The battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is over. After more than six months of brutal artillery duels, frantic troop advances and thousands of Russian and Ukrainian casualties, Moscow’s formations are firmly in control of the industrial hub. nyti.ms
@WSJ2 years ago
The U.S. is more than quadrupling its troop presence in Taiwan for training against threat from China on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld2 years ago
The U.S. will extend its troop deployment in Romania, at the edge of the Ukraine war. The move is part of President Biden’s commitment to increase American forces in Europe in response to the Russian invasion last February. nyti.ms
@WSJ2 years ago
Obituary: Frances Hesselbein, an unlikely management guru who got her start running a Girl Scout troop and won praise from Peter Drucker, has died. She was 107. on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld3 years ago
Satellite images capture massive troop build up in Ethiopia-Eritrea border bbc.in
@guardian3 years ago
Russia laments ‘tragedy’ of troop deaths as Zelenskiy warns of atrocities in Borodyanka theguardian.com
@WSJ3 years ago
The Russian advance on Kyiv has "stalled amid food and fuel shortages, Ukrainian resistance, and slower than expected troop movement toward the capital," a senior U.S. defense official said on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The fallout from the doping scheme at the 2014 Sochi Games, and the troop buildup on the Ukrainian border, has kept Russian athletes at the Beijing Games under a microscope. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are meeting to discuss ways to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine and a solution to the monthslong crisis triggered by Russia’s troop buildup on.wsj.com
@guardian3 years ago
US to heighten troop presence in eastern Europe, says Biden theguardian.com
@WSJ4 years ago
The Taliban inherited thousands of U.S.-supplied assault weapons and military ground vehicles along with other technology and equipment including artillery pieces and night-vision goggles, another toll of the U.S. troop withdrawal on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
To get a perspective of the U.S. pullout in Afghanistan that hadn't been explored, a Times military reporter interviewed Vietnamese veterans who saw a troop withdrawal firsthand. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld2 years ago
Russian lawmakers voted on Tuesday to pass a package of draconian measures that would make it harder to dodge a military draft, an apparent attempt to avoid the chaos that marred last year’s troop mobilization to bolster Moscow’s forces in Ukraine. nyti.ms
@WSJ2 years ago
The U.S. is more than quadrupling its troop presence in Taiwan for training against threat from China on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld2 years ago
The U.S. will extend its troop deployment in Romania, at the edge of the Ukraine war. The move is part of President Biden’s commitment to increase American forces in Europe in response to the Russian invasion last February. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld2 years ago
As Russian forces continue to launch drone and missile assaults from Belarus and troop movements near Ukraine’s northern border stir concern, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday that it had increased the number of soldiers in the area. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
The U.S. will make its biggest military expansion in Europe since the Cold War, including its first permanent troop presence in Poland on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Ukrainian forces were clearing mines and counting the dead around Kyiv following Russian troop withdrawals in recent days, as Moscow shifted military operations to the country’s east on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The U.S. met with China over three months to present intelligence showing Russia’s troop buildup near Ukraine and to urge Beijing to help avert war, U.S. officials said. Chinese officials rebuffed the U.S. and shared the information with Moscow. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
Stock futures fell after Western officials said they weren’t seeing a de-escalation on Ukraine's border, despite Moscow’s claims of troop withdrawals on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Ukraine prepared for military exercises in response to Russia’s troop buildup as French President Emmanuel Macron shuttled between the countries in an attempt to ease tensions on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
In the months since the Russian troop buildup on Ukraine’s borders began, researchers have noticed an uptick in Moscow and its online army of allies pushing out disinformation. nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Half of Britons think US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan was wrong theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
UK troop pullout could turn into a catastrophe for Afghans | Letter theguardian.com
@nytimesworld2 years ago
Thousands of miles from the cities that Russia is bombing in Ukraine, China has been studying the war. Beijing sees a source of invaluable lessons on weapons, troop power, intelligence and deterrence that can help it prepare for potential wars of its own. nyti.ms
@guardian2 years ago
Biden talks with Poland president to focus on troop deployments theguardian.com
@nytimesworld2 years ago
The U.S. will extend its troop deployment in Romania, at the edge of the Ukraine war. The move is part of President Biden’s commitment to increase American forces in Europe in response to the Russian invasion last February. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld2 years ago
Ukraine war: Russia troop deployment to Belarus prompts speculation bbc.in
@guardian3 years ago
Boris Johnson promises Ukraine UK-led troop training scheme on Kyiv visit theguardian.com
@guardian3 years ago
Russia-Ukraine war latest: Russian troop withdrawal ‘noticeable’, says Zelenskiy; US gives Kyiv $300m more in – live theguardian.com
@WSJ3 years ago
The British government has rolled out the first sanctions on Russians in response to troop movements into breakaway regions of Ukraine and threatens more, potentially hitting what some call “Moscow-on-Thames” on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
With Ukraine’s fate uncertain, world attention has focused on urgent negotiations, troop movements, threats, high-profile meetings — and President Vladimir V. Putin’s table. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
It is unknown if other chimps places insects on wounds like this, or if the behavior is unique to this troop in a preserve in the West African country Gabon. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
The House approved a $778 billion defense bill that includes troop pay raises, a military justice overhaul and a provision to create an Afghan war commission on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
About two dozen State Department officials at the U.S. embassy in Kabul warned last month in a confidential memo of the city's potential collapse soon after the Aug. 31 U.S. troop withdrawal deadline, people familiar with the matter say on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
Biden to speak on US troop withdrawal amid Afghan criticism – live theguardian.com
@WSJ2 years ago
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Iraq for talks on continuing the U.S. troop presence there on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld2 years ago
Firepower has been crucial in Russia’s gains in the war, but Ukrainian fighters and analysts say that Moscow has relied increasingly on a more crude tactic as its forces try to take the eastern city of Bakhmut: the sheer weight of troop numbers. nyti.ms
@guardian2 years ago
Russia-Ukraine war live: US calls for Russian troop pullout after Putin acknowledges ‘war’ theguardian.com
@nytimesworld2 years ago
Does a Russian troop deployment to Belarus portend a new front in the war against Ukraine? NATO allies say it’s unlikely, but they can’t be certain. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Russia appears to be shifting its immediate ambitions on the eastern front of its invasion of Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War says, as battlefield setbacks and dwindling troop numbers drain Russia's war effort. Follow our updates. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
Russia-Ukraine war latest news: Russian troop withdrawal designed to ‘mislead’, says Ukrainian military – live theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Analysts puzzling over the Russian leader’s intentions say that his troop buildup around Ukraine could be a convincing bluff, but also posit that he could have fundamentally changed during the pandemic. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
Russian pledge of troop withdrawals met with widespread scepticism theguardian.com
@WSJ3 years ago
The U.K., Poland and Ukraine are working to establish a three-way partnership, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as he ordered an increase in troop numbers to deter a possible Russian invasion on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld3 years ago
Russian troop build-up: View from Ukraine front line bbc.in
@WSJ4 years ago
The Taliban seized the capital of Afghanistan's Nimroz province along the Iranian border, the first such takeover since the insurgents launched an offensive to take advantage of the U.S. troop withdrawal on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
China and India have sent tens of thousands of soldiers to their disputed border in recent months, in the largest troop buildup in the region in decades on.wsj.com