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Mariupol steel mill battle rages as Ukraine repels attacks

Heavy fighting raged Thursday at the besieged steel plant in Mariupol, as Russian forces attempted to finish off the city’s last-ditch defenders and complete the capture of the strategically vital port.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

17 months ago

Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol

Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the besieged strategic port city.

19 months ago

Infantryman arrested for allegedly offering bomb-making instructions to target politicians, wanted to fight in Ukraine with far-right unit

A 1st Infantry Division soldier has been charged with sending instructions on social media for making a bomb.

By Kyle Rempfer

4 years ago

Ukrainian troops spotted with American-made, but Russian-styled, RPGs. Here’s where they came from.

Ukrainian National Guard troops were spotted in early May training with a modified American version of the RPG-7 — the PSRL-1 rocket-propelled grenade launcher, made by the Texas-based company AirTronicUSA.

By Kyle Rempfer

5 years ago

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