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Above: 1 of 21: Awaiting a train departure in Kramatorsk, the farthest stop east on this rail line open to civilians.On the eastern front of Ukraine, Kramatorsk is where the rail line ends and the frontline begins. Though the troops' forward ...

As the Ukraine War is nearing its first anniversary, pressure remains high on allies of the West to send support to Ukraine's freedom fighters. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022 in the guise of liberating provinces that it claimed wanted ...

In Kherson, on the Black Sea in southern Ukraine, December 24 is considered Christmas Eve by only a few citizens; east Ukraine follows the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, which marks January 7 as Christmas Day. This year, the Bratsvo Battalion, a volunteer ...

With war still plaguing Ukraine, its citizens face a long and hard winter ahead. This is why World Central Kitchen (WCK), founded by chef Jose Andres, is raising funds to help Ukraine weather through the winter-and the war. Co-organized with ...

When German expatriate rocket scientist Werner von Braun released his autobiography, I Reach For The Stars, comedian Mort Sahl said that the book's title should have included the phrase "...But Sometimes I Hit London." (It was such a legendary bit of ...

The Philippines, along with 142 other countries, voted in favor of an Albanian-led resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The results were 143 Member States in favor, with five voting against, and 35 abstentions. The countries that did not support ...

As Ukraine pushes back the Russian invasion and retakes its territories on the Donbas region, its Defense Ministry takes inspiration from Jose Rizal. In a Twitter post on October 5, 2022, the Defense Ministry of Ukraine quoted the Philippines' national hero Jose ...

At any given time, world powers are secretly tracking their enemies' submarines, so when a particularly powerful one that can launch a nuclear payload slips their sights, it's going to be a security issue. The Belgorod, Russia's state-of-the- ...

A lot of people my age and a bit older defined their general attitude toward the peril of nuclear arms over two weeks in October of 1962. The Soviet Union had bootlegged intermediate-range ballistic missiles into Cuba, a Soviet ally against ...

As Russia suffers humiliating losses in its war with Ukraine, the latter is starting to prepare for a possible nuclear attack from Russia-an unlikely event to occur but nonetheless should be anticipated-by preparing its stocks of potassium iodine pills for ...

Vladimir Putin has decided to butch it up quite seriously for the public on Wednesday. His speech reeks of a monumental bluff-which is not to say it shouldn't be taken seriously. This is an authoritarian kleptocrat on a bad losing ...

Bob Farley, national security bench coach at the redoubtable Lawyers, Guns, and Money blog, pointed the shebeen toward this bathysphere of a deep dive at the Washington Post about the run-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the frantic international ...

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