Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin s failure to inform his own deputy and President Joe Biden that he had been hospitalized and could not perform his duties revealed the systematic incompetence of the entire Biden administration.
Over a dozen civilians were killed and scores more injured during Saturday’s daytime Ukrainian missile strike on Belgorod – a Russian city of 340,000 situated about 40 km from the Ukrainian border. Sputnik asked retired US Army colonel Earl Rasmussen for his take on what the Ukrainian military’s terror bombing campaign is meant to accomplish.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attended a Ministry of Defense Board session where he shared his thoughts on several subjects this December 19, including the status of the country s nuclear deterrent and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.