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AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Putin endorses plan to recruit blind, deaf, and severely disabled Russians for drone defense Tue Sep 8 22:47:43 2026

Vladimir Putin has reportedly backed a proposal to enlist Russians classified as severely disabled, including the blind, deaf, and those missing limbs, into units tasked with shooting down drones over Moscow and front-line towns. The endorsement came at a meeting of Putin's United Russia party, where Kremlin-backed war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny pitched the idea of […] The post Putin endorses plan to recruit blind, deaf, and severely disabled Russians for drone defense appeared first on American Almanac .

Vladimir Putin has reportedly backed a proposal to enlist Russians classified as severely disabled, including the blind, deaf, and those missing limbs, into units tasked with shooting down drones over Moscow and front-line towns. The endorsement came at a meeting of Putin's United Russia party, where Kremlin-backed war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny pitched the idea of allowing volunteers with Russia's Category D medical classification to serve in regional drone defense roles. Category D covers individuals who are blind, deaf, living with active tuberculosis, schizophrenia, cancer, HIV, or who have lost limbs. Putin's response, as reported by The Sun , was brief and direct: "Zhen, I support it." The proposal has not been confirmed as…Open

JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Zelensky asked Trump for more missiles in White House meeting Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 2026

Trump previously indicated he was open to allowing Ukraine to receive a license to make Patriot missiles itself, but Zelensky still stressed the need for more in the short term.

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Ted Snider, Nicolai N. Petro) - The Meaning of Fedorov’s Firing Mon Jul 27 04:05:00 2026

Division and strife are undermining Ukraine’s already troubled war effort. The post The Meaning of Fedorov’s Firing appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign policy The Meaning of Fedorov’s Firing Division and strife are undermining Ukraine’s already troubled war effort. Photo by Tetiana Dzhafarova / AFP via Getty Images On January 14, 2026, Mykhailo Fedorov was appointed Ukraine’s minister of defense. Just six months later, he was dismissed.  One of Fedorov’s principal tasks, bigger even than addressing the shortage of Patriot interceptors, had been reforming his country’s recruitment and mobilization system. But manpower shortages remain a chronic issue, forcing the government to resort to unpopular solutions like “busification” (the Ukrainian term…Open

AMERICANTHINKER - Russia Is Struggling Badly Thu May 14 04:00:00 2026

American Thinker It went into Ukraine imagining a swift and decisive victory, but after four years, its energy and business sectors are increasingly fragile.

DAILYCALLER (Ireland Owens) - US Sanctions Foreign Entities Accused Of Sharing Satellite Imagery, Access To Arms To Prop Up Iran’s War Effort Sat May 9 15:57:54 2026

'to enable Iran's military strikes'

STRIPES - ‘He was just a really good dad’: Pentagon names 6 airmen lost in Iraq crash | Stars and Stripes Sun Mar 15 07:29:11 2026

The airmen were assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base and the 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base.