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Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly fears that ending the war in Ukraine without a victory could threaten his own position — even as mounting military and economic problems give the Kremlin reasons to seek a way out.

“They will hang me,” Putin told people around him at some point during the war, according to sources close to the Russian president cited by The Economist newspaper.

Vladimir Putin of Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Putin in May 2025. Image Credit: Russian Federation Government.

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One sailor posed the question to Navy leadership at a live town hall livestreamed from Fort George G. Meade on Monday. The top officer and enlisted sailor in the Navy seemed somewhat receptive to considering it, but also said that some things are generally just “out-of-pocket” costs that troops have to cover themselves. 
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle admitted the sailors’ public suggestion was one he had not heard or considered.

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U.S. forces struck Iran again Sunday as senior commanders warned that the six-month war is stretching American forces and weapons supplies.

They struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps terror group was observed preparing to launch rockets carrying sea mines, according to U.S. Central Command.

A B-2 Spirit soars after a refueling mission over the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, May 30, 2006. The B-2, from the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.

Ukraine has published a detailed assessment of Russia’s 3M22 Zircon missile, the two-stage Russian missile used in both naval and land-attack strikes.

The new assessment reveals not only how one of Moscow’s most advanced weapons works, but also the massive industrial network keeping it in constant production.

An elevated port side view of the forward section of a Soviet Oscar Class nuclear-powered attack submarine. (Soviet Military Power, 1986) Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Buk-M2E Air Defense from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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Over the weekend, Russia launched a huge attack on a warehouse west of Kyiv, which killed 38 people, for one of the largest single-attack death tolls of the entire war, as well as the largest this year.

And more strikes are to come.

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“Russian forces have begun preparations for massive strikes against facilities in Ukraine’s energy sector in response to the ongoing attacks by the Kyiv regime on civilian infrastructure and on Russia’s oil and energy complex,” Russia’s defense ministry said on Telegram this week, as cited by The Guardian.

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Russia’s long-anticipated escalation is coming, with Moscow saying it is preparing a new wave of “massive strikes” against Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

The warning comes after weeks of speculation among analysts that Ukraine’s power grid could come under attack ahead of or during the winter.

Ukraine War Map. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed that a supertanker was struck by mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

The vessel reportedly struck two mines and caught fire in the early hours of Monday, 31st August.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) steams behind the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 31, 2006. The Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is conducting maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf.(DoD photo by Airman Apprentice Nathan Laird, U.S. Navy. (Released))

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