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Lt Col Roman Venevitin seen telling interrogator he ordered troops to shoot at convoy of mercenaries Russia-Ukraine war – latest news Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner group of mercenaries has captured a Russian commander, as the notorious leader further escalates his feud with the regular army. In a video posted on Prigozhin’s social media channels on Monday evening, Lt Col Roman Venevitin, the commander of Russia’s 72nd Brigade, tells an interrogator that, while drunk, he had ordered his troops to fire on a Wagner convoy. In the footage, which resembled clips of prisoner of war soldiers, Venevitin said he acted because of…

Freedom of Russia Legion social media reports contradict Russian claims to have repelled the rebel incursion Ukrainian-backed Russian rebel groups have said they are still fighting inside Russia’s Belgorod region, despite Moscow’s claims on Thursday to have repelled the incursion. The Freedom of Russia Legion posted videos on social media of combat apparantly in the Belgorod village Novaya Tavolzhanka, between the Ukrainian-Russian border and the town of Shebekino, the legion’s stated goal. Unlike the first major incursion into Belgorod on 22 May, the rebel group acknowledged it had met stiff resistance. “We have active fighting on the outskirts of the…

A pro-Ukraine group of Russian partisans has said it captured several soldiers during a cross-border raid into southern Russia and will hand them over to Ukrainian authorities. The Russian Volunteer Corps made the claim in a video statement released on Telegram on Sunday after a raid into the Russian region of Belgorod. The Corps, along with fighters from the Freedom of Russia Legion, has claimed responsibility for a spate of attacks inside Russian territory, including last week when Moscow said two civilians were killed during fighting. The one minute and 26 second video clip showed what appeared to be about…

The commander and senior enlisted leader of the service’s Expeditionary Center see a back-to-basics path to stronger Airmen. By Maj. Gen. John M. Klein, Jr. and Chief Master Sergeant Courtney C. Freema As the senior leaders of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, we see the incredible work Airmen do every day to provide expeditionary warfare capability to America’s armed forces. However, this vantage point also allows us to see areas for improvement and even radical change in service culture.  One area of concern is mental strength and resiliency across the Air Force. We see a need for a cultural…

The Europe-based unit in charge of shipping weapons to Ukraine has sped up deliveries by 30 percent compared to the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion last year, said a spokesperson for the U.S. Army’s 21st Theater Sustainment Command. “We have definitely learned how to be more efficient with our transportation,” the spokesperson said. The spokesperson attributed the improvements to increasing experience, after-action reports, and an improved ability to forecast operations. The acceleration comes as the U.S. Army relearns Cold War-era techniques for quickly moving soldiers and materiel across the 3,000 nautical miles that separate the U.S. from its European allies.…

Ukraine’s president will attend Hiroshima meeting on Sunday as leaders prepare to target exports to Russia The G7 group of major economies will unveil further sanctions and export controls targeting Russia over its war against Ukraine, as it was announced that the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, would attend the Hiroshima summit in person. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, now in its second year, will be high on the agenda as G7 leaders gathered in Hiroshima on Friday. The US has spearheaded tough sanctions on Russian companies, banks and individuals; the forthcoming announcements are designed to reaffirm world powers’ resolve to…

The organization behind the report, Global Surgical and Medical Support Group, has worked in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, training Ukrainian soldiers and providing medical support. It is primarily staffed by former U.S. military medical personnel, including many former U.S. special operations forces combat medics. The organization coordinates with both Ukrainian special forces and U.S. Special Operations Command in Europe, Epstein said, although they do not carry out Defense Department tasks. The report’s authors interviewed Ukrainian special forces surgeons and those working for Ukrainian military intelligence, who, despite their specialty, treat all branches of the Ukrainian land forces.…

The U.S. Air Force has praised the ability of Ukrainian pilots to master Western F-16 fighters and believes that the training program for them could be four months. This is stated in an internal document of the US Air Force, which was obtained by the portal Yahoo News, The document, which the United States passed on to NATO allies that operate F-16s, contains a detailed assessment of two Ukrainian pilots who were tested in late February and early March at an air base in Arizona. One of the Ukrainian pilots had experience flying the MiG-29, the other the Su-27. Both…

President travels to Berlin to meet German chancellor, who announces new military aid package including Leopard tanks Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine can defeat Russia by the end of this year with western help, and thanked Germany during a visit to Berlin for its “big” military and economic support. Speaking after a meeting with the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, the Ukrainian president said Germany was the second biggest contributor to Kyiv after the US. Scholz’s coalition government announced a new aid package to coincide with Zelenskiy’s visit, his first to Berlin since last year’s full-scale Russian invasion. The latest tranche…

The stockpile of Kinzhaland Kalibr missiles in Russia is at a critical level. This was reported by the representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense Andriy Yusov, "They have a large number of certain missile weapons, especially the S-300, which threatens the front-line territories, and the high-precision Daggers and Calibers are at a critical level," he noted. According to Yusov, due to sanctions, there is no possibility of rapid production of high-precision weapons in Russia, but nevertheless "there is a certain production." "We can talk about dozens of missiles per month. Even when they pause…