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Defense Department internal memos made public three years after crisis undermine the official narrative of the Afghanistan withdrawal, showing the Pentagon was acutely aware of a chaotic and deteriorating situation. The Pentagon's chief spokesman has long insisted there was no "chaos" during the bungled U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, but his own email correspondence shows senior officials were acutely aware that…

A surprise incursion into Kursk appeared to use U.S. and European armored vehicles. Washington offered no objections to the operation. KYIV — Ukrainian troops battled for a third day Thursday in Russia’s Kursk region, occupying villages and part of a town, in what has become the Western-backed military’s largest cross-border incursion since the Kremlin’s invasion in 2022. U.S., Ukrainian and…

Some claim bringing Ukraine into Nato would deter Russia from ever invading the country again. That is wishful thinking At last year’s Nato summit, the United States focused on improving Ukraine’s self-defense capabilities rather than addressing the country’s potential membership in Nato. At Nato’s upcoming summit in July, some are pushing for Nato to bring Ukraine significantly closer toward membership,…

If the Iranian president turns out to have lost his life in a helicopter crash, it will set off a fierce scramble for power. By Arash Azizi Accidents happen everywhere, but not all accidents are equal. Many hours after initial news broke about an “incident” involving a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s state media has still not…

NCRI determined the following growth margins in total followers from October 6, 2023,to April 30, 2024: Twitter +46%, Instagram +217%, TikTok +21%, and YouTube +224%.These double and triple-digit growth margins are also clearly correlated to BT News’pro-Hamas coverage of the October 7 attack; the inflection points forfollower/subscriber growth as well as likes/views can be clearly identified as the monthof October,…

Министр обороны Великобритании Грант Шаппс (https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/5/19/39793637-94b2-4e38-8285-c7a5336ab263.png) в интервью Би-би-си предупредил, что Западу предстоит экзистенциальная битва за демократию. «Откладывая то, что мы должны делать — и фактически уже делаем, в частности, благодаря действиям Конгресса США, — мы рискуем сделать именно то, о чем беспокоится президент Зеленский», — сказал министр в ответ на вопрос, не создает ли Запад тупиковую ситуацию в войне…

The changing language used by the Ukrainian military in 72 hours of daily updates tells the story: “Ongoing defensive fighting.” “Significantly worsened.” Russian “tactical success.” You rarely ever hear Kyiv’s top brass sounding downbeat, but their steep southerly trajectory reflects the grave place Ukraine finds itself in. Russia is not just advancing slowly in one place; it appears to be…

By stretching Ukrainian forces along a wide front, Russia is overcoming the limitations of its undertrained army. Russia has now started the early phases of its anticipated summer offensive with renewed attacks on Kharkiv. Over the past few days, Russian troops crossed the Ukrainian border, occupying a number of villages. Ukraine has spent several months fortifying Kharkiv, but storming the…

President Biden and Ukraine’s allies have invoked a sense of urgency over weapon deliveries. But there are logistical hurdles, and Ukraine has little time to lose. Last Sunday, as Russia put pressure on Ukrainian forces across a 600-mile front line, Ukraine received a shipment of anti-armor rockets, missiles and badly needed 155-millimeter artillery shells. It was the first installment from…