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The Latest Breaking News from Pentagon

Ukraine fuels massive arms gold rush

Putin's war is a tragedy for the world, but it already has big winners: Weapons firms and the Pentagon budget

Salon

Commentary: Cut Pentagon spending, save the planet

According to the latest U.N. climate report, the world is on track to reach catastrophic levels of warming — more than double the 1.5 degrees Celsius target set by the Paris Agreement. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres called it “a file of shame.”

Tribune News Service

Ukraine Gets Warplanes as Mariupol Officer Warns Facing 'Last Days'

Ukraine received fighter jets to help resist the Russian invasion, as Moscow intensified its offensive in the east where a besieged officer in Mariupol warned Wednesday his forces were facing their "last days, if not hours". The West has responded to a renewed Russian push into the Donbas region with…

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Ukraine repelling intense Russian offensive in east, UK says, as Mariupol troops face ‘last hours’

Shelling and strikes in Donbas increasing but Russians hampered by logistical problems, Ministry of Defence claims

The Guardian - AU

Civilians still trapped as Mariupol evacuation fails, says Ukraine deputy PM

About 1,000 civilians remain trapped at a steel plant where Ukrainian forces are making their last stand in the besieged city of Mariupol, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday. Ukraine blamed Russian forces for failing to respect a temporary ceasefire. Follow the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog.…

France 24

Russia hits Ukrainian cities, pours more troops into war

Russia is hurling its military might against Ukrainian cities and towns and pouring more troops into the war

The Independent UK

Ukraine's military boosts aircraft thanks to spare parts, Pentagon says

(This April 19 story refiles to correct Pentagon comments to say no fixed wing aircraft were provided to Ukraine)

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Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Mariupol evacuation attempt fails

Ukraine news for April 20: ‘Occupiers unable to ensure a proper ceasefire’ for a humanitarian corridor, deputy PM says.

Al Jazeera

Fresh strikes rock eastern Ukraine as Russia intensifies its assault

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Determined to seize control of Ukraine’s industrial heartland, Russia on Tuesday intensified its assaults across the country’s east, and again gave a fruitless surrender ultimatum to Ukrainian forces in the besieged southern port of Mariupol.

Los Angeles Times

Forces clash along Ukraine’s eastern front line in battle of Donbas

President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that his troops would withstand the advance as Russia launched a fresh offensive

Evening Standard

US, European allies pledge weapons for Kyiv amid Russian advance

US, Germany and UK promise military support for Ukraine as Russian offensive in eastern Donbas region escalates.

Al Jazeera

US supreme court rules against air force officer who refused Covid vaccine

Majority of court sides with Pentagon over challenge by lieutenant colonel who cited religious grounds for refusal to get vaccine

The Guardian - US

With Russia’s big offensive underway, fresh strikes rock eastern Ukraine

AVDIIVKA, Ukraine — Determined to seize control of Ukraine’s industrial heartland, Russia on Tuesday intensified its assaults along a more than 300-mile-long front line in the country’s east, and again gave a fruitless surrender ultimatum to Ukrainian forces in the besieged southern port of Mariupol.

Los Angeles Times

New requests bring military’s ‘unfunded priorities’ above $21 billion

WASHINGTON — Pentagon brass have asked Congress for nearly $1 billion for anti-missile and cybersecurity programs that are not part of President Joe Biden’s budget request, bringing to more than $21 billion the so-called unfunded priorities the armed services and military commands are seeking for fiscal 2023.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Ratchets up Battle for Control of Eastern Ukraine

Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, intensifying assaults on cities and towns along a front hundreds of miles long in what officials on both sides described as a new phase of the war. After a Russian push to the capital failed to overrun the…

The Guardian - UK

Russian forces seize Kreminna in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war in our new live blog

France 24

Russia issues new surrender deadline for Mariupol as Ukrainians vow to fight on

Russia's forces carried out dozens of air strikes in eastern Ukraine overnight after Ukrainian officials said Moscow had launched a major offensive, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded.

The Independent UK

Russia launches fight for industrial heartland, Ukraine says

After days of regrouping and reinforcing, the Russian military began a new and potentially climactic phase of the war in Ukraine

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Los Angeles Times

Russian forces launch ground assault in eastern industrial heartland, Ukraine says

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials said Monday that Russia began its long-anticipated assault to seize control of their country’s eastern industrial heartland, launching a ground assault along a nearly 300-mile front while pounding the nation, including the western city of Lviv, with a deadly barrage of missile strikes.

ABC News

Why Russia is doubling down on Donbas and how Ukraine is defending itself

After withdrawing its troops from the capital Kyiv, Russia is now focusing on the region of Ukraine close to its border.

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 55 of the invasion

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says ‘battle for Donbas’ has begun as Russia mounts anticipated offensive in the eastern part of Ukraine

Los Angeles Times

Russian assault in eastern Ukraine has begun, Ukraine President Zelenskyy says

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Russia has launched its long-anticipated assault to seize control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland.

The Guardian - UK

Russia begins large-scale military action to seize eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian president announces assault but declares: ‘We will fight. We will not give up anything Ukrainian’

Wales Online

Russia begins full-scale offensive to capture eastern Ukraine

President Zelensky made a video address announcing the offensive has begun

Chicago Sun-Times

Climate change taking a toll on U.S. military bases in the strategic Arctic, report finds

A new report from the Defense Department’s inspector general offers a rare bit of public stock-taking of the military’s state of readiness for a warming Earth.

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