President Joe Biden’s administration and the U.S. Department of Defense are investigating whether U.S. equipment was used during a cross-border raid into Russia earlier this week. On Monday, a pair of paramilitary groups crossed the border from Ukraine into Russia’s western Belgorod region to sow chaos inside Russia’s borders. The paramilitary fighters identified themselves as members of…
Biden Admin Investigating Whether US Equipment Was Used in Rebel Attack Inside Russia
F-16 Fighters for Ukraine Unlikely to Turn Tide of Battle, Say Experts
May 25, 2023
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Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine 15 months ago, the West, with the United States at the lead, has provided Kyiv with increasingly sophisticated—and costly—weapons. First, it was HIMARS rocket launchers, then advanced battle tanks and, most recently, American-made Patriot air-defense systems. Each time, the new weapons were touted as “game-changers,” sure to turn…
Russia Linked to Hoax Job Ad Offering Ukrainian Mercenaries UK Citizenship
A “job” offering citizens from the Middle East and North Africa UK or EU citizenship in return for fighting in Ukraine, has been linked to a Kremlin “disinformation” campaign. The European Commission told The Epoch Times that the fake advertisement—posted on an international employment website—bears the hallmarks of Russia’s “twisted narrative”. The false recruitment campaign…
Russia’s Wagner Starts Withdrawing Units From Bakhmut: Prigozhin
MOSCOW—Russia’s Wagner group has started withdrawing its forces from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and transferring its positions there to regular Russian troops, its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video published on Thursday. “We are withdrawing the units from Bakhmut. From today at five in the morning, May 25 until June 1, most of…
Netherlands Wants to Give Ukrainian Pilots F-16 Training as Soon as Possible
AMSTERDAM—The Netherlands wants to give Ukrainian pilots F-16 training as soon as possible, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said on Wednesday in a letter to parliament. The training would be coordinated with Belgium, Denmark, and the United Kingdom, and other countries could join, Ollongren added. On Tuesday, NATO’s chief Jens Stoltenberg said training Ukrainian pilots…
First Russian Hypersonic Missile Scientist to Go on Trial Over Suspected Treason With China
May 24, 2023
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The first of three Russian hypersonic missile scientists to be arrested on suspicion of treason will go on trial next week, the court handling the case said on Wednesday. The criminal case against Anatoly Maslov, 76, will open in St. Petersburg’s city court on June 1, the court said on its website. He and two colleagues…
EXCLUSIVE: RFK Jr. Calls Biden’s Support of F-16s for Ukraine a ‘Dangerous Escalation’
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The Epoch Times on Monday that the Biden administration’s recent shift in supporting F-16s for Ukraine is a “dangerous escalation.” President Joe Biden on Friday told G7 leaders at a summit in Japan that the United States will support a joint international effort to train Ukrainian pilots…
Cross-Border Attack on Russia’s Belgorod Region ‘Blocked, Destroyed’: Moscow
An attack on Russia’s western Belgorod region, initially launched on May 22 from neighboring Ukraine, has been decisively routed, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “As a result of air strikes, artillery fire, and action by units of the Western Military District … the nationalist formations have been blocked and destroyed,” the ministry said in…
Russia Fights Cross-Border Raid That Ukraine Says Is Russian Opposition
Russia said on Monday it was battling a cross-border incursion by saboteurs who burst through the frontier from Ukraine, in what appeared to be one of the biggest attacks of its kind since the war began 15 months ago. The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said a Ukrainian “sabotage group” had entered Russian…
Ukraine Restores Power to Russia-Occupied Nuclear Plant
KYIV—Ukraine reconnected the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to its external power supply on Monday after a brief outage that had left it reliant on emergency generators. Back-up diesel generators had earlier kicked in at the plant in southern Ukraine to ensure nuclear fuel was kept cool and prevent a potential disaster. Each side blamed…
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