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Ukrayinska PravdaRussian soldiers bring their weapons home from front line and open fire on people
The Russian soldiers are taking away weapons from the combat zone; dozens of servicemen have already been put on trial for mishandling guns. Source: Vyorstka, Russian Telegram channel Details: Since the beginning of the full-scale war in February 2022, at least 42 servicemen in Russia have appeared in court for the appropriation, storage, transportation and carrying of weapons, ammunition and explosive devices (Articles 222 and 222.
- NBC News
U.S. general predicts war with China in 2025, tells officers to get ready
In an internal memo, an Air Force general predicted a war with China in 2025 and told officers to get ready by “fir[ing] a clip” into a target, saying, "Aim for the head.”
- Business Insider
Ukraine says Russia's putting inflatable tanks on the battlefield — but the decoys deflated
Inflatable tanks are a staple of Russia's deception doctrine known as maskirovka, or masking, meant to boost stealth tactics and sow confusion.
- Business Insider
Ukraine's battlefield success surprised Russia, but US troops who trained Ukrainians saw it coming, National Guard chief says
Many expected a Russian victory over Ukraine in "a matter of days or weeks," but not US National Guardsmen, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson said this week.
- Live Science
Flying saucers to mind control: 24 declassified military & CIA secrets
From programs to build supersonic flying saucers to atomic bombs, here are the most fascinating declassified military and CIA secrets.
- Military.com
Marines Reopen Base on Guam as Part of a Shift from Okinawa
Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, which is on Guam's northern plateau, is still in the process of being built.
- WSJ
Tanks in Ukraine: How Abrams and Leopard Tanks Compare to Russia's T-72s
As the U.S. and its allies start sending Abrams, Leopards and other tanks to help Ukraine, those vehicles are set to change the dynamics of the war along the front lines. WSJ examines how the tanks that Ukraine will receive from the West compare with Russia’s vehicles. Illustration: Adam Adada
- The New Voice of Ukraine
Russian Kh-55 missile with dummy nuclear warhead downed near Kyiv, reports Defense Express
The latest mass missile strike against Ukraine by Russia utilized Kh-55 missiles equipped with so-called "special purpose warheads", the Ukrainian defense news outlet Defense Express reported on Jan. 26.
- NBC News
Satellite images hint at scale of Russian mercenary group's losses in Ukraine
The number of graves at a cemetery used by Russia's notorious mercenary Wagner Group has dramatically grown over the last two months, satellite images show.
- Ukrayinska Pravda
National Guards tell how they destroyed Russian helicopter with Igla MANPADS
On 26 January, Kharkiv-based National Guardsmen destroyed a Russian Mi-24 helicopter with a man-portable air-defence system [MANPADS] on the Bakhmut front. Source: Press service of National Guard of Ukraine Details: The chief of air defence service of the 3rd Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine stated that on 26 January at 10:40, a Ukrainian fire group of the anti-aircraft missile and artillery division detected two aerial targets on the south-eastern outskirts of Bakhmut.
- Business Insider
Before a secret raid on an ISIS leader's mountain cave complex, US forces ran the mission at a special recreation of the target area
US special operations forces did something similar prior to the 2011 Neptune Spear raid that brought down 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.
- Business Insider
Prosecutor appointed by Trump Justice Department used claims from Russian intelligence to obtain emails from a George Soros aide: NYT
John Durham, appointed by Bill Barr, relied on claims from Russian intelligence analysts to obtain a US citizen's emails, The New York Times reported.
- Bloomberg
Trump Drops Deutsche Bank Subpoena Fight With New GOP-Led House
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Russia fumes over NATO tanks heading to Ukraine, revealing a Kremlin coming to grips with reality
Russia responded with anger and scorn after Germany and the United States revealed that they would be supplying Ukraine with powerful, advanced battle tanks. Moscow invoked history and warned of a broader conflict.
- The New Voice of Ukraine
Russia obscuring serial numbers on Kh-101 missiles
Russia has begun to obscure the serial number of the Kh-101 missiles it’s launched against Ukraine, Ukrainian defense news outlet Defense Express reported on Jan. 26.
- The Daily Beast
Putin’s Pre-Emptive Strike Plan Exposed in Satellite Photos
Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyRussia is building up a network of fortifications and trenches along the front in Ukraine, in apparent anticipation of a new round of heavy fighting, according to satellite imagery analysis shared exclusively with The Daily Beast.The analysis from Brady Africk, an open-source intelligence analyst, shows that Russia is building up fortifications all along the front in Luhansk, from the Russian border down to Donetsk, and throughout Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.The
- HuffPost
Conservative Columnist Shreds 'Deranged Hobo' Trump: 'Lost His Grip On Reality'
Charles C.W. Cooke tore into the former president in a scathing new column.
- Tacoma News Tribune
All 3 sites for a proposed new WA airport are near JBLM. Is that a deal breaker?
“All three proposed sites ... would disrupt fixed-wing and helicopter training and operational requirements,” a JBLM spokesperson said.
- Ukrayinska Pravda
Ukraine's Security Service exposes another traitor: Lieutenant Colonel "leakes" data to Russians
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), together with the State Bureau of Investigation, exposed an employee of one of the service's divisions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, who conducted intelligence and subversive activities in favour of the Russian special services.
- Ukrayinska Pravda
US will send Ukraine more advanced Abrams tanks, but without "secret armour"
The Abrams tanks that the United States intends to transfer to Ukraine are the modern M1A2, not the A1, which the US military has in stock, but they will also be stripped of their so-called secret armour, which includes depleted uranium.