[Link] Witness in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial denies he is a ‘liar and a fantasist’

Read: 2/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

A former SAS soldier who testified that Ben Roberts-Smith ordered him to stage a mock execution of a comrade during a training drill has defended himself in court against accusations he was a liar and fantasist who was trying to justify his own failures as a soldier.

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[Link] Huge Russian convoy outside Kyiv disperses after reports of food, fuel shortages

Read: 13/3/2022 www.abc.net.au

Satellites have captured imagery of a convoy of Russian forces that had been slowly advancing towards the Ukraine capital having dispersed and redeployed into nearby locations.

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[Link] How Ukraine is using a powerful weapon that is too difficult for Russians to detect

Read: 9/3/2022 www.abc.net.au

Ukraine's allies have sent some 17,000 anti-tank weapons into the battlefield, in a bid to help fighters bog down the Russian offensive.

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