#military-leaders

#military-leaders

The war in Ukraine will soon enter its 15th year.Every day, videos from the frontlines are widely circulated on social media.Moscow and Kyiv both continue to release "war-porn" videos that feature the destruction by the opposing side of tanks, mobile launchers of rockets, and other weapons.

KYIV, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Ukraine needed more time to begin a counteroffensive against Russia because it does not yet have enough military equipment from its Western backers, though Ukrainian officials had repeatedly described the assault as imminent.In terms of personnel and motivation, Ukraine's forces are ready for the operation, Mr. Zelensky said in an interview broadcast by the BBC on Thursday, but they are still waiting for some promised hardware from the West, specifically armored vehicles.

The "high-altitude object" shot down Friday was targeted about 10 miles off the northern coast of Alaska, a US official told CNN, and the military did not deem the operation a serious risk to people on the ground.The object was significantly smaller than the suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down last Saturday, the official noted.

Imran Khan, who was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday, was elected as Pakistan's prime minister in 2018 when he ran as a nationalist promising to fight corruption, revive the country's struggling economy and maintain an independent foreign policy that distanced Pakistan from the United States.

Imran Khan, who was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday, was elected as Pakistan's prime minister in 2018 when he ran as a nationalist promising to fight corruption, revive the country's struggling economy and maintain an independent foreign policy that distanced Pakistan from the United States.

As jubilant Ukrainian troops hoist their national flag over Kherson in the wake of a comprehensive Russian retreat, they give no sign of stopping their offensives for the winter, or allowing the war to settle into a stalemate.In the east, Ukrainian forces continue to grind forward and have repelled repeated Russian efforts to seize towns like Bakhmut and Pavlivka, reportedly killing hundreds of Russian soldiers.

This celebration of all things river-related offers a steady flow of programming -art exhibits, musical performances, and buckets of other waterway-themed events.You can watch NASA footage accompanied by live orchestral music, for example, or check out an immersive experience featuring work by illustrator Edwin Fontánez (above).

Youth take part in an action to mark the ninth anniversary of Crimea annexation from Ukraine with a banner reading: "Russia doesn't start wars, it ends them" accompanied with an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Yalta, Crimea, Friday, March 17, 2023.(AP Photo) (Uncredited/AP)MOSCOW - Russian fighter pilots involved in an incident with a U.S. drone that resulted in its crash will be given state awards, the Defense Ministry announced Friday, The move appears to signal Moscow's intention to adopt a more aggressive stance toward future U.S. surveillance flights.

Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jim Banks (R-IN) have introduced a bill to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. military, effectively bringing back Donald Trump's transgender military ban.But the two senators promise their bill is worse than Trump's ban.The bill, called the "Ensuring Military Readiness Act," says "persons who identify as transgender with a history of diagnosis of gender dysphoria are disqualified from military service."

Relations between the two nations soured after the army took control, for a second time, in Burkina Faso in September last year.France also pulled out of neighboring Mali last year.Burkino Faso's junta government on Saturday ordered French troops to depart the country within a month.National broadcaster RTB announced the decision, citing the official government press agency.