Russia-Ukraine War Weapons from the support package, considered “a lifeline” for Ukraine’s military, could be arriving on the battlefield within days. 05/1/2024 - 7:28 pm | View Link
Live Briefing: Russia Invades Ukraine RFE/RL's Live Briefing gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to ... is a Soviet-trained artillery officer known for his role ... 05/1/2024 - 6:28 pm | View Link
Russia-Ukraine war: Odesa’s ‘Harry Potter castle’ hit in Russian missile attack that killed five – as it happened Four-year-old child and pregnant woman among those in a serious condition after strike on seafront park in Black Sea port city Good morning and welcome to our Ukraine blog. A Russian missile ... 04/29/2024 - 9:58 pm | View Link
Russia Loses 38 Artillery Systems, 14 APVs in a Day: Ukraine Ukraine has estimated that Russia has lost 465,054 troops during the war, with this figure including both dead and wounded. 04/27/2024 - 4:15 am | View Link
Russia attacks 2 energy facilities in Lviv Oblast, fires started Fires have broken out at the scene. Significant damage was recorded. There are no casualties or damage to residential infrastructure in Lviv Oblast. As of now, there are no plans to implement any ... 04/26/2024 - 10:45 pm | View Link
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) “has repeatedly claimed to be the recipient of two Bronze Star medals and a Combat Infantryman Badge from his time in the U. S. Army serving in Iraq and Afghanistan,” CBS News reports.
“There is no question that Nehls served overseas, engaged in combat, and was awarded a Bronze Star for his duties there.
“Kristi Noem’s damage-control tour is in full swing. It appears destined for the same fate as her late dog Cricket: dead in a gravel pit somewhere near Pierre,” Politico reports.
“But at Mar-a-Lago, even before the revelation about her dog, Noem had long ago been cast aside as a likely running mate, according to six people close to former President Donald Trump who, while not discounting Noem entirely, have for many weeks said she has almost no chance of being on the ticket.
“Donald Trump on Thursday scoffed at the notion that he would debate long shot presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. even as the former president’s allies show more concern about Kennedy’s campaign,” Business Insider reports.
Said Trump: “He’s, uh, not a serious candidate. They say he hurts Biden. I don’t know who he hurts, he might hurt me.
“A key political operative on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign was charged with assault after allegedly choking and punching a woman in New York early Saturday morning,” Mediaite reports.
“Trent Pool, who serves as a paid consultant on the long-shot independent campaign and has been leading the effort to get Kennedy on the ballot in all 50 states, was charged with assault and criminal obstruction of breathing.”
Russian state-affiliated accounts have boosted their use of TikTok and are getting more engagement on the short-form video platform ahead of the U. S. presidential election, according to a study published Thursday by the nonprofit Brookings Institution.
The report states that Russia is increasingly leveraging TikTok to disseminate Kremlin messages in both English and Spanish, with state-linked accounts posting far more frequently on the platform than they did two years ago.
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Such accounts are also active on other social media platforms and have a larger presence on Telegram and X than on TikTok.