Tuesday Briefing: Putin Lashes Out Over Incursion
President Vladimir Putin lashed out at the West yesterday over Ukraine’s weeklong incursion into Russian territory. His comments were a sign of how the surprise attack has unsettled the Kremlin.
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Putin vows 'worthy response' to Ukraine's incursion as 11,000 evacuated in second border region
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed a "worthy response" to Ukraine's ongoing incursion into Russian territory, as a further 11,000 people were evacuated in a second border region on Monday.
75 years on, are the Geneva Conventions as good as dead?
Today marks 75 years since the adoption of the Geneva Conventions on August 12, 1949. In theory, these rules of war are universally agreed by every nation. In practice, they are routinely violated everywhere.
New Cold War missile race kicks into higher gear
North Korea’s ballistic missile buildup and Japan’s interceptor missile production plan with the US might fuel a missile war of attrition in Ukraine.
Kursk invasion looks like WWII’s Battle of the Bulge
Some Weapons and Strategy readers say that there is a strong resemblance between the current Kursk battle and the Battle of the Bulge, which raged in December 1944 and January 1945. It is a topic worth exploring.
Kursk shows it never pays to underestimate Ukraine
The Kursk submarine disaster on August 12, 2000, was the worst military humiliation of Vladimir Putin’s early years as president of Russia, with all 118 sailors killed when an accidental explosion sank the nuclear-powered vessel.
Father and son, 4, killed in Russia attack on Ukraine’s Kyiv region ‘with North Korea missile’
Two people were killed, including a four-year old boy, in a Russian drone and missile barrage on the Kyiv region overnight into Sunday, while in Russia the regional governor of Kursk said 13 people were wounded when a Ukrainian missile shot down by Russian air defences fell on a residential building.