Tag: Ukraine
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Targeting the drone market: Colorado firm creates a ‘show pony’ to woo defense contractors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Few could have imagined how large drone weapons would loom after three years of war in Ukraine, following the specter of their battlefield dominance and their use in shock attacks against distant Russian airbases and…
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The Everywhere War comes to Boulder | Vince Bzdek
Two headlines in The Wall Street Journal last week brought home how small the world has become. “The Intifada comes to Boulder,” read one. “Ukraine’s drone strike is a warning — for the U.S.,” read the other. The first referred to how the Palestinian uprising against Israel suddenly landed in our backyard last Sunday when…
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As Trump administration pauses military aid to Ukraine, Colorado nonprofit ramps up help
As the Trump administration paused U.S. military aid to Ukraine and Russia advanced on more territory, a tiny non-profit in Colorado Springs is ramping up reinforcement to Ukrainians, one family at a time. “It’s not stopping me,” said Yana Malyk, the Ukrainian woman who fled the country with her two teenage daughters in 2022 and landed…
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Hundreds rally in support of Ukraine outside of Colorado state Capitol
Hundreds gathered outside the Colorado state Capitol on Sunday in support of Ukraine and to mark three years since Russian forces started their invasion. “Today we came here just to raise our voices, to raise awareness that the war is still active. The war has not ended,” Marina Dubrova, president of the organizing nonprofit Ukrainians…
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Ukrainian refugee pleads not guilty to killing Boulder cyclist Magnus White
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Ukrainian refugee charged with vehicular homicide in the death of competitive cyclist Magnus White plead not guilty in Boulder District court Friday morning. Yeva Smilianska, 23, said two words, “Not guilty,” and understood the rest of the court proceedings through an interpreter. Yeva Smilianska,…
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Hundreds in Denver rally to support Ukraine on 2nd anniversary of Russian invasion
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hundreds of Ukraine supporters gathered at a rally at the Colorado state Capitol in Denver on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of the U.S. ally. “Today, we are asking members of U.S. Congress to step up and vote for help to…
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Yana’s journey: After fleeing Ukraine and finding new life in Colorado Springs, refugee visits home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Yana Malyk looked out the train window into the darkness of eastern Poland, the faint lights of distant farmhouses illuminating the landscape on the cold December night. Malyk had boarded the eastbound train in Katowice, Poland, destined for the final stop in Prezmys’l, 4 miles…
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From Colorado Springs to Ukraine — glimpses of war: ‘Everyone knew everyone’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: Almost two years into the war, Gazette Photo Editor Christian Murdock has traveled to Ukraine to capture the struggle of a generation. For the next couple of weeks, his images and stories aim to better connect us to the plight of a people…
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Biden urges Air Force Academy graduates to ‘meet the moment’
Under partially cloudy skies at Falcon Stadium, President Joe Biden on Thursday highlighted various world threats from the conflict in Ukraine to increasingly damaging natural disasters that 921 Air Force Academy graduates will face as future military leaders. Biden noted the world “genuinely needs” them at this inflection point in history and despite all the…
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Building a ‘unity of understanding:’ In Poland, U.S. and NATO troops prove ready to deter Russia
BEMOWO PISKIE, Poland • A barrage of shells, rockets and machine-gun fire blasted into distant targets Friday afternoon, filling the air with constant explosions near a critical borderland where former members of the Soviet Union are connected to the rest of NATO by a small strip of land between a Russian province and Belarus, a Russian…