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Pentagon: Russia starts new advance on Ukraine capital despite losing 5% of its invasion force As a 40-mile Russian military convoy to Kyiv remains stalled about 15 miles from the city’s center, other Russian forces are now advancing toward the Ukraine capital from the northeast. Read more >

STRATCOM commander says US nuke forces prepared despite Russian aggression, growing Chinese nuclear capabilities U.S. nuclear forces are prepared for any mission, the commander in charge of America’s nuclear arsenal said Tuesday, warning senators that new Russian aggression in Europe and China’s emerging nuclear power could place the world in unprecedented danger. Read more >

Navy won’t deploy warship after judge stops dismissal of its commander for refusing the coronavirus vaccine Navy officers said they cannot deploy a Norfolk, Va.-based warship after a federal judge ruled the service commanders are prohibited from acting against the ship's captain for refusing the coronavirus vaccine despite their insistence they have lost faith in his ability to command. Read more >   Fort Hood deploys 160 transportation soldiers to join NATO response in Europe The soldiers of the 96th Transportation Company were notified of the potential mission about a month ago and were chosen for their ability to use the Army’s newest enhanced heavy equipment transportation truck, which the service began fielding within the last year. Read more >   NATO chief cites ‘credible reports’ of Russian war crimes in Ukraine NATO’s top official on Tuesday acknowledged indications that the Russian military is committing war crimes in Ukraine by targeting civilians, which is contributing to Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II. Read more >

South Korea’s navy seizes vessel carrying 7 unarmed North Koreans at maritime border The South Korean navy fired a warning shot at a North Korean patrol boat chasing a vessel carrying seven unarmed North Koreans at the maritime border between the two countries, a South Korean military official said. Read more >   US airlift hub in Tokyo revives cherry blossom festival as COVID-19 slide continues Yokota is confident enough of its public health measures that it has scheduled its Sakura Spring Festival, canceled two years running due to the coronavirus pandemic, for late March. Read more >   ‘Why our job is awesome’: Female airlifters host Fly Girls event for students at Yokota The 36th Airlift Squadron celebrated women in aviation Tuesday by taking Yokota High School students aloft and talking about women’s achievements in the air. Read more >   Experts spot early signs of life at North Korea’s dismantled nuclear testing site North Korea appears to have launched a construction project at the site of a nuclear testing facility dismantled during inter-Korean negotiations in 2018, according to commercial satellite imagery seen by U.S.-based analysts. Read more >   Russian space chief blocks ex-astronaut Scott Kelly on Twitter after bilingual war of words A former American astronaut and the head of Russia’s space agency have been fighting a bilingual battle in cyberspace over the war in Ukraine. Read more >   Marines get 3-year suspended sentences for importing cannabis by mail to Okinawa A Japanese court sentenced two U.S. Marines to three-year suspended sentences Tuesday after they pleaded guilty to importing cannabis by mail and selling it to fellow service members. Read more >

 

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