Tag: Ukraine

It’s been written many times – Ukraine has given the world a glimpse of what future warfare might hold. In this period, Kiev announced plans to unveil a new kind of tank, that would best Russian tanks. However, it doesn’t appear that they can afford the production of the tank. Still, experts believe that a […]

When North Korea launched long-range missiles this summer, and again on Friday, demonstrating its ability to strike Guam and perhaps the United States mainland, it powered the weapons with a rare, potent rocket fuel that American intelligence agencies believe initially came from China and Russia. The United States government is scrambling to determine whether those two […]

Continuing from the previous Ukraine video, after completing the raid we continue with our standard observation and report mission. You’ll notice, if you hadn’t already, that the terrain is a mixture of suburban neighborhoods and overgrown fields. It almost gives an idea of what a war on American soil would look like in a sort […]

The following footage is from my brief time spent in Ukraine on the front lines of a war with Russia and what many would consider a foreign invasion of a NATO allied country. While there I was part of a small reconnaissance platoon that was tasked with short-range recon patrols into enemy-held territory. Our primary […]

When Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the three Soviet military districts, as well as the personnel and equipment, remained there in the form of the newly minted Ukrainian Ground Forces, or Ukrainian Army.  These units, by and large, continue to use the same weapons platforms and equipment they inherited by their […]

A Georgian man was killed and a woman was injured in a car explosion in the center of Kiev, Ukraine’s capital, in Friday evening’s rush hour, police said. Artem Shevchenko, spokesman for Ukraine’s interior ministry, said the police had launched investigation into the killing. “An unidentified explosive device exploded inside the car. A Georgian citizen […]

No one takes nuclear tests by a despotic madman lightly, but one might expect that the object of his disdain and the primary target for his weapons would be a little more concerned. A recent Gallup Korea poll showed that 58 percent of respondents did not think that there was a possibility of North Korea […]

Russia is hoping to assuage concerns about their large scale military drills in Belarus slated to begin next month.  The Zapad 2017 exercises, will see thousands of Russian troops conducting war games inside the allied nation of Belarus, prompting serious concerns from Ukraine, as well as NATO member states Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania. Russia used […]

Ukraine has released footage of two North Korean spies exuberantly photographing fake missile designs in 2011, as part of a sting operation that eventually landed the pair in jail, as CNN reports. Ukraine, once home to thousands of Soviet nuclear ICBMs, continues to produce missiles today as it faces a Russian-backed insurgency in the countries east. […]

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis visited Ukraine on Thursday, and used that opportunity to reaffirm that the United States would continue to support the nation against Russian aggression. Mattis first attended the Ukranian Independence Day Parade in Kiev, before attending meetings with his Ukrainian counterpart, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak, as well as President Petro […]

The wall around the Yuzhmash rocket factory in east Ukraine is in places overgrown with weeds, a sign of hard times at a plant which a new study says could be the source of engines that power North Korean missiles. Workers at the plant have had their hours cut and wages are in arrears, but […]

Reports emerged on Monday that the US is planning to send defensive weapons to Ukraine in order to deter Russia, which has managed and funded rebels in the Donbas. The plan includes sending Javelin anti-tank missile systems, and possibly anti-aircraft and other weapons systems. Developed by Raytheon in 1989, the FGM-148 Javelin is a large shoulder-mounted, infrared guided missile system capable of piercing 600mm to 800mm steel armor. […]