More than 45,000 illegal immigrants entered the UK last year by crossing the English Channel in small boats, according to government figures released on Sunday. Britain has attempted to pay France to stop the crossings, as legal action stymied its plan to deport the migrants to Rwanda. Two boats carried …
Read More »Russia reveals key mobilization numbers
Russia’s partial mobilization has been completed, with 300,000 reservists drafted as planned, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Friday, providing new details about the effort. The draft was announced in September amid Moscow’s ongoing military operation in Ukraine. “The dispatch of citizens …
Read More »Early turnout numbers for referendums on joining Russia revealed
The referendums on joining Russia are continuing in the Donbass republics and Russian-controlled regions of southern Ukraine. On Sunday, the turnout already reached the required 50% threshold in the Donetsk and Lugansk republics and Zaporozhye Region, with only Kherson lagging behind. In the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), more than 76% …
Read More »‘Sent to certain death’: Why growing numbers of Ukrainian servicemen are refusing to fight on the Donbass frontlines
Ukrainian solders are increasingly abandoning their positions and posting videos with complaints about their command. Why is the number of desertions increasing in the war torn country? The total assistance of Western countries to Ukraine has already exceeded the country’s military budget for 2022, which was to amount to $12 billion. …
Read More »Russian military publishes Ukrainian casualty numbers
Ukraine has suffered the “irretrievable losses” of 23,367 troops since Russia launched its military offensive in February, the Ministry of Defense in Moscow stated on Saturday. The casualty figures were revealed by Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov, who said that in the city of Mariupol alone Ukraine has …
Read More »Biden’s poll numbers sink
US President Joe Biden’s approval rating sank to 38% in a CNBC poll released on Thursday, down from 46% in December. Respondents rated Biden poorly on his handling of the economy and the conflict in Ukraine, and rated inflation as their number one concern. The poll found Biden sitting at …
Read More »UN reveals ‘phenomenal’ Ukraine refugee numbers
More than 1.2 million people have fled Ukraine after Russia attacked on February 24, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). More than half of them (53.7%) fled to Poland, while others sought shelter in Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, and Romania, among other places. “The rate of this exodus is quite …
Read More »America’s catastrophic miscalculation: 20 years of disaster in Afghanistan, by the numbers (PHOTOS)
The last three US military transport departed the Hamid Karzai Airport late on Monday, just ahead of the August 31 deadline set for full withdrawal. For years, Washington and media outlets described the conflict in Afghanistan as a stalemate that had provided enough security to kindle social progress, security and …
Read More »Oregon’s governor orders OUTDOOR MASKING, as Covid numbers rise
Brown, a Democrat, announced the mandate on Tuesday, saying it would go into effect on Friday. “The Delta variant is spreading fast and wide, throwing our state into a level of crisis we have not yet seen in the pandemic,” she said in a statement. “Masks are a quick and …
Read More »‘I’m a numbers guy’: Andrew Yang concedes New York mayoral race after primary polls show lagging support
“You all know I am a numbers guy. I am someone who traffics in what’s happening by the numbers, and I am not going to be the next mayor of New York City based on the numbers that have come in tonight,” Yang told his supporters during a brief presser …
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