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Five survivors from the same boat were rescued, according to the national guard.
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Billy Stockwell, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
After an initial round of expansion following Russia’s wider invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukrainian ground forces—the army, air assault forces, marine corps, national guard and territorials—could deploy a hundred brigades, each with around 2,000 people.
—David Axe, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The proportion of women in Ukraine’s national guard, whose members are excluded from the official count of armed forces but who also often serve on the frontlines, has fallen by nearly half since Russia invaded.
—Olga Oliker, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2022
The situation was so dire late this summer that commanders in Kyiv had no choice but to send most of the national guard’s seven offensive brigades, including the Kara Dag brigade, to the front.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Billy Stockwell, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
After an initial round of expansion following Russia’s wider invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukrainian ground forces—the army, air assault forces, marine corps, national guard and territorials—could deploy a hundred brigades, each with around 2,000 people.
—David Axe, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The proportion of women in Ukraine’s national guard, whose members are excluded from the official count of armed forces but who also often serve on the frontlines, has fallen by nearly half since Russia invaded.
—Olga Oliker, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2022
The situation was so dire late this summer that commanders in Kyiv had no choice but to send most of the national guard’s seven offensive brigades, including the Kara Dag brigade, to the front.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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China has the most manpower, with the largest standing army in the world.New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Dec. 2024
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What's more, the militias were renamed the National Guard and unconstitutionally transformed from a check on federal power to a second federal standing army.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Set during the Central African Republic’s civil war in 2013, the film centers on a desperate Muslim man seeking refuge in a field hospital on Christmas Eve, while a threatening Christian militia gathers outside, demanding his life.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
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Williams regularly berated the militia’s rank and file.Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
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On Monday, Cal Fire’s San Mateo-Santa Cruz unit sent three fire engines and a battalion chief to Southern California, while its Santa Clara unit sent two engines and a strike team.Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
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What People Are Saying David Acuña, a battalion chief for Cal Fire said this is only the third time in 30 years a wildfire of this kind has happened in January.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The tune will mark J-Hope’s first new track since his discharge from the army last October.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2025
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On his YouTube livestream discussing the fires, the climate scientist Daniel Swain compared the combined fleet of vehicles, aircraft, and personnel to the army of a small nation.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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