A video of a Russian politician calling for a new Cuban missile crisis over the Ukraine conflict has gone viral on social media. Russian Duma member Andrei Gurulyov was speaking on Russian state TV and discussing the need for a resolution to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Gurulyov said moving Russia’s hypersonic weapons […]
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US is watching China closely over Taiwan attack plans says Gen. Milley
China is clearly developing the capability to attack at some point, but deciding to do so would be a political choice, Gen Mark Milley told the BBC. China says Taiwan is a breakaway province that must be re-unified with the mainland, by force if necessary. It has accused the US of supporting Taiwan’s independence, and […]
US giving $820M in new Ukraine Aid, Including Missile Systems
The U.S. announced on Friday that it will provide Ukraine with $820 million in new military aid, including new surface-to-air missile systems and counter-artillery radars to respond to Russia’s heavy reliance on long-range strikes in the war. All told, the U.S. has committed more than $8.8 billion in weapons and military training to Ukraine, whose […]
US price tag on Ukraine currently 54 billion: They say they need much more
Ukraine has said it has only a fraction of the weapons it needs to take on Russia, and has urged the west to speed up the delivery of more arms as it faces a bitter fight in the eastern Donbas region. In an urgent televised plea, Ukraine’s deputy defense minister Hanna Maliar said on Tuesday […]
US Navy Sails Provocatively Close To Disputed Chinese Island
WASHINGTON A U.S. warship sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam on Sunday in an operation meant to challenge the competing claims of all three nations, a U.S. Defense Department official said. The U.S.S. Stethem, a guided-missile destroyer, sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island, […]
400 Children Saved, 350 Adults Arrested In Child Porn Ring
Nearly 400 children have been rescued and 348 adults arrested following an expansive and “extraordinary” international child pornography investigation, Canadian police announced Thursday. The three-year project, named Project Spade, began when undercover officers with the Toronto Police Service Child Exploitation service made contact with a Toronto man allegedly sharing “very graphic images” of child sexual […]