Weapons

Read one report representing the Russian side, two reports representing the Ukrainian side.

Russia hasn’t used full might yet, says Department of Defense official.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he will be releasing convicted criminals who have "real combat experience" to assist in fighting.

Hungary banned lethal weapons from passing through the country on its way to Ukraine, Hungarian officials announced Monday.

The Taliban began going to house-to-house in Kabul and other Afghan cities Friday in search of weapons and criminals after a recent increase in robberies and kidnappings.

"Russia did not launch a war, it is ending it," Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zakharova said.

President Vladimir Putin dramatically escalated East-West tensions by ordering Russian nuclear forces put on high alert Sunday, while Ukraine’s embattled leader agreed to talks with Moscow as Putin’s troops and tanks drove deeper into the country.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said that the European Union would close its airspace to Russian aircraft in response to the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, ABC News reported.

The media and the war machine (or do I repeat myself?) want us to take sides in the Russo/Ukraine war. To those of us with long histories in military conflicts in which the US foreign policy establishment, media, and military have an interest, the terms are always framed as white hats and black hats - and you had better choose a side! 

Ukraine has been repelling Russian forces, particularly in embattled capitol city of Kyiv.