Russia is painting decoy Tu-95 strategic bombers on the tarmac of its main bomber air base, report says

businessinsider.com In this image taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a Tu-95 strategic bomber of the Russian air force prepares to take off from an air…

Ukrainian helicopter pilots fly low, run risks

reuters.com EASTERN UKRAINE, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Ukrainian military helicopter pilot Oleh, 22, has become used to flying low over fields and woods to track targets in the war to destroy…

Slovakia gives pro-Russian populist nationalism another win

economist.com “G back!” wrote Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister in a happy tweet. Robert Fico, twice prime minister of Slovakia, fell from power in 2018 after the murder of a…

Ukraine gets bad news from two NATO allies

newsweek.com Ukraine received troubling news from two allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as it continues its counteroffensive effort against Russia to reclaim…

What are Fateh-110 missiles? Russia eyes Iran's answer to ATACMS

newsweek.com Russia could be set to purchase Iranian-made missiles later this month as Tehran and Moscow consolidate their increasingly close relationship in the midst of the war in…

Trump Sues Christopher Steele Over Hoax Dossier

zerohedge.com Trump Sues Christopher Steele Over Hoax Dossier Former President Trump is suing Christopher Steele, the former MI-6 spook who assembled the infamous "Steele Dossier," a…

Biden blasts Republicans over shutdown showdown: ‘We shouldn't have gotten here in the first place’

politico.com President Joe Biden slammed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans on Sunday, blaming them for bringing the country to the brink of crisis after Congress…

A Ukrainian Officer’s Captured Russian Tank Wasn’t Working. So He Called Tech Support

forbes.com In the 20 months of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, the Ukrainian army has captured around 200 of Russia’s T-72B3 tanks. The T-72B3, a product of Uralvagonzavod in Nizhny…

Russian commander could have been fired after outrage from military bloggers who said he was incompetent, ISW said

businessinsider.com Russian Army military vehicle drives along a street in Armyansk. REUTERS A Russian commander was removed after outraged military bloggers amplified his failed leadership.…

Videos: Explosion as Russian helicopter base, aircraft factory attacked

newsweek.com Videos have begun to circulate on social media Sunday showing a drone strike on a helicopter base in the Russian city of Sochi, around the same time as a similar strike in…

Mourners hail dead Russian mercenary Prigozhin as hero of the people

reuters.com [1/5] A woman mourns next to a makeshift memorial for Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, as people mark 40 days since his death to respect an Orthodox…

Russia threatens direct attacks on US allies over soldiers, Taurus missiles

newsweek.com British troops training forces in Ukraine and German factories making Taurus missiles—should Berlin provide Kyiv with the long-range weapon—would be a legitimate targets for…

Ukrainians fear new Chinese rules restricting the export of cheap consumer drone components could worsen Ukraine's supply chain woes in their “war of drones”

nytimes.com Ukrainian soldiers practiced using racing drones as combat weapons at a training site in Ukraine.Credit...Videos by Paul Mozur and Volodymyr Ivanov As the war with Russia…

Kevin McCarthy's problems are far from over

newsweek.com House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has received praise after siding with Democrats and his party's moderates to pass a temporary funding bill that narrowly avoided a costly…

Slovakia May Stop Backing Ukraine War After Populist Election Win

zerohedge.com Slovakia May Stop Backing Ukraine War After Populist Election Win A potential new crack in Europe's support for the war in Ukraine emerged Saturday, as a populist left-wing…

Genius Tricks Actors Use To Look Convincing On Screen

looper.com Learn More Genius Tricks Actors Use To Look Convincing On Screen When you really get down to it, an actor's ultimate job is to fool the audience. Sometimes they are trying…

Ukraine aid left out of the shutdown funding package as MAGA wing moves GOP toward a more isolationist stance

businessinsider.com Ukrainian soldiers hide during the shelling at the air defense positions held in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, on August 8, 2023. Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu Agency via Getty…

Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: DOJ To Summon FTX Clients And Investors As Witnesses

bitcoinist.com The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has confirmed its plans to call former FTX customers, investors, and staff as witnesses in the forthcoming trial of Sam…

AOC Criticizes GOP Congressman, Trump's Niece Warns Of Potential Danger, Biden Urges Republicans Amid Shutdown Threat And More: This Week In Politics

benzinga.com This past weekend was fraught with political drama and revelations. The news cycle brought to light stories of politicians, business leaders, and influencers that made…

Russia's Military Budget Set To Rise By 70%

zerohedge.com Russia's Military Budget Set To Rise By 70% Via Remix News, Russian military spending is set to rise by almost 70 percent — to €106 billion — by 2024, according to a Russian…

Mali Tuareg rebels claim military base following clashes on Sunday

reuters.com Mali's northern Tuareg rebels said on Sunday that they had seized another military base from the Malian army following fighting in the north of the country. The military…

A Ukrainian sniper called the Ghost of Bakhmut says he's personally killed 113 Russians. He explains how his elite unit hunts the enemy

businessinsider.com The Ghost of Bakhmut, commander of an elite team of Ukrainian snipers. Courtesy of the Ghost of Bakhmut An elite Ukrainian sniper unit called the Ghosts of Bakhmut is…

Joe Biden has a decision to make about Julian Assange

businessinsider.com For years, the debate over Julian Assange has been driven by concerns over free speech versus the sanctity of national security secrets. But in the end, Assange's future…

Americans support strikes

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Why Joe Biden is facing a Julian Assange problem

aol.com Not long ago, I received a mysterious invitation to attend a briefing in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Reading between blocks of redacted…

Britain seeks to train military inside Ukraine, defense chief says

politico.eu LONDON — Britain is in talks to move more training and production of military equipment into Ukraine, U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said. In an interview with the…

Energy & precious metals

investing.com Investing.com -- It's OPEC+ week ahead and we can expect the drone on how much higher crude prices can go to continue all week. After a near 30% gain in the third quarter,…

Russia rocked by simultaneous drone attacks, videos show

newsweek.com Russia was struck by drone strikes in two different regions early on Sunday, Moscow's Defense Ministry has said, as footage appears to show damage wrought by the attacks.…

Video appears to show a Russian tank hitting a mine and running out of control before sinking into water

businessinsider.com A Russian tank catches fire and sinks in water after hitting a mine in Novoprokopivka. Telegram / @mysiagin A new video appears to show a Russian tank hitting a mine,…

US Tries to Play Hardball with India

nakedcapitalism.com As if it weren’t enough for Washington to drive Russia and China together, its with-us-or-against-us attitude is also alienating India and is providing evermore incentive…

Flawless Kudermetova dismantles Pegula to claim Tokyo title

reuters.com [1/4] Tennis - WTA 500 - Pan Pacific Open - Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan - October 1, 2023 Russia's Veronika Kudermetova celebrates with the trophy after winning her…

Pro-Russia ex-premier leads leftist party to win in Slovakia election

nbcnews.com A populist former prime minister and his leftist party won parliamentary elections in Slovakia, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and…

Russia raises interest rate to 13% as economy struggles

euronews.com The Central Bank of Russia raised its key lending rate by one percentage point to 13% on Friday, a month after imposing an even larger hike. Concerns about inflation persist…

Binance.US Leadership Crisis, Legal and Risk Heads Follow CEO Exit

cryptobriefing.com Binance.US, the American arm of the leading crypto exchange Binance, lost another two key executives as it faces increased scrutiny from regulators. Binance.US’s head of…

Germany’s rampant hard-right AfD puts other parties in a fix

economist.com S a good day for Jörg Prophet, but not a great one. Opinion polls had promised that the trim 61-year-old engineer might win in the first round and romp home as the new mayor…

Ukraine’s small Jewish community is thriving

economist.com N can throw at them will deter tens of thousands of mostly foreign Jews from making their annual pilgrimage to the Ukrainian town of Uman, 200km south of Kyiv, this week.…

Donald Trump will “never” support Putin, says Volodymyr Zelensky

economist.com V does not want to think about a long war, let alone talk about the possibility to Ukrainians, many of whom still dream of winning fast. But that is what he is preparing…

In Belgrade, backers of Ukraine and Russia fight with graffiti

economist.com A , an artist who fled Russia to dodge the draft, was finishing a pro-Ukraine mural in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, three toughs hurled away his paints. The mural, which took…

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death may consolidate Putin’s power

economist.com Editor’s note: On August 27th Russian investigators confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin died when his aeroplane crashed. B , the director of the , recently mused on what fate…

How soon will Ukraine be able to use its F-16s?

economist.com “I , Denmark,” Volodymyr Zelensky told Denmark’s parliament on August 21st, “for helping Ukraine to become invincible!” The hyperbole from Ukraine’s president was…

Ukraine’s sluggish counter-offensive is souring the public mood

economist.com T pace of Ukraine’s counter-offensive has been the focus of international headlines for weeks. For Anastasia Zamula the consequences have been more tangible. Ms Zamula is a…

The Baltic is delighted to be a NATO lake

economist.com S midsummer sun at Lazy Beach, a stripe of white sand as delicious as its name, Charlemagne was blissfully unaware of a looming danger. Alarmingly near to this idyll on the…

President Erdogan wants to make nice with the West, on his terms

economist.com L three months ago, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was busily accusing America of conspiring to topple his government, talking up his “special relationship” with…

In north-east Ukraine the war is close, upending daily life

economist.com P a vast stretch of north-eastern Ukraine face a grim new reality. Much of Kharkiv province was occupied last year by the Russians before being liberated in September. Yet…

Why the EU will not seize Russian state assets to rebuild Ukraine

economist.com “B should not expect banks to honour their safe deposit boxes.” So write Larry Summers, formerly America’s Treasury secretary, and his co-authors in a recent article arguing…

Zaporizhia braces itself for Russian nuclear tricks

economist.com I , 45, was not sure what to make of claims that Russia was preparing an attack at the nuclear power plant. She knew that her flat in Khortytsky, a district of the city of…

Why Spain’s successful prime minister might lose his job

economist.com I between Spain’s main party leaders on July 10th, the moderators repeatedly had to ask the two men to stop speaking over each other, an instruction they ignored. It was a…

NATO did not give Volodymyr Zelensky everything he wanted

economist.com A week’s summit in Vilnius, Ukraine and its closest allies, including Lithuania, the host, and its neighbours in eastern Europe, had hoped the allies would offer Ukraine a…

Sappers risk their lives to win Ukraine back, inch by inch

economist.com I , 50 centimetres can make all the difference. “Tsar”, a 35-year-old veterinarian turned combat engineer, was part of a five-man group demining fields near Robotyne on June…

Why Ukraine needs American cluster bombs

economist.com Editor’s note: On July 7th, after this story was published, the Biden administration confirmed that it had decided to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions. The Pentagon…

European politics has gone from complicated to impenetrable

economist.com T of a political “left” and “right” originated in revolutionary France: members of the freshly minted National Assembly picked their seats according to their fealty to…

The Wagner mutiny has left Putin dangerously exposed

economist.com A was anointed as Russia’s president at the end of 1999, he compared the first post-Soviet decade to smutnoye vremya, the time of troubles—the uprisings, famine and…

Can Ukraine capitalise on chaos in Russia?

economist.com U with glee as Russia flirted with civil war on June 24th. They had hoped that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s march on Moscow would tie up Russian troops and destabilise Vladimir…

Alexander Lukashenko is the clearest beneficiary of Wagner’s mutiny

economist.com I over two decades since Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’s scheming dictator, has enjoyed such a good press in Russia. Throughout the weekend, Kremlin propagandists lauded his…

Prigozhin’s strange aborted coup is a sign of Russia’s malaise

economist.com O Russia entered 24 hours of mayhem. Consider, for a moment, just how surreal it all was. A violent criminal and former hot-dog seller, nicknamed the “chef”, leads an armed…

How the mutiny in Russia will shape the battlefield in Ukraine

economist.com O ago Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner group had just conquered the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after a nearly year-long battle, crawling forward by a few dozen metres a day. On…

The Wagner Group halts its march on Moscow

economist.com T of armed insurrection against Vladimir Putin abated on June 24th as suddenly and dramatically as it had erupted. In the morning Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner…

The case for a third-party campaign in 2024 is actuarial, not ideological

economist.com N American politics is more quixotic than a third-party presidential campaign. Thus, to political insiders, nothing is also more pathetic or else more cynical: in the best…

America aims for nuclear-power renaissance

economist.com A second world war, America’s new Atomic Energy Commission was on the hunt for a remote site where engineers could work out how to turn the raw power contained in a nuclear…