A report from the front lines in Ukraine, where the Army is struggling to defend territory against Vladimir Putin amid decreasing U.S. weapons deliveries and diminishing support from Republicans. Luke Mogelson writes.
I embedded with the battalion three days later. The government had mandated an evacuation of Kupyansk in August, and, as my translator and I entered the city, its ghostly silence was punctuated by the sound of incoming and outgoing munitions. Huge craters gaped on the roadside; factories lay in ruins. Kupyansk sits on a hill that slopes down to the Oskil River. The main bridge had been destroyed, but a makeshift earthwork allowed vehicles to cross.
He also plotted a line from the grid coördinate back to one of his machine gunners on the high ground. Although the machine gunner couldn’t see the Russians, he could aim his weapon along the angle that Perun gave him. The sniper, through his scope, observed where the rounds made impact in the snow. Perun passed the information on to the machine gunner, who zeroed in on the Russian squad by lowering or raising his barrel accordingly.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Wife of Russian political prisoner: Russian people “enraged” at Putin after years of “being lied to”This is additional taxonomy that helps us with analytics
Read more »
Russian court extends detention of US-Russian journalist working for Radio LibertyA Russian court has extended the detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, Russian state news agency TASS reported from the courtroom Monday.
Read more »
Plant a tree, get $100 under new MWD program aimed at expanding SoCal's tree canopyThe Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is offering residents up to $500 to plant trees and expand the urban canopy.
Read more »
Canopy soil of old-growth forest fosters unique invertebrate diversity that is vulnerable to human disturbanceYakushima Island, a world heritage site in Japan, is renowned for its rich biodiversity. The huge Japanese cedar (Yaku-sugi) forests, which are over a thousand years old, are a symbolic ecosystem of the island.
Read more »
Two coral snakes recorded battling for prey in a scientific firstTwo red-tailed coral snakes have been observed competing over a caecilian in the first documented wild case of kleptoparasitism within the family Elapidae.
Read more »