salt from the mines into 100,000 packages bearing the symbolic inscription “Ukrainian Rock-Solid Strength.” The Russia-Ukraine conflict isn’t just about the clash of armed forces on the battlefield. It has also been marked by unprecedented levels of confrontation
