Source link Kiev’s earlier pleas for seven Patriot systems were rejected, despite the EU having more than 100 Ukraine is in talks with Poland, Spain, and Romania for air defense systems after Western allies spurned Kiev’s requests, the Financial Times wrote on Friday, citing sources close to the discussions. This comes after a recent wave […]
Source link More missiles and bomb shelters might motivate Ukrainians to have babies, the president has claimed Kiev needs more air defense systems to help Ukrainians have more children, President Vladimir Zelensky said on Thursday. Ukraine currently has the lowest fertility rate in the world. The issue of demographics came up during Zelensky’s meeting with […]
Source link Kiev’s forces will soon be able to target only one in five incoming Russian projectiles, the paper has reported Ukraine has told its Western backers that munitions for some of its air defense systems could be almost used up by the end of March, the Washington Post has reported, citing US officials. According […]
Source link he hardware was blown up in Donbass by an Iskander missile system, the Defense Ministry has said The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video of a missile strike which destroyed a Ukrainian S-300 air defense system deployed in the People’s Republic of Donetsk. The hardware was hit near the town of Pokrovsk, […]
Source link The 63-year-old retired Army lieutenant colonel is accused of transmitting confidential information to a person claiming to be a woman living in Ukraine A civilian US Air Force employee has been charged in federal court in Nebraska with transmitting classified information about the Ukraine conflict on a foreign online dating platform, according to […]
Source link Slovakia was temporarily provided with the SAMP/T last year, which is now needed “elsewhere,” PM Robert Fico says Italy plans to withdraw its SAMP/T surface-based air defense system from Slovakia, according to media reports on Saturday, citing Prime Minister Robert Fico. The system in question was temporarily deployed to Slovakia last year to […]
Source link The oldest president in American history, Joe Biden, made his latest mental gaffe while announcing Washington’s plans to carry out a first military airdrop of vital supplies into the Palestinian enclave. The US leader announced a new humanitarian initiative on Friday – a day after Gaza health authorities accused Israeli forces of killing […]
Source link A NASA official had previously reported that air loss from the Zvezda module had doubled Air leaking from the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) poses no risk to its crew or the orbital outpost, the Russian space agency Roscosmos has said. A NASA official had previously reported that the rate […]
Source link The FAA has imposed a series of restrictions on the company’s 737 MAX jets after a mid-air blowout incident this month The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has temporarily prohibited Boeing from expanding the production of its 737 MAX planes citing passenger safety concerns. The decision comes on the heels of a blowout […]
Source link Safety inspections of the 737 MAX 9 planes operated by Alaska Airlines have revealed more quality-control failures Alaska Airlines, the US air carrier whose midair blowout earlier this month triggered the nationwide grounding of all Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets for safety inspections, has found loose bolts on “many” of the planes in […]
Source link The newly-appointed defense minister of Slovakia has called those previously in charge “people with qualities of pugs rather than wolves” Slovakia’s continuous military aid to Ukraine under the previous government has left the country’s own defense posture badly damaged, with “years” now needed to fix it, new Slovak Defense Minister Robert Kalinak has […]
Source link A top military official has admitted that escalating missile and drone attacks have strained Kiev’s defense resources Kiev’s air defense arsenal has been depleted as the country tries to shoot down increasing barrages of Russian missiles and drones, a Ukrainian Air Force official has acknowledged. “Intense Russian air attacks force us to use […]
Source link United Airlines has revealed that inspections following a rival’s midair blowout found that door plugs weren’t properly secured United Airlines has discovered inadequately secured door plugs on the Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes that it grounded in the wake of last week’s midair blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight, raising new safety concerns […]
Source link The SBU security service said four Kiev residents could face 12 years in prison for sharing “illegal” footage Four Ukrainian citizens have been arrested after posting videos of Russian airstrikes on the capital region, local authorities said, noting they could be charged for “adjusting enemy fire.” Moscow targeted multiple military sites around Kiev […]
Source link Rather than intercepting Russian missiles, Kiev’s Western-provided systems hit apartment blocks, Russia’s envoy to the UN said Ukrainian air defense missiles were responsible for civilian casualties during Russia’s recent bombardment of Ukrainian military sites, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, claimed on Friday. Were it not for the “Nazi regime’s” malfunctioning […]