Snake Island Border Guards Who Told Russian Warship to ‘Go F*** Yourself’ Are Alive, Ukrainian Navy Says

A Russian warship at sunset ahead of the Navy Day parade in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea, July 27, 2019. (Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters) The Ukrainian border guards initially presumed to have been killed in action on Snake Island, a

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Daily Crunch: State-sponsored hackers target private email addresses of Ukrainian military

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Daily Crunch: Overnight, Russia’s invasion puts Ukrainian tech industry on a war footing

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Defiant Ukrainian border guards killed after telling Russian warship to ‘go f–k yourself’

Ukrainian border guards defending a Black Sea island defiantly told an invading Russian warship to “go f–k yourself” when asked to surrender and were killed when the warship opened fire. The 13 guards were posted on the small but strategic

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Russia Orders Troops to Ukrainian Separatist Regions following Putin Recognition

BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles during drills held by Southern Military District armed forces at the Kadamovsky range in Rostov Region, Russia, January 27, 2022. (Sergey Pivovarov/Reuters) Russia has ordered troops to the two separatist regions of Ukraine’s Donbas territory to fulfill

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Russia kills 5 ‘Ukrainian saboteurs’ allegedly trying to breach border: report

Russian military officials said on Monday that five “saboteurs” from Ukraine who tried to breach Russia’s border had been killed. The officials claimed troops and border guards intercepted the “diversionary reconnaissance” group as they tried to breach the border, Russian

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Ukrainian President Calls for ‘Honest’ Response on E.U., NATO Membership Bid

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at a conference in Brussels, Belgium, October 6, 2020 (Reuters/Stephanie Lecocq) Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky called for an “honest” response to his country’s attempts to join the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in

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Russia Has Between 169,000 and 190,000 Troops on Ukrainian Border, Up from 100,000 at End of January, U.S. Says

A service member of the Ukrainian Naval Infantry Corps drives a tank during drills in an unknown location in Ukraine, February 18, 2022. (Press Service of the Ukrainian Naval Forces/Handout via Reuters ) Russia has gathered between 169,000 and 190,000

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Vladimir Putin ‘falls asleep’ at Beijing Olympics as Ukrainian team is introduced

Vladimir Putin’s not losing any sleep over the Ukraine conflict. The Russian president appeared to doze off during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics Friday as Ukraine’s national team marched through the stadium. The world leader was caught on

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