Category: World

President Biden has announced that the US will be giving another $1 billion in military aid for Ukraine amidst heavy Russian shelling in the Donbas region.

The fate of two former US servicemen who volunteered to fight in Ukraine is unknown at this time. Ukraine can not find their remains after a fierce battle and Russia has not officially confirmed that they have been captured.

Russian authorities have put investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov on the country’s federal wanted list and frozen his bank accounts. Soldatov is one of Russia’s leading and remaining independent journalists, having intimate knowledge of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).

An officer from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG) and a member of the Iranian Defense Ministry were pronounced dead after separate events in the line of duty. Sources outside Iran claim that the men were developing weapons for Hezbollah.

The Ukrainian Government requested a ton more NATO-standard heavy weaponry such as multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), howitzers, and tanks to help their forces repel further Russian advances in Severodonetsk.

Amnesty International, the international, non-governmental human rights watchdog, has reported that hundreds of citizens are being killed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv by the widespread use of cluster munitions and indiscriminate use of rockets.

Russia and China deepen ties as they open the first cross-border bridge. The Blagoveshchensk-Heihe bridge connects the two countries together to improve economic trade amid heightened tension against the West.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe trade shots as Austin accuses China of being aggressive and coercive in the Indo-Pacific. The Chinese camp would reject these claims and assert its territorial claims on Taiwan.

A Ukrainian husband and wife physician team refuses to run from the trauma that is ripping apart their homeland.

Veterans Village of San Diego’s (VVSD) motto is “Leave No One Behind.” It’s a noble but lofty goal.

These historical protective suits, although greatly differ from one place to another, were all unique and fascinating in their own ways.

As public support for the war in Ukraine wanes, Putin is trying to create a new generation of Russian Super-Soldiers by beginning military indoctrination and training in elementary schools and high schools. Nearly 600,000 are enrolled in the Russian Youth Army program.