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Ukraine promises to do everything to defend Donbas against the intensification of the Russian offensive after the fall of Lyman and the siege of Severodonetsk. Less than a week after 100 days of war in Ukraine, the situation in Donbas is "very difficult". This has been admitted by the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, once the self-proclaimed pro-Russian separatist "republic" of Donetsk had "taken full control" of the key town of Lyman, with the "support" of the Russian army, and tightened the siege around Severodonetsk , key points in the plans for the final assault on the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk fortified district. Russia wants to force Ukraine into a major battle for control of Donbas, something Kiev wants to avoid at all costs. Ukrainian forces are considering a strategic withdrawal from cities in the Lugansk region that have not yet fallen under Russian control. Zelenski has assured that "if the occupiers think that Lyman and Severo...

British Ministry of Defense analysts blame high-ranking "complacency" for high casualties in "elite units". A succession of "serious and notable tactical failures" have decimated the Russian air force in Ukraine, according to a report by British military intelligence released on Thursday. The first big fiasco occurred at the beginning of March and a few days after the start of the invasion, with the occupation and subsequent withdrawal of the Hostomel airfield near kyiv, which would have been vital for the assault on the Ukrainian capital. The report also highlights the stagnation since April in the advance in the Donbas region around the city of Izium, as well as "the failed and costly" recent attempts to cross the Siverskyi Donets river, also in the east of the country. New North Korea Sanctions  "Russian doctrine has been to assign the most demanding operations to the VDV (air force), made up of 45,000 well-paid, contracted professional s...

No more tobacco trade, make oil imports more difficult: the government in Washington wants to tighten the punitive measures against North Korea. China and Russia are likely to veto. After North Korea tested a suspected ICBM, the United States called a UN Security Council vote on tougher sanctions against the communist country. The goal is to weaken the regime in Pyongyang to such an extent that it can no longer continue "its illegal programs for weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles." Further restrictions on the country's oil imports are under discussion. The draft resolution, which is also available to the dpa news agency, also provides for a complete stop to the North Korean tobacco trade; this source of income is to be dried up. Sanctions are also planned against the North Korean hacker group Lazarus, whose assets are to be frozen. Where Guns Count More Than Children's Lives North Korea had previously fired three missiles immediately after US President...