Source link Kiev wants to “seize the initiative” on the battlefield later this year, Lieutenant General Aleksandr Pavlyuk said Ukraine plans to reorganize its troops and launch a new counteroffensive this year, the commander of the country’s ground forces has said. Speaking to ICTV on Wednesday, Lieutenant General Aleksandr Pavlyuk said that the most pressing […]
Source link Alexandr Syrsky said some of the officers have lost control of the situation on the battlefield The incompetence of a number of local commanders is to blame for Kiev’s recent poor performance on the battlefield, especially in Donbass, where the country’s troops have been retreating recently, according to Ukraine’s top general Alexandr Syrsky. […]
Source link Ammunition and training were mistakenly believed to be enough for Kiev to win, Admiral Rob Bauer has said The West grossly overestimated Ukraine’s chances of battlefield progress against Russia last year, a senior NATO commander has told the Financial Times. His comments came after Kiev’s botched counteroffensive and the recent loss of the […]
Source link The Israeli military has accused a Palestinian journalist working with Al Jazeera of also operating as a senior Hamas militant Mohamed Washah, a Palestinian journalist working for Al Jazeera is simultaneously working as a senior militant with the Hamas group, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has claimed, publishing imagery that purports to incriminate […]
Source link Both potential replacements for Valery Zaluzhny have declined to take his place, the German paper has claimed Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has been unable to fire the nation’s top general, Valery Zaluzhny, because both replacements under consideration refused the job, the tabloid Bild reported on Thursday. A host of Western and Ukrainian media […]
Source link Former Donetsk militia commander Igor Strelkov was sentenced on Thursday to four years in a penal colony; after his release, he will be banned from administering websites for three years. He was charged with public incitement of extremism over two posts on social media. Strelkov, whose real name is Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin, shot […]
Source link US General Philip Breedlove urged the West to give Kiev the means to strike the peninsula The West should be providing Ukraine with weapons it could use to intensify attacks on Crimea, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Philip Breedlove has argued. The US general opined that increasing pressure on the peninsula, which […]
Source link The Ukrainian Armed Forces are in dire need of younger recruits because the average age of a soldier is way over 40 years old, said Alexey Tarasenko, commander of the 5th Assault Brigade. Speaking to Espresso TV on Sunday, Tarasenko said that it is “outlandish and perplexing” to hear that some people doubt […]
Source link The group has claimed that an Israeli airstrike took out a senior leader of its elite commando unit A senior commander of Hezbollah’s elite special forces unit has been killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, ratcheting up tensions as West Jerusalem’s war with Hamas threatens to expand to a second […]
Source link James Stavridis said Ankara should obey its role as a US-led military bloc’s member Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis has claimed that there was no justification for Ankara to prevent a fellow bloc member from donating its warships to Ukraine. The Turkish government said on Tuesday that it will not allow […]
Source link Kiev’s limited resources could force its troops to retreat in the coming months, a former NATO commander warns Ukraine is unable to reclaim land taken by Russian forces and will likely have to accept territorial concessions before the conflict winds down, ex-NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis has argued. Writing in a Bloomberg […]
Source link The battlefield situation remains difficult for Kiev, Colonel General Aleksandr Syrsky has said Russian troops are attacking Ukrainian positions in all areas along the conflict front line, the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Colonel General Aleksandr Syrsky, has said. In a Telegram post on Sunday, Syrsky acknowledged that “the operational situation in the […]
Source link Hostilities could spread beyond the east and south of the country, the general in charge of Ukraine’s border defense told ABC The frontiers of the Ukrainian conflict could expand if Russia continues to increase arms production while Kiev’s troops are deprived of advanced weapons from Western allies, Lieutenant General Sergey Naev told ABC […]
Source link The Quds Force leader made the pledged following reports that Tehran was seeking to avoid direct involvement in the Gaza conflict The head of Iran’s elite Quds Force has vowed to do “whatever it takes” to back Hamas in its war with Israel, claiming that the Palestinian militant group is headed for an […]
Source link Freezing the conflict and giving Kiev seized Russian money is “a realistic scenario” for a “miracle,” James Stavridis has said Ukraine will experience a “Korean-style miracle” if it stops fighting, gets limited NATO protection and rapidly rebuilds, preferably paid for by Russian money, according to retired US Admiral James Stavridis, NATO’s former top […]