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☆ From 'the greatest salesman' to 'very honorable': Trump changes tack on Ukraine's president
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a meeting in New York on September 25, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty ImagesPresident of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, on July 23, 2019. Trump corrected himself, MSNBC reported at the time, saying that he "likes" Zelenskyy — before returning to his critique of the Ukrainian leader. Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University on August 9, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana. Michael Ciaglo | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesReferring to the war in Ukraine, Trump concluded that he'd "settle" the crisis during his post-election presidential period.

Persons: Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky, Saul Loeb, Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Hennadii, Trump, Zelenskyy, that's, Michael Ciaglo, Kamala Harris Organizations: Ukrainian, United Nations General Assembly, Afp, Getty, Green, Deal, White, Republicans, Democrats, MSNBC, Republican, Montana State University, House, Democratic, Trump, New York Times, Siena College, U.S, Democratic Party, Military Command, State Border Guard Service, Military, Anadolu Locations: New York, Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, U.S, Bozeman , Montana, Volyn, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Chernihiv, Volyn Oblast

☆ Belarus is building up its military on Ukraine's border and bragging about the 'high combat readiness' of its troops
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewRussian neighbor and ally Belarus said it is boosting its military presence along its border with Ukraine, with its president saying its troops are combat-ready. Thousands of Russian troops entered Ukraine from Belarus at the start of the invasion. This includes a high-ranking Belarusian military official saying in late June that Ukraine was "attempting to drag our country into the war." In response, Ukraine's State Border Guard Service said that all of Ukraine's activities near Belarus' border were just defensive, Euromaidan reported. It is unlikely that Belarus' troops would make a big impact even if they did enter the war.

Persons: —, Aleksander Lukashenko, Lukashenko, Vladimir Putin, Euromaidan, Mark Cancian Organizations: Service, Business, Russian, State Border Guard Service, Ukrainian Security, Defense Council's Center, US Marine Corps, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Ministry of Defence Locations: Belarus, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia, Russian, Belarusian

☆ Video shows Ukrainian drone taking out a jet ski with 2 Russian soldiers who were attempting to cross the Dnipro River
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Drones targeted Russian soldiers crossing the Dnipro River on a jet ski, said Ukraine. AdvertisementFootage shared by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine appears to show Russian soldiers crossing the Dnipro River on a jet ski being taken out by a drone. The video, released by Ukraine's 79th State Border Guard Service, appears to show the Russian soldiers being targeted by Ukrainian FPV drones. The drone tracks the jet ski as it crosses the river. When the Russian soldiers reach the opposing bank, the drone hones in and hits the jet ski.

Persons: — Organizations: Ukraine’s 79th State Border Guard Service, Service, Ministry of Defense, Ukraine's 79th State Border Guard Service, Business Locations: Dnipro, Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian

CNN —Almost three years on from its bloody coup, Myanmar’s military junta is facing the biggest threat to its hold on power as it fights wars on multiple fronts across the Southeast Asian nation. Junta airstrikes and ground attacks on what the Myanmar military calls “terrorist” targets have killed thousands of civilians to date, including children, and displaced about 2 million people. Stringer/AFP/Getty ImagesCNN has reached out to Myanmar’s military spokesperson for comment on the recent fighting but has not received a response. Stringer/AFP/Getty ImgesIn the jungles of southeast Kayah state, fighting has raged near the state capital Loikaw. Video filmed and published by the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force appears to show Myanmar army soldiers surrendering to rebels at Loikaw University who are filmed treating their injuries.

Persons: ”, Matthew Arnold, ” Arnold, Min Aung, Aung, Suu Kyi, “, Bo Nagar, Stringer, Myint Swe, Chin Shwe Haw, Nan Diya, Lalmalsawma Hnamte, Lin Lin, Ye Myo Hein, May, – “, Karen, Chin state’s Matupi, Tian Junli, Arnold, Myanmar’s, it’s, Suu Organizations: CNN, United Nations, National Unity Government, Junta, Myanmar, UN, Administration Council, Burma National Revolutionary Army, National Liberation Army, Alliance, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, Arakan Army, ”, Getty, Reuters, Loikaw, Karenni Nationalities Defense Force, Loikaw University, Resistance, Burma People’s Liberation Army, Brotherhood Alliance, United States Institute of Peace, Wilson Center, Border Guard Forces, China, Global Times, PLA Southern Theater Command Locations: Myanmar, Myanmar’s, Suu, Yangon, Mandalay, Burma, Namhsan Township, Shan State, AFP, Arakan, China, ”, Shan, Chin, Muse, Rakhine, Pauktaw, Lashio, Kayah, Mizoram, “, Sagaing region, Asia, Kawkareik, Karenni, Sagaing, India, Thailand, Bangladesh

☆ Ukraine official says it can't properly use its Western kit because it has so few soldiers left, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The lack of soldiers means Ukraine isn't able to make proper use of Western-provided gear, he said. As well as suffering casualties, many Ukrainian men are trying to escape enlistment. AdvertisementAdvertisementAlthough Ukraine doesn't give public figures, Western estimates suggest it has suffered in excess of 100,000 casualties. Under the current legal regime of martial law , Ukrainian men aged 18 to 60 are not supposed to leave. This is not the first time the Ukrainian army has faced personnel shortages.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine doesn't, Andriy Demchenko Organizations: Time, Service, State Border Guard, AFP Locations: Ukraine, Romania, Kyiv

YAHIDNE, Ukraine — Ukraine's military is making "very tangible progress" in its counteroffensive against Russian forces, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told NBC News on Thursday. He also placed the blame for a lack of peace talks at the door of the Kremlin. Ukrainians "knew this was going to be a hard fight but especially over the last couple of weeks, we are seeing very tangible progress," Blinken said in an interview. He said that he had heard a very detailed report from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who recently visited the front lines, and his military advisers. "I think we are seeing real forward movement," Blinken added.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Ukraine —, Ukraine's, Blinken, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: State Border Guard, Security and, Russian, NBC, Kyiv, Kremlin Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, YAHIDNE, Ukraine's, Yahidne, Russian

Moscow has conducted long-range air strikes on targets in Ukraine since the start of its invasion last year. The Romanian Defence Ministry said Romania was not hit. "The ministry of defence categorically denies information from the public space regarding a so-called overnight situation during which Russian drones would have fallen in Romania's national territory," it said. "We heard the drones, the booms and the air defence systems across the river," she told Reuters by telephone. Ukraine has reported suspected Russian weapons flying over or crashing into neighbours, including NATO members, several times during the war.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Tayyip Erdogan, Oleg Nikolenko, Nikolenko, Daniela Tanase, Oksana Savchuk, Erdogan, Putin, Andriy Yermak, Yermak, Pavel Polityuk, Olena Harmash, Tom Balmforth, Luiza Ilie, Timothy Heritage, Peter Graff Organizations: Russia, NATO, Reuters, Facebook, Romanian Defence Ministry, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Romania, Bucharest, KYIV, BUCHAREST, Moscow, Ukraine's, Izmail, Romanian, Plauru, Russia, Poland, Ukrainian, Russia's Black, Sochi, Turkey, Kyiv

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Ukraine dismisses defense minister as its armed forces break through Russian defensive line
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Sea secerity motorboat is seen at Izmail river port on Danube river, in Odesa region, Ukraine, July 21, 2022. Ukraine said on Monday Russian drones fell and detonated on the territory of NATO member Romania during an overnight attack on Ukrainian port infrastructure on the Danube River, but Bucharest categorically denied the report. Reuters could not independently verify either account of what could represent a dramatic turn in Russia's 18-month-old war in Ukraine. The Romanian Defence Ministry issued a statement in which it said it "categorically" denied the Ukrainian assertion. A Ukrainian industry source told Reuters that two Russian drones had fallen on the Romanian side.

Persons: Oleg Nikolenko, Nikolenko, — Organizations: NATO, Reuters, Facebook, Romanian Defence Ministry Locations: Odesa region, Ukraine, Romania, Bucharest, Moscow, Ukraine's, Izmail, Ukrainian, Odesa, Romanian, Russia

☆ Video shows a Ukrainian soldier celebrating after his first-person-view drone slams into a Russian military truck from behind
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A video shared by Ukraine's Defense Ministry shows the drone operator celebrating the strike. The drone can be seen flying toward its target, an enemy vehicle, which the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said was a Russian-produced UAZ military truck. "The hand of a master," said Ukraine's Ministry of Defense in a post on X, which was formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday. A YouTube channel for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said border guards were conducting reconnaissance operations when they noticed an enemy truck heading toward the "positions of the occupiers." The operator of the drone "delivered an explosive gift" to the truck, it said.

Organizations: Ukraine's Defense Ministry, Service, —, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, State Border Guard Service, ' Locations: Russian, Kharkiv, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Antwerp

☆ Ukraine says it thwarts attempt by Russian saboteur group to cross its northern border
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 1 (Reuters) - Ukraine has thwarted an overnight attempt by a Russian saboteur group to cross its northern border, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote on the Telegram messaging app. "Last night, in the Chernihiv region, border guards stopped an attempt by an enemy saboteur-reconnaissance group to cross the state border of Ukraine within the Semenivka community," he said. Serhiy Naev, commander of the joint forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said that four armed people attempted to cross the border but were repelled by Ukrainian fire. He added that reserves of the State Border Guard Service and Ukraine's armed forces were deployed to strengthen the area. Ukraine has strengthened its northern military sector following the arrival of Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in Belarus.

Persons: Ihor Klymenko, Serhiy Naev, Klymenko, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Anna Pruchnicka, Christina Fincher Organizations: Armed Forces of, State Border Guard Service, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Chernihiv, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian, Belarus

☆ Wagner mercenaries entering Belarus as Minsk announces 'road map' for joint military drills
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A fighter from Russian Wagner mercenary group conducts training for Belarusian soldiers on a range near the town of Osipovichi, Belarus July 14, 2023 in this still image taken from handout video. Separately, a spokesperson for Ukraine's State Border Guard Service said Saturday that the force also had observed "some groups" of Wagner fighters crossing from Russia into Belarus. The Belarusian Defense Ministry said in an online statement late Friday that it had developed a "road map" with Wagner's management for joint training exercises drills by the nation's military personnel and the private mercenaries. Earlier Friday, the Defense Ministry said that Wagner fighters had begun training Belarusian soldiers. Prigozhin had accused the senior Russian military leadership for months of bungling the war in Ukraine and starving his troops of ammunition.

Persons: Russian Wagner, Wagner, Belaruski Hajun, Alexander Lukashenko, Lukashenko, couldn't, Andriy Demchenko, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin, Prigozhin, Putin, denigrate Prigozhin Organizations: country's Defense Ministry, Russian, The Associated Press, Lukashenko, AP, Ukraine's, for National Resistance, State Border Guard Service, Ukrainska Pravda, Belarusian Defense Ministry, Defense Ministry, General Staff, Russia's Kommersant Locations: Russian, Osipovichi, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Minsk, Moscow, Rostov, Prigozhin

☆ Intense battlefield video shows Ukrainians rescuing a wounded soldier and treating his shrapnel wound in the back of a van
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A video published by Ukraine's border guards on Tuesday follows a unit fighting in Bakhmut. The video follows the unit as they drive in the night to rescue the soldier and treat his wounds. Help me," the injured soldier says over a radio, per a translation added to the video by the border guard. The video then shows the team dragging the injured soldier into the car as he groans in pain. The injured soldier then asks whether he has lost his leg, to which the other says: "What are you talking about!

☆ Ukraine brings home 130 military in Easter prisoner exchange
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, April 16 (Reuters) - One hundred and thirty Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released and returned home in a "great Easter exchange", a senior Ukrainian presidential official said on Sunday, the day of Orthodox Easter. Ukrainian and Russian forces have held regular prisoner exchanges during Moscow's invasion, now in its 14th month. Yermak said those returning home included military, border guards, national guard members, sailors and employees of the state border guard. The exchange was the second large prisoner swap in the past week. On Monday, Russia and Ukraine said they carried out a major prisoner swap with 106 Russian prisoners of war being freed in exchange for 100 Ukrainians.

☆ Video shows Ukrainian soldiers in intense house-to-house fighting in Bakhmut as Russia's invasion approaches one-year mark
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Footage released by Ukrainian forces shows intense scenes of border guards firing at Russians. In the video released last Tuesday on Facebook, the Border Guard Service said four Russian "occupiers" were killed, and five were wounded. Russian leader Vladimir Putin wants to capture Bahkmut by the war's one-year mark on February 24, Sky News reported. Ukrainian forces have held off shelling of 20 settlements near Bakhmut as of Friday, General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in a Facebook post. Russian forces are responsible for a "widespread and systematic attack" against Ukrainian civilians, she said, including execution-style killings, rape, and torture.

☆ Ukraine forces retain control of Soledar, governor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A tank fires a round, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Soledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, in this screen grab released on January 8, 2023 and obtained from a social media video by Reuters on January 10, 2023. State Border Guard Service Of Ukraine/via REUTERS/File PhotoKYIV, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces are fighting to retain control of Soledar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, the regional governor said on Saturday, contradicting Russian claims that Moscow's forces had captured the small town. "Soledar remains under control of our military, though there is street fighting and also fighting outside of the city because the enemy is trying to advance in several directions. Kyrylenko's comments came after Russia said repeatedly that its forces had taken control of the town. He said about 550 residents were still living in Soledar, which had a population of about 10,000 before the war.

☆ Ukraine forces retain control of Soledar despite Russian claims, governor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A tank fires a round, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Soledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, in this screen grab released on January 8, 2023 and obtained from a social media video by Reuters on January 10, 2023. State Border Guard Service Of Ukraine/via REUTERS/File PhotoKYIV, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces are fighting to retain control of Soledar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, the regional governor said on Saturday, contradicting Russian claims that Moscow's forces had captured the small town. For days Soledar, a small salt-mining town, has been the focus of a Russian assault. Kyrylenko's comments came after Russia said repeatedly that its forces had taken control of the town. He said about 550 residents were still living in Soledar, which had a population of about 10,000 before the war.

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