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More than Just Another Echelon

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Trump said the U.S. military “delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike.

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Saronic and Castelion, two defense technology companies, have announced plans to combine an autonomous warship with a hypersonic strike weapon.

The Ukraine War Was Never Meant To Last This Long: When Russian troops crossed into Ukrainian territory in February 2022, they had been told by their leaders in Moscow that the so-called “special military operation” was likely to last a matter of weeks. Russian forces quickly advanced toward Kyiv from Belarus, and even Western intelligence was assessing that the Ukrainian capital was at risk of falling within 72 hours.

But what has happened since is remarkable.

Germany’s defense establishment is issuing one of the starkest warnings heard from a major NATO government since the Ukraine war began. According to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, Russia could be able to threaten a NATO member by 2029. Notably, German Army Inspector General Christian Freuding says Pistorius’ view is not an isolated German assessment but rather a broader conclusion. According to Freuding, all 32 NATO members agree that Russia could regain the capability to challenge NATO military as early as 2029.

Ohio has never really been synonymous with “good,” even for some people who are from there. In fact, Gen Z and Gen Alpha turned “Ohio” into a colloquialism, a standalone adjective meant as an insult—both to the thing described and to the state itself.
But there are still plenty of good things the state has produced: LeBron James, “Superman” creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, zippers (maybe a sign to check yours), Blake Stilwell (We Are The Mighty’s editor in chief), and the NFL, just to name a few.

For the first time since the 2023 counteroffensive, Ukraine has clawed back some territory in its ongoing war against Russia. Though the war is grumbling toward its fifth year, momentum on the battlefield has shifted in Kyiv’s favor and put Russia on the back foot. Squeezed both at home and in Ukraine, Moscow is feeling the heat. Here’s why.

Ukraine Holds Longer Ranges

Ukraine Cruise Missile. Image Credit: Government of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s expanding campaign of drone strikes has allowed Kyiv’s forces to grapple with the Russian war machine and wrest back parts of formerly occupied territory on a larger scale for the first time since the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive. Bloodied on the battlefield in Ukraine, Russia is, however, feeling the pressure elsewhere: in Russia itself.