The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has starkly demonstrated the vulnerability of traditional medical infrastructure to deliberate attack, prompting a remarkable adaptation in Ukrainian battlefield ...

Ukraine’s use of M1A1 Abrams tanks to punch into the Pokrovsk sector has turned a troubled weapons program into a rare battlefield success, and it is already reshaping how both sides think about armor ...

The Ukraine conflict is more than a distant spectacle to China’s People’s Liberation Army; it offers a real-time battlefield laboratory to study for its own strategic needs. From drone swarms to ...

The world appears to have dodged a bullet. Donald Trump and team are walking back from their latest and most outlandish proposal for peace in Ukraine. American and Ukrainian negotiators meeting in ...

One of the toughest lessons for Western military instructors to teach Ukrainian soldiers has been fire discipline — holding fire and conserving ammunition instead of unloading relentlessly at Russian ...

When Russia launched its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, few expected Ukraine’s underfunded navy to compete with a traditional power. But within months, the naval front reversed and Ukraine transformed its ...

Mikhail Savchenko witnessed war crimes three decades ago in Bosnia, and again in his native Ukraine. In seeking justice for Russian forces’ violations, rights experts say Ukraine must avoid Bosnia’s ...

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In early March 2026, U.S. Central Command confirmed the first U.S. fatalities of the Iran conflict. A drone strike at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait killed six American servicemembers. A counter-drone system ...