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Putin Back in 2015 Russian Federation Photo

Ukraine War

Putin’s Own Former Prime Minister Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud — Ukraine Has Moved the War Deep Into Russia, Even to Moscow

Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov told ABC News that Ukraine's long-range campaign has moved the war onto Russian soil — even to Moscow....

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 2026

Ukraine War

Putin’s New Ukraine Problem Might Be the Thing That Sparks A War with NATO

A Russian dissident living in Latvia who ABC News describes as “once one of the most powerful men in Russia,” Mikhail Kasyanov, believes that...

Brandon WeichertJuly 17, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

A Drone Priced Like a Used Toyota Yaris Just Wiped Out a Russian Su-24 Bomber — After Three Weeks of Planning and Two Precise Hits

Ukrainian special operations forces say two upgraded Hornet drones destroyed a Su-24M bomber at Saky Air Base in Crimea as it prepared for a...

Harrison KassJuly 17, 2026

Putin Back in 2010 Creative Commons Image

Dollars and Sense

Ukraine Just Turned Putin’s Crimea Into an Island — Nearly Half the Peninsula Has No Power and Its Supply Road Is a ‘Highway of Death’

Ukrainian drone and missile strikes have isolated occupied Crimea — cutting power to nearly half the peninsula, forcing the Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol,...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 17, 2026

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, and soldiers from the Kuwait Land Forces fire their High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (U.S.) and BM-30 Smerch rocket systems (Kuwait) during a joint live-fire exercise, Jan. 8, 2019, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The U.S. and Kuwaiti forces train together frequently to maintain a high level of combat readiness and to maintain effective communication between the two forces. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Lefty Larimer)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The CIA Just Put a Number on How Long a Russian Recruit Survives in Ukraine — and It’s Measured in Minutes, Not Days or Weeks

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday a Russian recruit's average life expectancy on the battlefield is twenty to thirty minutes, crediting Ukraine's AI-powered drones....

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 2026

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the Blackhawk Battery, 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment, 75th Field Artillery Brigade, fire an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a night live fire training as part of Exercise Spring Storm 23 held at Camp Tapa, Estonia, May 25, 2023. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Agustín Montañez)

Ukraine War

Something About the Claim That a Russian Soldier Lasts Twenty Minutes in Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up — and the Numbers Prove It Out

CIA Director John Ratcliffe told a defense forum that the average Russian recruit survives twenty to thirty minutes on the battlefield — in line...

Isaac SeitzJuly 17, 2026

The Treaty

Russians Just Stopped Vacationing in Putin’s Prized Crimea — and the Quiet Reason Says Everything About How This War Is Going

Ukrainian drone strikes have cut fuel, power, and transport links across occupied Crimea, and Russian vacationers are staying away, a Moscow Times op-ed reports....

Stephen SilverJuly 17, 2026

Ukraine War

The CIA Says Russian Recruits Last Twenty to Thirty Minutes at the Front — a Number First Floated by Russia’s Own War Bloggers

Ratcliffe's 20-to-30-minute life-expectancy claim, made at the Army War College, traces to Russian milbloggers' own reporting — and no official CIA assessment has confirmed...

Stephen SilverJuly 17, 2026

Finnish artillery units fire Howitzers At Rovajärvi exercise area In northern Finland.

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The CIA Director Said It Out Loud: A Russian Recruit’s Life Expectancy on the Ukrainian Front Is Twenty to Thirty Minutes

CIA Director Ratcliffe says a Russian recruit's life expectancy at the front is now 20 to 30 minutes, crediting cheap AI-guided Ukrainian drones —...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 17, 2026

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Ukraine War

Putin’s Own Former Prime Minister Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud — Ukraine Has Moved the War Deep Into Russia, Even to Moscow

Ukraine War

Putin’s New Ukraine Problem Might Be the Thing That Sparks A War with NATO

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

A Drone Priced Like a Used Toyota Yaris Just Wiped Out a Russian Su-24 Bomber — After Three Weeks of Planning and Two Precise Hits

Dollars and Sense

Ukraine Just Turned Putin’s Crimea Into an Island — Nearly Half the Peninsula Has No Power and Its Supply Road Is a ‘Highway of Death’

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The CIA Just Put a Number on How Long a Russian Recruit Survives in Ukraine — and It’s Measured in Minutes, Not Days or Weeks

Ukraine War

Something About the Claim That a Russian Soldier Lasts Twenty Minutes in Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up — and the Numbers Prove It Out

The Treaty

Russians Just Stopped Vacationing in Putin’s Prized Crimea — and the Quiet Reason Says Everything About How This War Is Going

Ukraine War

The CIA Says Russian Recruits Last Twenty to Thirty Minutes at the Front — a Number First Floated by Russia’s Own War Bloggers

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The CIA Director Said It Out Loud: A Russian Recruit’s Life Expectancy on the Ukrainian Front Is Twenty to Thirty Minutes

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