A man identified by the Israeli and Egyptian authorities as an Egyptian security officer entered Israeli territory on Saturday and killed three Israeli soldiers in two separate shooting incidents in a remote desert area along the border between the two countries, according to an initial investigation by the Israeli military. Many details remained murky hours […]
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Ukrainian Soldiers Speed Through U.S. Training on Patriot Missiles
FORT SILL, Okla. — Several dozen Ukrainian soldiers are wrapping up their training on the Patriot missile system and within a few weeks will deploy to the war’s front lines, armed with America’s most advanced ground-based air defense to help protect against Russian missile attacks. The Ukrainian soldiers, all seasoned combat veterans skilled in Russian-designed […]
The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: Television Stars
For D.I.Y. enthusiasts, Matt Blashaw is a familiar face, judging bathroom remodels or planning surprise home makeovers on popular cable television shows. Mr. Blashaw also has an unusually strong opinion about how Americans should heat their homes: by burning propane, or liquid petroleum gas. “When I think of winter, I think of being inside. I […]
Russia Says Its Soldiers’ Cellphone Use Led to Deadly Strike: Live Updates
Workers at the site of a Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, on Sunday.Credit…Laura Boushnak for The New York Times They are lumbering and noisy and relatively easy to shoot from the sky. Over the New Year’s weekend, the Ukrainian military said it downed every single one of the 80-odd exploding […]
Videos Suggest Captive Russian Soldiers Were Killed at Close Range
Iva Vukusic, a war crimes prosecution expert at Utrecht University, said that it was difficult to determine whether a war crime had or had not been committed based on the video evidence alone, and that the critical factor was time — when the Russians were shot. “Was it in one or two bursts of fire […]
Ukrainian Soldiers Entering Kherson Are Greeted With Joy
KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian soldiers arrived like heroes, greeted with kisses and songs. In the city of Kherson, which had endured months of Russian occupation, residents poured into the streets on Friday. They hoisted Ukrainian flags, and danced in joy around a glowing bonfire. Their excitement, which was captured on videos they sent out […]
The Search for Missing Russian Soldiers
In Rostov, Ms. Chistyakova managed to identify one soldier because he had an unusual bear claw tattoo on his right hand. His body had arrived at the morgue on June 3, more than two months before she found him. Nobody was actively looking because his parents were dead, she said, so she called his stepmother […]
Ukrainian Soldiers Trade Tanks and Artillery on the Front Line
Most of the bartering involves items captured from Russian troops, which are exchanged for urgently needed supplies. “Let’s just call it a simplification of bureaucracy,” one soldier said.