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They hide under residential neighborhoods, storing their weapons in miles of tunnels and in houses, mosques, sofas — even a child’s bedroom — blurring the boundary between civilians and combatants. They emerge from hiding in plainclothes, sometimes wearing sandals or tracksuits before firing on Israeli troops, attaching mines to their vehicles, or firing rockets from launchers in civilian areas. They rig abandoned homes with explosives and tripwires, sometimes luring Israeli soldiers to enter the booby-trapped buildings by scattering signs of a Hamas presence. Through eight months of fighting in Gaza, Hamas’s military wing — the Qassam Brigades — has fought as a decentralized and largely hidden force, in contrast to its Oct. 7 attack on Israel, which began with a coordinated large-scale maneuver in which thousands of uniformed commandos surged through border towns and killed roughly 1,200 people.

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☆ Opinion: On Ukraine, Biden is taking Putin’s threats too seriously
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Opinion Adam Kinzinger | Ben Hodges | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —There seems to be a doctrine within the National Security Council in the Biden administration: escalation aversion. Ukraine requested Javelins and Stingers before the full-scale war began when Russia invaded Ukraine in February of 2022. After the battle of Kyiv was won, Ukraine requested MiG-29s, which Poland agreed to provide in exchange for Western fighters. Ukraine requested Abrams tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles for trench warfare in the east. During the Cold War, nuclear threats were not uncommon, but the US didn’t keep them from advancing its foreign policy interests.

Persons: Adam Kinzinger, Kinzinger, Ben Hodges, Biden, Vladmir Putin, Putin, Let’s, Abrams, Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron, Annegret Hilse, Donald Trump’s Organizations: CNN, Republican, House Foreign Affairs, Air National Guard, US Army Europe, US Army, National Security Council, Ukraine, MiG, Western, Patriot, HIMARS, Bradley, ATACMS, NATO, Kyiv, Twitter, Facebook Ukraine Locations: Illinois, Ukraine, France, Germany, Russian, Russia, Kyiv, Poland, West, Vietnam, Afghanistan

☆ A defiant Ukrainian soldier called in an artillery strike on his own position in a moment of self-sacrifice — and survived
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Ukrainian soldier called in an artillery strike on his own position, CNN reports. AdvertisementA Ukrainian soldier called in an artillery strike on his own position to try and stall a Russian advance, CNN reports. Alone and wounded, Serhii, whose call sign is "Fin," had Russian troops closing around him. Surrounded and ready to die, he called in artillery strikes on his position, successfully deterring advancing Russian forces. A Russian soldier even once entered Serhii's dugout, seemingly oblivious to his Ukrainian identity.

Persons: —, Serhii, Libkos, Oleksiy Tarasenko, Radio Svoboda Organizations: CNN, Service, 80th Air Assault Galician Brigade, Assault Brigade, Radio Locations: Ukrainian, Ukraine, Finland, Russia, Bakhmut, Bakhmut District, Donetsk Region, Russian, Ukraine's

☆ Ukrainian soldier says he crawled for 3 days to escape after he was stranded behind enemy lines
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Ukrainian soldier described a daring and desperate effort to get back from behind enemy lines. The soldier told Pravda he crawled for three days, while trying to hide from drones and snipers. AdvertisementA Ukrainian soldier said he had to crawl for three days to get back from behind enemy lines, all the while trying to avoid being seen and killed by Russian soldiers. "Now I realise that the reason no one went near me was because I was in a minefield," he told Pravda. Khokhol told Pravda he crawled over two miles and was almost hit by a sniper.

Persons: —, Khokhol, Conan, Khokhol's Organizations: Service, Special Forces Unit, Pravda, Russian Locations: Ukrainian, Russia, Kupiansk

☆ The Tunnels of Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Marco Hernandez | Josh Holder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

The Tunnels of Gaza How the subterranean maze below the Gaza Strip works. Gaza City Residential buildings Entrance in the basement About 65 ft underground Vent shaft Vent shaft Ammunition storage Tunnel network Gaza City Residential buildings Entrance in the basement About 65 ft underground Ammunition storage Tunnel network Gaza City Residential buildings Entrance in the basement About 65 ft underground Ammunition storage Tunnel network Gaza City Residential buildings Entrance in the basement About 65 ft underground Vent shaft Ammunition storage Tunnel networkThe Gaza Strip has all the harrowing pitfalls soldiers have learned to expect from urban warfare: high-rise ambushes, truncated lines of sight and, everywhere, vulnerable civilians with nowhere to hide. The Hamas militants who launched a bloody attack on Israel last month have built a maze of hidden tunnels some believe extend across most if not all of Gaza, the territory they control. The source material includes photographs taken inside the passageways by journalists, accounts from researchers who study the tunnels, and details of the network that emerged from Israeli forces when they invaded Gaza in 2014. Smuggling tunnels These tunnels have been documented in the Rafah area, where they are used to bring all types of goods and products into Gaza from Egypt.

Persons: Marco Hernandez, Benjamin Netanyahu, Wood, John W, Spencer, ”, Ahron Bregman, Bregman Organizations: Hamas, Livestock, U.S . Military, Institute, Modern Warfare, King's College London Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, Israel, Egypt, Rafah, Marco Hernandez Israeli

☆ Ukrainian soldier says Russia is leaving booby traps on the bodies of its own soldiers in the hope they will kill advancing Ukrainians
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine is finding Russian soldiers' bodies turned into booby traps, a Ukrainian soldier told the BBC. Russia is also stacking mines on top of each other and using tripwires, the BBC reported. Ukraine said last year that Russia had also left explosives in car trunks, in washing machines, and under dead bodies. Russia has laid so many mines, he said, that even if the war stopped tomorrow it would take hundreds of years to get rid of the mines Russia has already laid. AdvertisementAdvertisementSome Ukrainian soldiers said they risk their lives by taking mines apart by hand, while others are getting out of their tanks and progressing on foot because the minefields are so dense.

Persons: sapper, Denys, Ukraine's, Ihor, Yaroslav Galas Organizations: BBC, Service, Russian, Transcarpathian Brigade Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Poland

The enemy has been preparing to meet you for a long time,” Solonko wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. It’s unclear whether minefields are as thick deeper into Russian lines, where they might interfere with Russian forces’ own ability to maneuver. A tremendous amount of work has been done,” Solonko wrote. On Friday a Ukrainian officer with a front line unit told CNN that the open terrain was a challenge. The Russians are extensively using drones for surveillance and targeting Ukrainian positions, according to Solonko.

Persons: Oleksandr Solonko, ” Solonko, ”, ’, Solodka Balka, Emil Kastehelmi, ” Kastehelmi, Viacheslav Ratynskyi, Reuters Solonko, Robotyne Organizations: CNN, tripwires, Ukrainian Armed Forces, ” Analysts, Institute for, Reuters Locations: Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia, Bakhmut, Solodka, Tokmak, Washington, Bradley

☆ Zelenskyy says Ukraine is working with Sweden to produce 'cool vehicles' like CV90s: 'Just what is needed at the front'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on Sunday said he was partnering with Sweden to create new CV90s. The armored combat vehicles, usually made in Sweden, will now also be created in Ukraine. "Everything powerful that serves us now, we must localize and produce," Zelenskyy said. He added: "Armored vehicles – СV90, cool vehicles. "Everything powerful that serves us now, we must localize and produce," Zelenskyy said Sunday.

Persons: Zelenskyy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Bradley, Marder, С . Organizations: Service, Sunday, Russian, Sweden Ministries of Defense, Gripen Locations: Sweden, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Stockholm, Germany, France, Denmark, Netherlands

☆ Ukraine's military is overcoming Russia's dense minefields and its counteroffensive is poised to 'gain pace,' Zelenskyy says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine's counteroffensive was poised to "gain pace." Russia's dense minefields have slowed Ukraine's counteroffensive, Ukrainian officials said. OLEKSII FILIPPOV/AFP via Getty ImagesDespite the mine threat, Zelenskyy insisted that Ukraine's counteroffensive was about to "gain pace." But it is not clear how much of Ukraine's forces have so far joined the counteroffensive efforts. Multiple Ukrainian officials recently said that the bulk of Ukraine's forces had not yet been dispatched to the frontline.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, OLEKSII FILIPPOV, Jake Sullivan Organizations: Analysts, Service, Aspen Security, Financial Times, CNN, Russian, US Army Special Forces, Ukraine, Washington Post, State Emergency Service, Getty, US National Security Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Florida, Brovary, Kyiv, AFP

☆ While the Russian invasion has shown the world the next generation of high-tech warfare, old-school tactics are decimating Ukrainian troops: land mines, booby traps, and tripwires
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mines cause more wounds among troops than artillery, a Ukrainian medic told the NYT. At the same time, fiberglass rods are used instead of metal detectors to find electrically triggered mines, Insider previously reported. Wounds caused by plastic mines are particularly difficult to treat, as medics cannot locate where plastic shrapnel is embedded in the body using traditional methods like X-rays. Russian troops aren't the only ones deploying antipersonnel mines as they continue their invasion of Ukraine. Insider previously reported Human Rights Watch this month urged Ukrainian officials to investigate reports of butterfly mines being used against Russian soldiers.

Persons: Valery Zaluzhny, Maksym Prysyazhnyuk, Prysyazhnyuk, Mark Kimmitt Organizations: Service, Washington, Troops, Mines, New York Times, Times, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, of, Russian Federation, United States Department of Defense, United Nations Commission, Rights Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Wall, Silicon, Brig

☆ Ukraine is helping evacuate people out of Kherson because they're afraid that shattered power infrastructure will bring a devastating winter
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian forces withdrew from the southern city of Kherson last week — a major victory for Ukraine. Last week, Moscow ordered a withdrawal of troops from Kherson — the largest city that was occupied by Russian forces since the start of the invasion in February. During their retreat from Kherson, Russian forces blew up two major power-providing facilities in the region, plunging thousands into darkness, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, the head of Ukraine's power grid operator Ukrenergo, said last week. Some Kherson residents told The Guardian they're trying to collect as much wood as possible to keep warm. Officials in Ukraine's capital city Kyiv are preparing for the possibility of a complete evacuation because they are unable to maintain their electricity grid.

☆ A sentence that never ends: How probation kept a Pennsylvania man locked up through the pandemic — even after his release date
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-04 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +39 min

He was still a teenager when, a year after his school went under, he graduated to a new form of state supervision. Inmates walk the hallways during a media tour of the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 7, 2015. And such violations have bloated the probation system, with roughly 250,000 people now subject to restrictions on their freedom. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner listens during a press conference announcing Danielle Outlaw as the new Police Commissioner on December 30, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State Senator Katie Muth was elected in the 2018 "blue wave," defeating the incumbent Republican.

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