Australian national Oscar Jenkins has been sentenced to 13 years in a Russian maximum-security penal colony after being convicted of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine. The sentencing was handed down on 16 May 2025 by a court in Russian-occupied Luhansk. Jenkins, 33, was captured in December…
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Putin won’t accept peace unless Russian empire is restored, says US ex-defense secretary Gates
Former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview with CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to accept any peace deal in Ukraine unless he achieves his long-standing goal of rebuilding the Russian empire.
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Watch: Ukraine turns Russian Buk SAM system into fireworks in perfect strike
On 16 May, Ukraine’s Operative-Strategic Grouping of Forces Khortytsia reported the destruction of a Russian Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile system in Ukraine’s eastern sector. According to the report, the strike was coordinated by artillery scouts from the Chornyi Lis (“Black Forest”)…
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Russian drone blows up civilian shuttle bus, leaving nine dead in Sumy border town
Nine civilians were killed and seven injured in the early hours of 17 May when a Russian Lancet drone struck a civilian shuttle bus near the town of Bilopillia in Sumy Oblast. The Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported the deliberate strike on the bus, which was carrying local residents…
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Russian troops are hiding from Ukraine’s deadly night-vision drones—but not well enough
More of Ukraine’s first-person-view drones see at night, thanks to tiny infrared sensors that see in the infrared part of the spectrum—and can detect the heat generated by a human body.
There’s a simple method to hide from these exploding night-vision drones, however. Thermal blankets,…
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The sinlge drone target that could cripple Russia’s oil empire
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1177: Russia, Ukraine agree to 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner swap in Istanbul talks—but no ceasefire
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Raw power is back—if you want peace, prepare for war. A national director of the South African Institute of International Affairs, Greg Mills, believes no permanent peace possible while Putin remains in power. 
How Ukraine can win, p.1. Swarms of cheap drones decimate… Continue Reading
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“We are ready to fight forever in Ukraine,” says Russia’s top negotiator—then cites a fake Napoleon
Vladimir Medinsky, head of Russia’s delegation in peace talks with Ukraine, rejected calls for a 30-day unconditional ceasefire in an interview with Russian state TV host Yevgeny Popov. He blamed the collapse of the 2022 negotiations on “direct Western interference” and backed his claims
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Denmark readies 26th military package for Ukraine, Zelenskyy says
On 16 May 2025, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Denmark is preparing its 26th military aid package for Ukraine. The announcement followed his meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Tirana, Albania, as stated on Zelenskyy’s official Telegram channel and the…
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Russia engages up to 640,000 troops against Ukraine, Kyiv’s top general says
General Oleksandr Syrskyy, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, stated on 15 May that Russia has fully shifted to a strategy of attritional warfare, employing a unified military grouping of up to 640,000 troops against Ukraine. He made the statement during a videoconference at the…
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