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U.S. and Ukrainian Forces Went Head-to-Head in an Exercise. Ukraine’s Drones Won.

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August 12, 2026 Battlefield on drill shows Pentagon hasn’t fully absorbed lessons of Russia’s war By Alistaire McDonald , Lara Segliman , and Daniel Michael  The Wall Street Journal Updated Aug. 13, 026 4:42 am ET Article contains links U.S. Army soldiers taking part in the Combined Resolve exercises in Hohenfels, Germany, this spring. ALEX KRAUS/ BLOOMBERG NEWS Quick Summary [by WSJ] -- Ukrainian drone units easily spotted and defeated U.S. troops and armored vehicles during a military exercise in Germany earlier this year. -- The Ukrainian drone operators eliminated a U.S. armored brigade during the exercise, which was called Combined Resolve. -- The exercise, coupled with U.S. casualties in Iran, highlights American vulnerabilities to drones despite billions spent on new technology . U.S. Army troops faced off against Ukrainian drone operators at a military exercise in Germany earlier this year. It didn’t go well for the Americans. During the exercise, called Combined Resolve, ...
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How to end Trump’s mystifying game with Putin

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The Senate showed some spine with Russia sanctions. More, please. August 11, 2026 at 6:15 a.m.  EDT Today at 6:15 a.m. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Capitol Hill on July 28 (Eric Lee/Reuters) By Garry Kasparov The Washington Post Original article contains links;  below image, not from article,  from On Friday, Senate Republicans showed they support taking a more forceful U.S. approach to Russia, passing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act in honor of the late senator from South Carolina, a stalwart ally of Ukraine. President Donald Trump may play along, if the legislation passes the House, because it expands his tariff authority and ability to sanction Iran. But make no mistake: Trump is almost certain to continue seeming to play on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s side. After meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last month, Trump promised that Ukraine would be allowed to manufacture its own missiles for the U.S.-supplied Patriot air-...
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Russian Civilian Deaths Are Growing Rapidly as Ukraine Expands Its Air War

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The higher tempo of Ukrainian strikes has fueled discontent among Russians, but it is far from clear that it will change the Kremlin’s calculus about the war.  A residential building in Zelenograd, in the Moscow region, was damaged  in a Ukrainian drone strike in May. Four people were killed in the attack.  Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times By Paul Sonne and Oleg Matsnev Reporting from Berlin The New York Times Aug. 11, 2026   Updated 7:43 a.m. ET original article contains links JB: Kind readers: I beg your pardon: Why are items/entries in my modest blog  being boomed-boomed -- hightened for no reason? And by whom? To kind, patient readers of this, my minor blog: For weeks now someone charges/changes the size (larger) of items in my modest blog on international relations   Why? by whom? Need I care? For four and a half years, as President Vladimir V. Putin tried to isolate Russian society from his war against Ukraine, civilian deaths on the Russia...
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