Russia adapting to new Ukrainian tactics – NYT

Drone surveillance and flaming deathtraps have hampered Kiev’s counteroffensive, the US newspaper has reported While Ukrainian troops have used small-unit tactics to capture a number of hamlets along the Zaporozhye front line, Russian forces have developed devastating traps in response, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

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Election boycott in Bangladesh no cause for alarm – former Indian diplomat

Low voter turnout should not be interpreted as public dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Veena Sikri has told RT Neither the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s boycott of Sunday’s elections nor the exclusion of the country’s main Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami should affect the legitimacy of incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s likely victory, former Indian High…

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Egor Kholmogorov: The intertwined roots of history explain why Russia can't let go of Ukraine

Centuries of shared history mean that the fate of Kiev will always remain Moscow’s core interest In August 1948, the US National Security Council issued memorandum (NSC 20/1 1948), requested by then Defense Secretary James Forrestal. The document described American objectives with respect to the Soviet Union.

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