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Ukraine is bleeding people, and not all of it is happening at the front.

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, 5.6 million of Ukrainians packed what they could carry and crossed the western border.

Zelensky Speaking in UK Ukraine Government Photo

President Donald J. Trump and President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. White House Photo.

Most expected to be home in weeks.

More than four and a half years later, a growing number of them have quietly stopped planning to come back, having built a new life in a safer country (for now).

Many political observers, including James Carville, who once strategized Bill Clinton’s Democratic presidential victory in 1992, have been baffled by President Donald Trump’s midterm strategy.

In a year expected to deliver a backlash against the unpopular president’s party, Trump has put himself front and center, telling voters to act like he’s on the ballot and even holding a rare midterm convention last month. Sure, he’s underwater on approval ratings, as is his party, but Trump has made it clear he doesn’t trust those polls.

Donald Trump Speaking at CPAC.

President Trump faces a potentially serious political problem ahead of November’s midterm elections: the voters who elected him in 2024 appear significantly less enthusiastic about voting in the upcoming election.

New Reuters/Ipsos polling published October 8 found a substantial enthusiasm gap between supporters of Trump and former Vice President Kamala Harris.

President Donald Trump congratulates Kayla Harrison after her victory during UFC 316 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ., June 7, 2025.

One of two contenders to be the replacement for the Army’s M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle will be powered by a Rolls-Royce engine. 
General Dynamics Land Systems Wolf XM30 will run on the MTU 8V 199 engine, a representative for Rolls-Royce confirmed to Task & Purpose. The MTU 8V 199 builds on the company’s Series 199 engines, which have been used in other modern military vehicles, such as the M10 Booker.

The Battle of Rorke’s Drift is controversial for a few reasons, but the men who fought in it were assaulted unexpectedly, outnumbered 20-to-1, and firing single-shot rifles by the light of a burning hospital while attacks came in waves for 10 hours. The final, most determined assault lasted for hours on its own, as the defenders fell back to an improvised barrier made of crates of biscuits.
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Oh, and quite a few hospital patients had to join the defenders in the fight.

The military’s first death-row execution in over 60 years will be broadcast publicly, according to the Pentagon. 
Department of Defense officials announced earlier this week that they would carry out the execution of Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 in a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009. 
Secretary Pete Hegseth first told a reporter of the plans to broadcast the execution during an interview aboard a Navy ship Thursday.
“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it. That it’s public.

Chinese state media sources have reported that a foreign warship lost power, propulsion and radar while closely shadowing the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Type 055 class destroyer Zunyi in the South China Sea. The encounter occurred during routine training, with a Chinese naval officer claiming that the foreign vessel experienced a sudden loss of electrical power while attempting to keep pace with the Chinese ship. The report closely coincides with the loss of power on the U.S.

The Australian Army has received a second tranche of High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers from the United States.

American Vice President JD Vance told Reuters the United States won’t budge on its demands of Iran, insisting that the country must give up its nuclear ambitions if a conclusion to the ongoing war is to be found and that Washington is not entirely certain who is in charge of the country.

With no end in sight to the seven-month war, Republicans see the price of fuel as a potential liability ahead of the midterm election next month.

Ashley Roque, BrDefense
Raytheon has secured another multi-year munition deal