Old and New Ghosts Of Crimean War Haunts Russia

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling “For all I can observe,” wrote William Howard Russell, reporter for The London Times who was covering the Crimean War (1853-1856), “these men die without the least effort being made to save them.” Others, he noted, died in futile battles and charges, like the British Light Calvary Brigade which misunderstood its orders and charged down a valley toward a Russian field battery while coming under fire from Russian guns on either side. NATO and U.S. Increases Naval and Military Presence in Black Sea and Syria With the latest announcement British-led NATO forces will begin a major increase in their naval presence in the Black Sea to counter Russia,...