Belarus has become a key player in Eastern Europe’s military chessboard, especially as the war in Ukraine rages on next door.

Ukrainian forces executed a successful nighttime drone strike, destroying a Russian 2S19 MSTA-S howitzer valued at $1.7 ...

There were so many mines on Larisa Sysenko’s small farm in Kamyanka in eastern Ukraine after the Russians were pushed out ...

Ukraine has 42 million hectares of agricultural land,” says one farmer. “On paper, we can cultivate 32 million. But usable, ...

There were so many mines on Larisa Sysenko's small farm in Kamyanka in eastern Ukraine after the Russians were pushed out that she and her husband Viktor started demining it themselves -- with rakes.

They were probably laid to protect a 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled gun -- which looks like a big tank -- with which the Russians could hit targets up to 24 kilometres (15 miles) away.

Weapons used included tanks such as the T-64, T-72, T-80, T-90; self-propelled artillery systems like the 2S3 Akatsiya, 2S1 Gvozdika; and large-caliber cannons such as the 2A36 Giatsint-B, D-20, D ...

Illustrative image. Destroyed Russian 152 mm self-propelled artillery 2S3 Acacia with an inscription that says “Will kill” seen near Kherson, Kherson region, Ukraine, May 22, 2023. (Source: Getty ...

Ukrainian operators of the 412th Nemesis Regiment have delivered a critical blow by destroying russian artillery unit, ensuring that the Akatsiya system is no longer a threat Fighters from the Nemesis ...

Ukrainian border guards destroyed the 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery unit in the Kramatorsk direction. The positions of the Russians and the occupiers themselves were also eliminated. This was ...

Expanding on that, several modernization proposals for the 2S3 Akatsiya were made during the Soviet era, none of which were implemented. According to materials from the btvt_2019 resource, in 1975, ...