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Botswana warns Russia trafficking its citizens into Ukraine war at 'alarming rate'
"These individuals are often promised employment opportunities, only to discover upon arrival that they are being forced into active combat," Botswana's International Relations Ministry said on July 18.
As war drags on, Russia's pro-war camp turns its anger on the Kremlin
In late June, Russian soldier Alexander Lunin took to Instagram an emotional appeal addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he threatened to organize a military coup. "The army will turn its weapons against the Kremlin," he said. In the video, which was watched 10 million times, the soldier turned blogger demanded a meeting with the Russian president to discuss what he claimed was systemic mistreatment of soldiers in the Russian army. Unsurprisingly, Lunin was detained soon aft
Who are Ukraine's new police and security chiefs, and what accusations do they face?
The acting heads of Ukraine's National Police and Security Service (SBU), who were appointed late on July 17, have been embroiled in controversy. President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Oleksandr Poklad, former senior deputy of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), as acting head in a decree issued July 17, as the Cabinet of Ministers tapped Maksym Tsutskiridze as temporary head of Ukraine's National Police. Poklad was appointed after President Zelensky reassigned his predecessor to the Defense Min
We're ready to make any Russian move cost far more than it's worth — NATO military chief in exclusive interview
NATO is facing its deepest identity crisis since the end of the Cold War. U.S. President Donald Trump's erratic relationship with Europe threatens to tear the alliance apart, and there are fears that the increasingly bellicose Russia may soon test the alliance's eastern frontier. The fast-paced military evolution of the Russia-Ukraine war also threatens NATO's long-maintained technological edge. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, an Italian admiral who has served as the chair of the NATO Military Committe
2 Russian logistics centers, oil depot hit as Kyiv launches hundreds of drones towards Moscow
The latest attack on oil infrastructure in Russia's capital region comes exactly one month after Ukrainian forces launched their largest-ever drone attack on Moscow, striking the Moscow Oil Refinery on June 18.
Russia bolsters 'shadow fleet' defenses at expense of front-line drone units, military says
Ukrainian forces struck 13 more Russian vessels over the past day, Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, said on July 18.
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This is a developing story and is being updated. President Volodymyr Zelensky's dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister has drawn a wave of criticism from soldiers, veterans, and civil society figures, who argue Ukraine is losing one of its most effective wartime officials without an adequate explanation. Dmytro Koziatynskyi, a war veteran who was a leading organizer of last summer's mass protests against a law curbing the independence of Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies, called fo
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