Author: Tara Copp
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U.S. to send $1.8B in aid, Patriot battery, to Ukraine
WASHINGTON • The U.S. will send $1.8 billion in military aid to Ukraine in a massive package that will for the first time include a Patriot missile battery and precision guided bombs for their fighter jets, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as the Biden administration prepares to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington. U.S. officials…
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100,000 Russian troops killed or injured in Ukraine, U.S. says
WASHINGTON • Russia’s announced retreat from Kherson, a regional capital in southern Ukraine that it seized early in the war, and a potential stalemate in fighting over the winter could provide both countries an opportunity to negotiate peace, Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday. He said as many…
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Depleted uranium from tanks, ammo not tied to Gulf War syndrome, new study finds
WASHINGTON • Depleted uranium in tanks and ammunition used in the 1991 Gulf War “played no role” in the unexplained illnesses, known as Gulf War syndrome, that veterans faced in the years afterward, according to a new study. The findings by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the University of Portsmouth in England…