“The Russians have a bigger and clearer interest in flooding the lower Dnipro,” says ISW. The Institute for the Study of War has released its report on the dam collapse. The US think tank says it “has not yet observed clear evidence of what happened at KHPP on June 6 and is therefore unable to … Read more
The past two days have seen growing signs that Ukraine is stepping up efforts to oust Vladimir Putin’s forces. The Russian Defense Ministry said it repelled a major assault in the Donetsk region, claiming to have killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers, destroyed 28 tanks and more than a hundred armored vehicles. “Having suffered heavy losses … Read more
CNN — A four-lane concrete bridge being built over the Ganges in eastern Indian state of Bihar has collapsed for the second time in just over a year, raising once again questions about the quality of its construction. Video shows the 3-kilometre (1.8-mile) bridge crashing dramatically into the river on Sunday, sending a plume of … Read more
File photo provided by SDIS 33/Handout via Reuters. MONTREAL (AP) — Quebec is seeking international support as it battles to fight more than 160 wildfires in what federal officials say is among Canada’s worst fire seasons. With more than 480 wilderness firefighters on the ground, Quebec can fight about 30 fires, Quebec Premier Francois Legault … Read more
Ukraine Security Council meeting discusses disaster as US, UK and French representatives call for investigation Russia’s UN envoy has been accused of wading through a “mud of lies” after he claimed at an emergency Security Council session that Ukraine had destroyed the Kakhovka dam in a “crime of war”. Sergiy Kyslytsya, the Ukrainian envoy to … Read more
Khartoum islanders are trapped and besieged in dire humanitarian conditions as warring Sudanese military factions refuse to cease fire. Rival Sudanese military forces have fought battles across the capital as escalating attacks and growing lawlessness add to the misery of civilians already struggling with limited water, food and medicine . Artillery fire and airstrikes were … Read more
KHERSON, Ukraine – A major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed on Tuesday, flooding villages, endangering crops and threatening drinking water supplies as the two warring sides rushed to evacuate the inhabitants and blamed each other for the destruction. Ukraine has accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station, which sits … Read more
A drone attack in Moscow last week appeared to target the homes of Russian intelligence officers, the latest salvo in a psychological campaign against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime over its invasion of Ukraine, several have said. sources close to the strikes. Tuesday’s drone assault was the first on a residential area of the capital … Read more
M-ATV of the 37th Marine Brigade. 37th Marine Brigade Photo For three days now, the Ukrainian army and marine corps have been slowly advancing in southern Ukraine. And they do without the support of the heaviest brigades in Ukraine. The apparent absence of tanks and mechanized brigades with Leopard 2 tanks strongly implies that the … Read more
A drone attack in Moscow last week appeared to target the homes of Russian intelligence officers, the latest salvo in a psychological campaign against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime over its invasion of Ukraine, several have said. sources close to the strikes. Tuesday’s drone assault was the first on a residential area of the capital … Read more
