Contents tagged with War in Vietnam

  • Ukrainian drones target key Russian military and infrastructure sites in coordinated nighttime strikes

    In the night leading up to July 9, a series of explosions echoed through Astrakhan, Rostov, and Volgograd regions of Russia. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), in coordination with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, targeted Russian military sites with drones, a law enforcement source told Suspilne.

    Ukrainian drones reportedly struck a 500 kV power substation in the Rostov region, an oil depot in Kalach-na-Donu in the Volgograd region, and a military …

  • Merkel: lasting peace in Europe is possible only together with Russia

    At a ceremony dedicated to the 77th anniversary of the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that a "lasting peace" in Europe is possible only if Russia is part of it.

    According to her, the attack on Ukraine was a "deep turning point" and that "all of us must take words seriously, and not to classify them as bluff from the very beginning." The ex-chancellor stressed that a lasting peace in Europe can be achieved only with the participation of Russia.

    "As …

  • Russia hands over data on five Americans captured in Vietnam to the US

    Russia has given the US declassified archival information about five American pilots who were captured in Vietnam in the 1970s, Interfax reported, citing the Deputy Chief of the Defense Ministry of Russia for Perpetuating the Memory of those Killed in the Defense of the Fatherland, Andrei Taranov.

    Taranov did not mention the names of the prisoners, nor did he specify whether the Americans were captured by Vietnamese or Soviet troops.

    According to Taranov, the message was received with "great …