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Russian drone hits EU Supplied Ukrainian tank - Video Russian drone hits EU Supplied Ukrainian tank - Video Source: Telegram/brigada83 A Russian drone has taken out a Swedish-designed main battle tank in Ukraine’s Sumy Region, one of Moscow’s elite units has claimed, releasing the video of the strike. On Thursday, Russia’s 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade claimed to have destroyed a Strv-122А. The unit also released FPV footage of the alleged attack. The tank fitted with an anti-UAV frame on the roof, is seen driving at a high speed across a snowy plain without any cover. The vehicle is a licensed version of the German Leopard 2 A5 which features several improvements, including better command, control, and fire-control systems and reinforced armor. Source: Telegram/brigada83 The drone gradually cat...

Musk claims Ukrainians ‘despise’ Zelensky Musk claims Ukrainians ‘despise’ Zelensky Central Kiev. © Getty Images A poll suggesting that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is popular at home was rigged in his favor, billionaire Elon Musk, a key ally of US President Donald Trump, has claimed. “It should be utterly obvious that a Zelensky-controlled poll about his OWN approval is not credible!!” Musk wrote on X on Thursday. The post was in response to an unsourced claim on X that the US government provided grants to the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), which released a poll suggesting that 57% of Ukrainians have confidence in Zelensky. “If Zelensky was actually loved by the people of Ukraine, he would hold an election,” he added, claiming that Zelensky is “despised by the people of Ukraine” and “would lose in a landslid...

White House rebukes Zelensky’s ‘insults’ towards Trump White House rebukes Zelensky’s ‘insults’ towards Trump US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz at a press briefing at the White House. February 20, 2025. ©Win McNamee/Getty Images The White House has condemned Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s “unacceptable” insults directed at US President Donald Trump. During a press briefing on Thursday, US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz explained the frustration in Washington with Kiev’s recent rhetoric. Tensions between the US and Ukraine escalated this week after Zelensky criticized Trump for breaking the period of diplomatic non-engagement with Russia. He insisted on a seat at the negotiating table regarding the Ukraine conflict and declined to sign a minerals deal that Trump sought to finalize to recoup US taxpayer money given to Kiev....

Kremlin comments on Trump-Zelensky dispute Kremlin comments on Trump-Zelensky dispute Kremlin ©Getty Images/Jon Hicks Ukrainian officials including Vladimir Zelensky are making increasingly “unacceptable” statements about other countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. His comments come after Zelensky accused US President Donald Trump of believing Russian “disinformation.” Trump and Zelensky are locked in a public feud which escalated this week when the US president claimed that the Ukrainian leader was “a dictator without elections” and accused him of funneling US aid into a “war that couldn’t be won.” Trump also suggested that Zelensky wouldn’t win an election in Ukraine due to what he claimed was an approval rating of 4%. Zelensky responded on Wednesday by alleging that Trump was “living in a disinformation space”...

US-Russia talks begin in Saudi Arabia US-Russia talks begin in Saudi Arabia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for talks with the US delegation. ©Russian Foreign Ministry Russian and US delegations have begun high-level talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at restoring diplomatic relations and paving the way for a settlement of the Ukraine conflict. The meeting in Riyadh is attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, President Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy aide, Yury Ushakov, and Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). The US is represented by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, and Steve Witkoff, the special envoy for the Middle East. Neither Ukraine nor its EU backers are taking part in the talks. In the run-up to the meeting, U...

UK and EU ‘incapable of negotiation’ – Moscow UK and EU ‘incapable of negotiation’ – Moscow Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia. ©Brian Smith/RIA Novosti The UK and EU cannot be part of the Ukraine peace talks, as they are incapable of negotiating, Moscow’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia has said. The diplomat made the comments as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Yury Ushakov, President Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy aide, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday for bilateral talks with top US diplomats, discussions to which the EU and Ukraine are not invited. “The Minsk guarantors, and in general EU states and the UK are incapable of negotiation and cannot be a party to any future agreements on regulating the Ukrainian crisis,” Nebenzia told the UN Security Council on Monday. Both are...

Russian UAV destroys ‘drone-proof’ Ukrainian military vehicle - VIDEO Russian UAV destroys ‘drone-proof’ Ukrainian military vehicle - VIDEO New first-person-view (FPV) footage shows Russian fiber optic-guided drones hunting Ukrainian vehicles protected by electronic warfare antennae near the Kursk Region border. Russian frontline journalist Evgeny Poddubny posted the clip on his Telegram channel on Sunday; it presumably shows the work of the Russian 40th Separate Guards Marine Brigade drone pilots, of the ‘North’ group of forces. In the first part of the video, a suicide FPV drone can be seen chasing down a Ukrainian tank and striking the top rear section of its hull, despite several anti-drone measures. Several electronic warfare antennas can be seen poking through the top of the anti-drone slat armor welded onto th...

Vance accuses the Wall Street Journal of inventing ‘threats to Russia’ Vance accuses the Wall Street Journal of inventing ‘threats to Russia’ US vice president JD Vance ©Getty Images/Johannes Simon US Vice President J.D. Vance has criticized the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) for what he says is a misrepresentation of remarks he made on Ukraine. Vanced refuted the paper’s report published on Thursday that he had said that the US would threaten Russia with either sanctions or military action. In a summary to an article on Thursday titled “Vance Wields Threat of Sanctions, Military Action to Push Putin Into Ukraine Deal” the paper stated that the US vice president had pledged to impose sanctions and possibly launch military action if Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected a peace deal guaranteeing Ukraine’s independence. The Kremlin soug...