SCRANTON, Pa. — On a Saturday night in a small cinder-block-walled kitchen attached to St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, young and old hands alike turned red from grating beets for Father Myron’s borscht. Many of those same hands had formed pierogies and stuffed cabbage for hours the day before, and chopped and shredded pounds of …
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A 74-year-old Spanish man was detained days after American and European officials said that Russian military intelligence officers might have directed the attacks. The Spanish Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that the police had arrested a 74-year-old man on suspicion of carrying out a recent letter bomb campaign, which U.S. officials have said was intended …
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The Army’s top acquisition official says production of the 155-millimeter shells badly needed by Kyiv will rise to 90,000 a month in two years. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is racing to boost its production of artillery shells by 500 percent within two years, pushing conventional ammunition production to levels not seen since the Korean War …
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The United States is giving satellite-guided bombs to Kyiv for the first time as part of a new $1.85 billion military aid package. An American weapon first dropped by stealth bombers over Kosovo in 1999 and then during combat in the post-9/11 wars will soon be used by Ukrainian pilots flying Russian-made jets to kill …
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MADRID — A letter bomb delivered to the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid exploded on Wednesday, mildly injuring an employee who was inspecting it, Ukrainian and Spanish officials said. Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, ordered all Kyiv’s embassies to strengthen security after the attack. The embassy’s manager was checking an envelope received in the mail when …
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Ukrainian soldiers are firing thousands of shells daily, forcing the U.S. to replace gun barrels across the border in Poland. WASHINGTON — Ukrainian troops fire thousands of explosive shells at Russian targets every day, using high-tech cannons supplied by the United States and its allies. But those weapons are burning out after months of overuse, …
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Ukrainian soldiers are firing thousands of shells daily, forcing the U.S. to replace gun barrels across the border in Poland. WASHINGTON — Ukrainian troops fire thousands of explosive shells at Russian targets every day, using high-tech cannons supplied by the United States and its allies. But those weapons are burning out after months of overuse, …
Artillery Is Breaking in Ukraine. It’s Becoming a Problem for the Pentagon. Read More »
Ukrainian soldiers are firing thousands of shells daily, forcing the U.S. to replace gun barrels across the border in Poland. WASHINGTON — Ukrainian troops fire thousands of explosive shells at Russian targets every day, using high-tech cannons supplied by the United States and its allies. But those weapons are burning out after months of overuse, …
Artillery Is Breaking in Ukraine. It’s Becoming a Problem for the Pentagon. Read More »
An air-launched AGM-88B missile, built to destroy enemy radars, apparently missed its target and hit an apartment building in Kramatorsk in September. An American-made missile fired by Ukrainian forces wounded three civilians in eastern Ukraine in September, according to residents and debris recovered from the scene, marking a rare instance where U.S.-supplied weapons were linked …
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By Reuters and The Associated Press •November 20, 2022 The airstrikes, which Turkish officials called an antiterrorism campaign against Kurdish militants, came a week after a deadly bomb attack in Istanbul. The airstrikes killed more than two dozen people. Original Source
The attack, which killed four people, was a critical moment in the war. It dealt an embarrassing blow to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, who presided over the bridge’s opening in 2018, and it underscored Russia’s inability to protect a critical strategic asset and a potent symbol as its only connection to Crimea. Structural …