Dubai, United Arab Emirates – The US Navy said Monday that its sailors and the British Royal Navy came to the rescue of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after IranRevolutionary Guards “bother” it. Three fast attack guard ships with armed troops on board approached the merchant ship at close range Sunday afternoon, … Read more
Russia says it destroyed tanks and equipment Russia says Ukraine attacked with 8 battalions Ukraine is silent on Russian claims Ukraine has not responded to requests for comment MOSCOW, June 5 (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday its troops had thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive at five points along the front in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, … Read more
June 4 (Reuters) – Russia on Sunday said it intercepted nine drones over the Crimean peninsula and one over the small town of Sudzha in the southern region of Kursk in what have been near-daily strikes inside the country or on Moscow-held areas . Five drones were shot down and four were stuck and failed … Read more
WASHINGTON, Jun 4 (Reuters) – A Chinese warship came within 150 yards (137 meters) of a US destroyer in the Taiwan Strait in “an unsafe manner,” US military officials said, while China blamed the United States for ” deliberate provocation of risk”. ” in the region. The US and Canadian navies were conducting a joint … Read more
KYIV, June 4 (Reuters) – The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said on Sunday he was prepared to meet with a pro-Ukrainian group of Russian partisans who were holding two Russian soldiers captive, as he reported a renewed flare-up of fighting near the border. . The Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps … Read more
(1/3) A view shows the Ukrainian capital at dawn during a Russian drone strike, amid the Russian attack on Ukraine, in Kiev, Ukraine on May 30, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich KYIV, Jun 4 (Reuters) – Russia launched a new wave of airstrikes against Ukraine early Sunday, hitting an airfield in a central region but failing to … Read more
(1/2) An aerial photo shows devastation in the frontline city of Bakhmut, amid the Russian assault on Ukraine, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, in this handout photo released May 21, 2023. Press Service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces / Handout via REUTERS June 4 (Reuters) – Despite … Read more
SINGAPORE — China tested European patience on Saturday, with a seasoned Chinese diplomat attributing Russia’s war on Ukraine to a failed security architecture in Europe. It fell to Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren to challenge that very Chinese interpretation. “I was actually a little surprised to hear it,” Ollongren told POLITICO in an interview shortly … Read more
(1/2) Founder of the private mercenary group Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin speaks with military personnel during the withdrawal of his troops from Bakhmut, 2023. Press Service of “Concord”/Handout via REUTERS Prigozhin: conflict with Chechens resolved Prigozhin: Kremlin factions endanger the state Says the Defense Department is in chaos Wagner may go to the Belgorod – Prigozhin … Read more
KYIV, Jun 3 (Reuters) – Ukraine is ready to launch its long-awaited counter-offensive to retake Russian-held territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview published Saturday. “We are confident that we will succeed,” Zelenskiy told the Wall Street Journal. “I don’t know how long it’s going to take. Honestly, it could go different ways, completely … Read more
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