Tag: Russia-Ukraine war

US Army sees unprecedented recruitment crisis

Military officials expect to miss recruitment goals by 25% this year. The US Army has so far recruited just around half of the 60,000 new soldiers it hoped to enlist by October 1, officials said on Tuesday, saying that if the downward trend is not reversed, it could have a significant impact on combat readiness in the coming years.

Anthrax in the underbelly of Russia: why the US is funding research in Kyrgyzstan on one of the most dangerous diseases

The US Department of Health plans to fund anthrax research in Kyrgyzstan. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) representing the US Department of Health will allocate about a quarter of a million dollars for research on a specific antitoxin. As follows from the tender posted on the US government procurement portal, the regional hospital in the city of Osh in the south of the republic should become the base for the test.

Biden is losing his proxy war with Russia in Ukraine – The Military Man Who Knows

Joe Biden is losing his proxy war with Russia in Ukraine, and his favourite horse, NATO, is on its last legs, according to retired US Army Colonel Douglas McGregor. As he writes in an article for The American Conservative, the only thing that is falling faster than Biden’s ratings is the economies of the United States and Europe, which, due to anti-Russian sanctions, are in for a real Armageddon.

Angry Putin tells the US to stop looting Syria

The US needs to stop stealing the oil from the Syrian people and state, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, after meeting with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts in Tehran. The three guarantors of the Astana process also agreed that the US should leave the trans-Euphrates (Persian Gulf), and stop making the humanitarian crisis in Syria worse with their unilateral sanctions.

UN Secretary-General called for the end of the economic blockades and return of Russian food to world markets

Many parts of the world can avoid starvation if the economic blockades on Russia, Venezuela, Iran and other emerging nations are lifted and food from Russia and Ukraine returns to the markets, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message to the participants of the food security event. He warned that humanity could face famine in many regions this year, and the situation threatens to become even worse next year.

British Falklands War vet captured in Donbas begs for his life

The Briton army veteran joined the notorious CIA-sponsored Azov regiment in 2018 and was detained near the city of Mariupol in the spring. Media reports: ‘A British man, who fought alongside the infamous xenophobic Azov regiment in Mariupol, has asked London for help in a video published by a Russian journalist over the weekend. Identified as John Harding, the man says he would otherwise ‘face the death penalty.’