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Explainer-Bakhmut: Why Russia and Ukraine are battling so hard for one small city

Over 90% of its residents have fled, much of it lies in ruins, tens of thousands have been killed, and its strategic importance has been played down by the Pentagon and NATO chiefs. Yet Russia and Ukraine are still battling for the small city of Bakhmut.

Reuters

Push is on to boost troops’ housing allowance - Roll Call

Congress pushes the Defense Department to cover all of its Basic Allowance for Housing to put less financial strain on troops.

Roll Call

US pledges $2.6 billion more in weapons aid to Ukraine

The U.S. unveiled $2.6 billion worth of military assistance that includes three air surveillance radars, anti-tank rockets and fuel trucks, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday, as Ukraine prepares a spring offensive against invading Russian forces.

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First Thing: Trump to surrender after hush-money indictment

The extraordinary scene in Manhattan will mark the first time a former US president will face criminal charges. Plus, why so many Americans hate – and love – the AR-15

The Guardian - UK

Analysis-China's intensifying nuclear-armed submarine patrols add complexity for U.S., allies

China is for the first time keeping at least one nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine constantly at sea, according to a Pentagon report - adding pressure on the United States and its allies as they try to counter Beijing's growing military.

Reuters

US Extends Carrier Deployment After Syria Attack

The United States has decided to extend the deployment of the George H.W.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia protests over ‘provocative actions’ by US forces in Syria

Russian rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov said the protest was made to the US-led coalition in Syria over actions by US troops.

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Pentagon won't be buying air-launched hypersonic missile after failed test: report

The US Air Force will not use a Lockheed Martin-made hypersonic weapon for its Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon program. Other hypersonic research continues.

Space

Expert: US unwilling to support veterans

America’s veterans need all the help they can get but there’s no evidence it’s coming their way

Salon

6 US troops have traumatic brain injury after Syria attacks

The Pentagon says an additional six troops were injured in attacks last week in northeastern Syria that U.S. officials have blamed on Iranian-backed militants

The Independent UK

Six U.S. troops suffer traumatic brain injuries in Syria -Pentagon

Six U.S. troops in Syria suffered traumatic brain injuries during two attacks last week by Iran-backed militants, the Pentagon said on Thursday, adding they were diagnosed during routine screenings in recent days.

Reuters

Milley: US has long way to go to build munitions stockpile

The top U.S. military officer says the Pentagon “has a long ways to go” to beef up its munitions stockpiles and ensure the country is ready for any large-scale war

The Independent UK

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Terror threat in N. Ireland up to ‘severe’ ahead of expected Biden trip

Tribune News Service

Footage of three UFOs shot down by the military DOES exist - but you will never see it

US officials shot down three UFOs earlier this year and have so far refused to release any details about them - however, they have now confirmed that footage of the incidents exists

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Lawmakers: Expand federal aid for hungry troops

WASHINGTON — House members from both parties have signed on to two bills filed late last week aimed at expanding federal aid to hungry American troops and their families, and a similar push is underway in the Senate.

Roll Call

Pentagon comes out against law requiring military wish lists - Roll Call

The Defense Department says it backs ending “unfunded priorities lists” — annual requests for spending above the president's budget requests.

The Independent UK

The ‘punching fists of democracy’: How the West’s new tanks could give Ukraine a battlefield edge over Russia

Further battalions of Leopard, Abrams and Challenger tanks could eventually be a game-changer, Andy Gregory reports

Roll Call

Lawmakers: Expand federal aid for hungry troops - Roll Call

DOD figures show some 286,800 personnel in the active-duty force, or nearly 1 in 4 military servicemembers, experience “low food security.”

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Salon

Congress captured by the arms industry

Pentagon budget is stunning even by the standards of a department used to getting what it wants when it wants it

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Iranian Militias' Build up Reinforcements in Eastern Syria

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that Iranian-backed militias poured in military reinforcements to their headquarters in Al-Mayadeen, Al-Bokamal, and Ain Ali in areas controlled by regime forces in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. The move come days following US airstrikes on several military bases of these…

Salon

Is war with China inevitable?

There's no clear evidence that China is likely to invade Taiwan anytime soon. Why is Washington fixated on war?

Space

Alien mothership lurking in our solar system could be watching us with tiny probes, Pentagon official suggests

A draft paper by a Harvard scientist and the head of the Pentagon's UFO office has raised the idea an alien mothership could be in the solar system, sending out tiny probes dubbed "dandelion seeds" to explore the planets within.

The Independent UK

A look at the US military mission in Syria and its dangers

The Iranian drone attack that struck a U.S. base in northeastern Syria, killing a contractor and wounding several U.S. troops, is just the latest in a growing number of attacks on American forces in Syria

Los Angeles Times

Brian Merchant: Silicon Valley elites are afraid. History says they should be

It’s become a common refrain among a certain set of Silicon Valley elite: They’ve been treated so unfairly. Case in point: Even after their bank of choice collapsed spectacularly — in no small part of their own doing — and the federal government moved with dispatch to guarantee all its…

Daily Mirror

US launches air strikes in Syria after drone kills American and injures 5 troops

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed the American intelligence community had determined the drone was of Iranian origin when it fatally struck a contractor in Syria

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