President Putin pledged to send 50,000 tonnes of Russian grain to six African countries, for free, days later. The most damaging attack last month destroyed around 60,000 tonnes of grain, supposedly destined for China, Israel and African nations, in one go. Russia has intensely shelled Ukraine's Black Sea ports, particularly around Odesa, ever since. Tomorrow marks one month since Moscow unilaterally quit the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which is estimated to have facilitated about 30 million tonnes of grain exports from Ukraine in the past 18 months. (Thomas Alvarez/U.S.The White House has criticised Russia's repeated attacks on grain storage facilities and infrastructure around the Black Sea, saying it's a sign that 'President Putin does not seem to care about global food security'.Ī spokesperson for the US state department called on Moscow to immediately return to the UN-brokered grain deal. Family members were invited to watch gunnery from the safe distance of the Range 10 tower. Each time it has risen from the grave to which they had consigned it - and they have been caught napping.” Before family members arrived, tanks from B Company were running through a gunnery exercise. Quoting a British military historian’s observation in 1960, Mihm wrote: “Time after time during the past 40 years the highest defense authorities have announced that the tank is dead or dying.

Going back as far as World War I when the tank was introduced, military officials pondered if they would ever be used again after the war, Mihm wrote, not anticipating the major role they would play in World War II. The question of whether or not tanks are “obsolete” is a question “military analysts have been asking since they first appeared on the battlefield,” history professor Stephen Mihm wrote at Bloomberg. Get the latest in military news, entertainment, and gear in your inbox daily.

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