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The Russian military is quickly running out of artillery and rocket ammunition, Pentagon officials said Monday, and the Russian army can only sustain its current rate of attack in Ukraine until early next year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking direct fire from defense insiders who say their country's inept leadership is to blame for the country's military failures in Ukraine, as even Mr. Putin has been forced to acknowledge that the war is taking far longer than expected.
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Ukraine's apparent drone strikes on military bases deep inside Russian territory have exposed serious vulnerabilities in the Kremlin's defenses and could be the first indication that Kyiv is now willing and able to take the fight to enemy soil.
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The U.S. is not actively aiding or encouraging Ukraine to hit targets inside Russia, Biden administration officials said late Tuesday as Washington distanced itself from a series of apparent drone strikes on key Russian military targets over the past several days.
Congressional Democrats have included a Republican-backed measure to repeal President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for service members in the annual Pentagon policy bill, dealing a severe blow to the White House.
U.S. Navy ships employed "non-lethal lasers" to ward off an Iranian vessel that passed within 150 yards of the American craft in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night, military officials said.
Sen. James Lankford said Tuesday he plans to block all confirmation votes on Defense Department nominees until the Pentagon explains why it has granted so few religious waivers for troops seeking to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine.
Nearly four months ago, the Biden administration drove past an off-ramp that offered a chance to rethink and possibly scrap its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for U.S. troops.
The war in Ukraine is entering its darkest hour, with Kyiv and its Western allies racing to repair energy and water infrastructure destroyed by Russian missiles and to deliver basic cold-weather supplies such as heaters and blankets to a population bracing for a brutal, trying winter.
The Kremlin on Tuesday confirmed it has called off scheduled nuclear arms talks with the U.S. in what analysts call a dangerous, "irresponsible" move, one that marks the latest example of how the fallout from Russia's war in Ukraine has spilled over into other arenas with potentially far-reaching repercussions.
It's shaping up to be far less imposing than the Berlin Wall and not nearly as politically divisive as President Trump's coveted barrier between the U.S. and Mexico, but Finland's planned border fence with Russia looks to be a major geopolitical statement.
Morale and motivation have been deciding factors in battles throughout human history -- and they could ultimately spell doom for Russia's war in Ukraine.
Iran and its soccer team are in the international spotlight ahead of World Cup soccer games this month against Western rivals England, Wales and the U.S., with Tehran's brutal crackdown on domestic protests sparking blowback abroad and potentially fueling tension between its athletes and government leaders at home.
An explosion rocked a busy street Sunday in Istanbul, killing six and wounding dozens more in what Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called a "treacherous attack."
Ukrainians ramped up a weekend-long celebration Sunday after Russian troops fled the strategic regional capital of Kherson following a nearly nine-month occupation, but city officials now face a monumental task to restore electricity and clean water services amid the "humanitarian catastrophe" left behind by the retreating Russians.