Before the snows come the rains, which fill the trenches snaking through the shattered landscape with water: cold ... of the Russian soldier," Lawrence Freedman, a former professor of war studies ...

"Instead of using natural textiles like cotton, linen, and heavy and coarse wool, synthetic materials were used, which kept the soldiers cold in winter ... said. "Russian war-fighting strategy ...

Ukrainian soldiers and volunteer ... The Institute for the Study of War said that Ukrainian forces might have the advantage over Russian troops in cold winter weather. More BULENT KILIC/Getty ...

9 (UPI) --Russia ... war. An internal Kremlin-commissioned poll was even starker for Putin: 55% favored peace talks and only 25% wanted a continuation of the war. Winter is coming -- and it's cold ...

Ukrainian soldiers in the ... fighting against the initial wave of Russian attacks last winter. SERHIY MELNYK: (Through interpreter) In the first days of war, when they did a full-scale invasion ...

President Trump may be turning relations with NATO and Russia inside out, but winter war games ... Finish soldiers heating rations. The soldiers lived off special cold weather rations, higher ...