Source link British forces should be kept away from the front line but provide support such as training, James Heappey has said The UK should consider sending troops to Ukraine, former Minister of State for the Armed Forces James Heappey said in an interview with Sky News published on Friday. The comments came in response […]
Source link The DragonFire system could be used in Ukraine to counter Russian drones, Grant Shapps has said A new British laser weapon could be sent to Kiev to counter Russian drones, UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has suggested. The DragonFire weapon, which can fire a laser beam to take out a coin from several […]
Source link Almost three-quarters of Polish people don’t want NATO boots on the ground, Euractiv has reported, citing a new poll A vast majority of Poles are opposed to deploying NATO troops to Ukraine, Euractiv reported on Wednesday, citing a survey by the Public Opinion Research Center (CBOS). Almost three-quarters of respondents (74.8%) said they […]
Source link The deployment of soldiers to Ukraine would be disastrous for France, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu told his French counterpart, Sebastien Lecornu, during a rare phone call on Wednesday. The one-hour call was the first conversation between the defense chiefs since October 2022. According to the readout provided by the Russian Defense Ministry, […]
Source link Washington fuels the war in Gaza with fresh arm supplies despite a rift with West Jerusalem The US has signed off on the transfer of billions of dollars worth of bombs and aircraft to Israel, despite recent political disagreements and publicly voiced concerns about a looming Israeli ground incursion into the overcrowded Gaza […]
Source link The French president has refused to rule out the possibility of deploying NATO troops to help Kiev’s forces A majority of French people believe President Emmanuel Macron’s increasingly hawkish stance on Russia is dangerous and will only increase tensions with Moscow, a new poll has found. Some 57% of respondents believe Macron was […]
Source link Estonian PM Kaja Kallas on Wednesday refused to offer guarantees to the parliament that she would not send the Baltic country’s ground forces to aid Kiev. Only Estonia and Lithuania had shown any enthusiasm for the idea of sending soldiers to Ukraine, after French President Emmanuel Macron argued at the end of February […]
Source link The German chancellor has reiterated his stance against escalating the conflict with Russia German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told lawmakers in the Bundestag on Wednesday that he refuses to arm Ukraine with long-range Taurus cruise missiles. Kiev has been increasingly vocal about its lack of weaponry and ammunition on the front lines, and has […]
Source link Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reiterated his reluctance to supply long-range weaponry to Kiev, DPA has reported German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ruled out the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, citing the risk of Berlin’s direct or indirect involvement in the Ukraine conflict, DPA reported on Tuesday. Kiev has long been requesting […]
Source link The world is already witnessing the results of “war to the last Ukrainian,” Slovakia’s defense minister has warned Slovak Defense Minister Robert Kalinak has slammed the idea of sending NATO forces to Ukraine by calling it a “red line” that should not be crossed. Politicians in the West are exploiting “the war and […]
Source link The West should respond to Moscow’s military operation against Kiev with “asymmetric escalation,” Radoslaw Sikorski has stated The deployment of NATO troops to Ukraine amid the conflict with Russia is “not unthinkable,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said. He was commenting on a statement by French President Emmanuel Macron, who said late […]
Source link The US leader is reportedly looking for alternatives after his foreign aid bill stalled in Congress The US government is considering tapping into the US Army budget in order to provide Ukraine with much-needed additional military aid, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. One of the sources told the […]
Source link The country’s army chief of staff reportedly approached his coalition peers with the idea weeks ago France suggested deploying NATO troops to Ukraine in order to assist Kiev’s forces with crucial tasks, the former US envoy to the bloc, Ivo Daalder, wrote in an article for Politico news outlet published on Monday. According […]
Source link Washington has given too few tanks to Kiev, prompting Moscow’s forces to hunt them down to get bonus payments, the serviceman has said The Russian troops have seemingly recorded a video, where one of them mockingly thanked US President Joe Biden for supplying Kiev with Abrams tanks and giving Moscow’s forces an opportunity […]
Source link The French president is trying to exercise minds in Western Europe to understand that they can no longer rely on the US as a security guarantor Emmanuel Macron alarmed the “collective West” this week by speculating that NATO forces could be openly deployed in the Ukraine conflict zone. Over the following three days, […]