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Mike Glenn

mglenn@washingtontimes.com

Mike Glenn grew up on Navy bases as the son of a career sailor but then decided to annoy his father and joined the Army after he graduated from high school in the Dallas area. He did a hitch as an enlisted soldier in Germany during the Cold War, where he spent a considerable amount of time in the field on maneuvers. After leaving the Army, he moved back home to northeast Texas and entered the University of Texas at Arlington where he studied history. He also took Army ROTC classes at UT Arlington and upon graduation received a commission as a Second Lieutenant. He was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Bliss in El Paso and took his platoon to the Middle East where he fought in the Gulf War. He got into journalism after Operation Desert Storm and has worked at newspapers and magazines throughout Texas. He joined The Washington Times from the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at mglenn@washingtontimes.com.

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Heavy smoke billows after a Russian bombardment on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. With stunning speed, Russia's war in Ukraine is driving Western Europe into the outstretched arms of the United States again, and the embrace was especially apparent when President Joe Biden offered a major expansion of natural gas shipments to his European Union counterpart Friday. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Bruised Russia may be slashing war ambitions

After a month of fierce yet inconclusive fighting since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, events on the battlefield suggest Moscow may be narrowing its focus to the disputed Donbas region in the east rather than trying to overthrow the government in Kyiv and rule the entire country.

March 25, 2022
A Ukrainian soldier inspects a destroyed Russian APC after recent battle in Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 24, 2022. The writing made by Ukrainian soldiers reads: 'Not to War'. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) **FILE**

New Russian estimate of death toll from Ukraine far below Western numbers

The Russian government says 1,351 of its soldiers have died since the start of the invasion of Ukraine now in its second month. Moscow's figures of combat deaths, reported by the official Interfax news agency, are dramatically lower than estimates from NATO countries or Ukrainian officials.

March 25, 2022
A Russian warship is docked in the Port Sudan, in Port Sudan, Sudan, on Feb. 28, 2021. The Interfax News Agency cited the press service of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet saying the frigate Admiral Grigorovich arrived at Port Sudan where a naval facility will be established, according to the agreement between Russia and Republic of the Sudan. (AP Photo, File)

Russia blocks hundreds of ships from leaving the Black Sea region

Russian forces are believed to have stopped at least 200 to 300 ships from departing the Black Sea since the invasion of Ukraine began, causing major disruptions to one of the primary global trade routes for grain from a region once called "the world's breadbasket."

March 18, 2022