Facebook, Google, Twitter asked to testify on Russian meddling

Executives from Facebook, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Twitter have been asked to testify to the U.S. Congress in coming weeks as lawmakers probe Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election, committee sources said on Wednesday. A Senate aide said executives from the three firms had been asked by the Senate Intelligence Committee to appear […]

Watch: Russian heavy bomber skidded off a runway during a major military exercise

A new video has been published of the crash of a Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 “Backfire” on Sept. 15, 2017. The heavy bomber, said to be near maximum take-off weight at the time of the accident according to Russian language reports, ran off the end of the runway at Shaikavka Airbase during Zapad 2017 exercise. The video was […]

My loadout for Ukraine

So I did a loadout video when I was with the Peshmerga in Kurdistan and thought it would be interesting to do another one on the kit I used while I was in Ukraine. While much of the kit was pretty synonymous with my previous gear, a lot of it was different in brand and […]

Watch: Russian paratroopers attack mock village in Zapad drills

The Zapad military exercises conducted by Russian and Belarusian militaries over the past week have drawn a great deal of attention from world leaders, and with good reason.  The last time Russia participated in these large-scale drills, intelligence satellites flying overhead revealed that Russia had understated the size of their military presence in the region […]

Russian Foreign Minister accuses Trump of ‘demonizing’ North Korea in UN speech

After President Trump spoke before the UN assembly on Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters that Russia is “extremely concerned” about the President’s statements regarding the Iran nuclear deal, North Korea and accused the United States of trying to force its influence on other nations. Lavrov did applaud one portion of Trump’s speech, […]

Russia Rejects Claims it Fired on Journalists During Zapad Exercise

The Russian Defense Ministry has vehemently denied that a helicopter gunship fired on civilians during the Zapad military drills taking place outside of St. Petersburg. Official military sources have characterized it as just a “deliberate provocation or just somebody’s personal stupidity.” In a statement quoted by Russia’s TASS news agency on Tuesday, the Western Military […]