News Wire | October 2022 Archive

Putin Declares Martial Law in Four Illegally Annexed Regions of Ukraine

By Leo Sands, Kelly Kasulis Cho & Isabelle Khurshudyan | The Washington Post

Russian President Vladimir Putin said martial law will be introduced across four regions of eastern Ukraine, which Moscow annexed in staged referendums last month despite not fully controlling these areas either politically or militarily. The move signals an intensifying effort to achieve his military objectives amid continuing airstrikes on infrastructure targets.

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UAE Relied on Expertise of Retired U.S. Troops to Beef Up Its Military

By Craig Whitlock & Nate Jones | The Washington Post

Retired Gen. Jim Mattis and others guided the UAE as it intervened in regional civil wars and U.S. politics.

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Iran Sends Drone Trainers to Crimea to Aid Russian Military

By Julian E. Barnes | The New York Times

Iran has sent trainers to occupied Ukraine to help Russians overcome problems with the fleet of drones that they purchased from Tehran, according to current and former U.S. officials briefed on the classified intelligence, a further signal of the growing closeness between Iran and Russia since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Biden to Announce Emergency Oil Sales to Prevent Price Spikes

By Jarrett Renshaw & Steve Holland | Reuters

U.S. President Joe Biden will announce a plan Wednesday to sell off the last portion of his release from the nation’s emergency oil reserve by year’s end and detail a strategy to refill the stockpile when prices drop, administration officials said.