Author: Victor I. Nava, Washington Examiner

Russian forces were able to take control of several towns and villages in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday as Russia’s offensive in the Donbas region escalates. The Ukrainian military acknowledged the loss of territory in an operational update released on Wednesday. In the north, the village of Zavody and northeastern outskirts of the settlement of Velyka…

The demolition of a monument symbolizing the friendship Ukraine and Russia once had started with the decapitation of the figure representing the Russian side of the relationship. Authorities in Kyiv on Tuesday pulled the head off one side of the nearly 30-foot tall Soviet-era statue that has stood in the capital city since 1982. The…

An ammunition depot in Russia near the Ukrainian border reportedly caught fire on Wednesday after explosions were heard in the town. The weapons warehouse was located in the village of Staraya Nelidovka, in Russia’s Belgorod region, about 15 miles from the Ukrainian border. No one was injured in the incident, according to the governor of…

At least two low-flying Russian cruise missiles flew over a nuclear power plant in Ukraine on Tuesday before striking their targets, putting the safety of the plant at risk, according to Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company. The missiles reportedly rocketed over Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine before explosions were heard in the city Tuesday…

A breakaway region of Moldova reported a grenade attack on a government building Monday in what was likely a false flag operation conducted by Russian forces, according to a report. The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington, D.C., think tank, said on Monday that the likely false flag attack involved “unknown forces” using…

Russia’s foreign minister warned on Monday that the risk of nuclear war is “considerable” and should not be underestimated, while accusing NATO of engaging in a proxy war against Russia by arming Ukraine. In an interview with state television, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed that Russia has been striving to avoid a nuclear conflict…

Russian military forces have only made “minor advances” since retreating from the Kyiv region and escalating their offensive in eastern Ukraine earlier this month, the British Ministry of Defense said on Monday. Since the tactical change in what the Kremlin calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russia has so far failed to achieve “a…

After a secret, high-level trip to Ukraine on Sunday, the United States announced over $700 million in military assistance for Ukraine and allies and the return of U.S. diplomats to the war-torn country. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin left reporters across the border in Poland on Sunday, for security reasons,…

Fires broke out and explosions were heard at oil storage facilities in Russia on Sunday, about 80 miles from the Ukrainian border. One fire reportedly occurred at the Druzhba Oil Depot in Bryansk, Russia, located north of Ukraine’s Sumy region. The second fire broke out at a nearby facility in Bryansk. A Russian military base…

A pro-Kremlin media outlet published and then deleted a post on social media Thursday that reported over 13,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in Ukraine, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense. The publication, Readovka, posted on the Russian social media platform VK that the Defense Ministry had announced in a closed briefing that 13,414 Russian…