AvatarRobAvatarAvatarNorth Korea is sending massive amounts of munitions to Russia and is on track to be one of its biggest weapons suppliers, UK intel saysverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Sonam ShethThe UK's defense ministry said Thursday that North Korea has sent a huge amount of munitions to Russia recently and is on track to become one of Russia's biggest foreign arms suppliers. North Korea has sent Russia more than 1,000 containers of munitions over the last several weeks, the UK's Ministry …
AvatarRobAvatarAvatarBefore and after satellite images show destruction in Gazaverified_publisherCNNCNN — Israel has been at war with Hamas since October 7, after the Palestinian militant group launched surprise cross-border raids from Gaza. In response, Israel has been launching airstrikes on Gaza, and there are fears the crisis could escalate further. New satellite images released by Maxar show …
AvatarRobFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoVladimir Putin Just Proved How Stupid He Is19fortyfive.com - Stavros AtlamazoglouThe feud between the Wagner Group private military company and the Russian Ministry of Defense that has been simmering for months finally exploded …
AvatarRobFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRussian Soldiers Are Quitting the War in Ukraine19fortyfive.com - Stavros AtlamazoglouThe war in Ukraine is going so poorly for the Russian military that record numbers of troops are going absent without leave. AWOL Records in …
AvatarRobFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoOne year since Russia's invasion of Ukrainectvnews.caIt's been one year since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the call for assistance continues.
AvatarRobAvatarAvatarThe secret history of America’s tactical nukesverified_publisherVox - Jonathan GuyerWould Russia launch a small nuke? Look to the US’s own troubled nuclear history. Russia has about 2,000 small nuclear weapons, known as tactical nukes. But most of the world probably hadn’t been thinking about them until Vladimir Putin reached new desperate lows in the invasion of Ukraine. “This is …
AvatarRobAvatarAvatar'It's tragic, it's irrational, it's evil': Why Ukraine attack will come at 'terrible price'MSNBCFmr. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and retired Admiral James Stavridis join Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski to discuss Russia's attack on …
AvatarRobAvatarAvatarPro-Russian Forces Shell Ukrainian Kindergarten Full of KidsThe Daily Beast - Allison QuinnA flare-up in fighting along the frontline comes as the Kremlin warns of a “new outbreak of war in the immediate vicinity of our borders.” A …
AvatarRobAvatarAvatarWorld War III?The Atlantic - By Tom NicholsNot likely. But Putin is warming up the dice. I’ll keep this brief because there’s only so much gloom we can shoulder before the holidays, but anyone who pays attention to foreign policy—you, me, NATO, folks like that—are all wondering if Russian president Vladimir Putin is going to use the huge …
AvatarRobAvatarAvatarChina Threatens to Crack Skulls After Japan's Shinzo Abe Speaks Up for TaiwanNewsweek - John FengChina lashed out at Shinzo Abe on Wednesday after Japan's former prime minister said a Chinese attack on Taiwan would be an "emergency" for both …
AvatarRobAvatarAvatarRussian troops mass on Ukraine's border, prompting jitters in the WestNBC News - By Matthew Bodner, Dan De Luce and Alexander Smith“We don’t know whether President Putin has made the decision to invade,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. “We do know that he’s putting in place the capacity to do so in short order should he so decide.” MOSCOW — It is by now a familiar pattern: Russian troops mass near the Ukrainian border, …
AvatarRobFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Real China Threat: A Massive Nuclear Weapons Arsenal?19fortyfive.com - Peter SuciuChina is the world’s most populous nation, and the world’s second largest economy. Neither fact should be a reason for concern, but add in the fact …