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…
F-16 Fighters for Ukraine Unlikely to Turn Tide of Battle, Say Experts
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…
First Russian Hypersonic Missile Scientist to Go on Trial Over Suspected Treason With China
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…
PREMIERING NOW: Why Conservatives Should Support Ukraine
Russian propaganda has influenced conservative thinking regarding the war in Ukraine. This episode explains why conservatives in America should support Ukraine in the effort to defeat Russian President Vladimir Putin and how the issue will be weaponized in the upcoming election. Thomas Cromwell’s book “Why Ukraine Must Win” addresses the most common arguments surrounding the…
Why Conservatives Should Support Ukraine
Russian propaganda has influenced conservative thinking regarding the war in Ukraine. This episode explains why conservatives in America should support Ukraine in the effort to defeat Russian President Vladimir Putin and how the issue will be weaponized in the upcoming election. Thomas Cromwell’s book “Why Ukraine Must Win” addresses the most common arguments surrounding the…
Russia Extends Arrest of US Journalist Evan Gershkovich by 3 Months
MOSCOW—A Russian court on Tuesday extended the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by three months in a closed-door hearing emblematic of the secrecy that has marked the case against the first United States correspondent since the Cold War to be detained in Russia on spying charges. Gershkovich, a 31-year-old American citizen, was…
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…
South African Weapons to Russia ‘Possible but Doubtful,’ Say Arms Control Experts
JOHANNESBURG—Several weapons experts with knowledge of the international arms industry have told The Epoch Times it’s “highly unlikely” that South Africa secretly exported weapons or ammunition to Russia. On 11 May, at a press conference in Pretoria, United States ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety made headlines around the world when he said: “The arming…
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…
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