War

A 21-year-old woman is fighting to save her arm after she was severely injured by an explosive during clashes with police at Standing Rock in North Dakota on Sunday night. Sophia Wilansky, a water protector from New York claims her arm was “devastatingly injured” when a concussion grenade fired by the police exploded The woman was one of several people that activists said had been taken to hospital for their injuries after a clash between protesters and police, who also doused protesters with water cannon as temperatures dipped below freezing.

Russia has conducted successful intercontinental ballistic missile tests intended for its Barguzin "nuclear-train" program. 

The tests for Russia's "railway-based combat rocket system" took place on Plesetsk cosmodrone two weeks ago, Interfax reports and were "fully successful" according to a military source, which would "pave the way for further flight tests." The tests were held to test the missiles' launch readiness, Russian press added. 

A BZhRK with a Molodets missile erected to launch position

The Sarajevo ‘War Hostel’ takes tourists back in time to a dark period in Europe’s resent history during one of its bloodiest sieges. Tourists passing through Bosnia-Herzegovina are given the opportunity to experience the siege of the Bosnian capital during the Balkan conflict in the 1990s. Guests will spend their time in war-time conditions, sleeping on sponge mattresses under military blankets and reading newspaper clippings by candlelight. RT.com reports: The hostel is run by a family who survived the three-year-long siege.

Supporters of ‘White Lives Matter’ rallying in the Texas Capitol on Sunday were met by supporters of ‘Black Lives Matter’ near a monument honouring the contribution of African Americans to the state of Texas. Eight individuals were arrested during clashes as one side called for the “preservation of white people,” and the other for recognition that “refugees are welcome here.” White Lives Matter and Black Lives Matter American supporters each insisted that respective of colour, their lives do matter, with some White Lives Matter supporters openly carrying weapons to argue the point.

A Kremlin spokesman said that Russia has every right to and will protect itself against NATO’s eastward expansion. Commenting on Russia’s deployment of ballistic missiles in the Kaliningrad Region, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: “Russia is doing all that is necessary to protect itself against the backdrop of NATO’s expansion toward its borders.