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Howard Altman

Howard Altman is a contributing writer for Coffee or Die Magazine. Altman is an award-winning editor and reporter who was previously the senior managing editor of Military Times and a military reporter for the Tampa Bay Times and the Tampa Tribune, where he covered USCENTCOM, USSOCOM, and SOF writ large among many other topics. He is also on the advisory board of Military Veterans in Journalism. Email him [email protected]

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
Ukrainian officials told Coffee or Die they believe Russians have used the area around the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, covered in a giant domelike building, as a holding area in order to avoid Ukrainian strikes. Photo by Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images.
Chernobyl Worries Continue as Russian Forces Move Back
March 31, 2022
Howard Altman
A picture released by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense appears to show a spent rocket engine impacted just feet from a playground in central Chernihiv, a city that Russian forces are believed to have withdrawn from in recent days. Coffee or Die magazine confirmed the geolocation of the playground in Chernihiv.
Marines Head to Lithuania as Russians Relent Around Kyiv
March 30, 2022
Howard Altman
Ukraine Brig. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov says that his country’s intelligence services have recorded a number of coups, from knowing Russian battle plans ahead of time to the sinking of a transport ship at a major port last week. Photo courtesy of Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
Ukraine’s Intel Chief: We Have Sources in the Kremlin, but We Need Jets
March 27, 2022
Howard Altman
A soldier poses on a purportedly captured Russian T-80 tank. Photo courtesy of Ukrainian Weapons Tracker/Twitter.
With Captured Tanks, Ukraine Now Has More Armor Than When the War Began
March 26, 2022
Howard Altman
A Russian cargo ship burns at the port of Berdyansk, struck by a Ukrainian missile. Picture courtesy of Brig. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov.
Russian Ship Burning in Ukraine Harbor, Hit by Missile Strike
March 24, 2022
Howard Altman
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry claims its forces shot down three Russian jets and two helicopters on March 2, 2022. Ukraine Defense Ministry photo.
Why the Skies Over Ukraine Are a ‘Nightmare’ for Russian Pilots
March 22, 2022
Howard Altman
A Ukrainian firefighter in Kyiv gives instructions as he extinguishes a fire on a house after shelling on the 17th day of the Russian invasion, Saturday, March 12, 2022. The Ukrainian government has opened a website to collect evidence of war crimes. Photo by Aris Messinis/Getty Images.
Seeking Public Reports, Ukraine Launches War Crimes Database
March 17, 2022
Howard Altman
Marines throw an M-67 fragment grenade at the firing range in Djibouti, as part of 2008’s Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. US Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock.
China, Russian Mercenaries Active in Africa, per Top US Generals
March 16, 2022
Howard Altman
A hostel building at the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security facility in the western Ukraine city of Yaroviv near the Polish border after a Russian cruise missile strike. The base has been the site of US training with Ukrainian forces and has been reported to be a training center for foreign volunteers. Photo from Facebook.
Russian Advances Stalled Across Ukraine as Training Facility Hit With Cruise Missiles
March 15, 2022
Howard Altman
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