Source link Berlin’s military support enables acts of genocide in Gaza, according to the Central American country Nicaragua called on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday to halt Germany from providing military aid to Israel, arguing that Berlin’s support enables acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza. Nicaragua’s Ambassador […]
Source link The 1990 conventional arms reduction pact became meaningless after Russia’s exit, Ankara said Ankara has suspended its participation in the key European arms control pact that was meant to forestall new conflicts from emerging on the continent after the end of the Cold War. According to the decree signed by President Recep Tayyip […]
Source link The killing of foreign aid workers in Gaza has reignited calls for a halt to supply of British weaponry The UK is facing renewed calls to stop exporting arms to Israel, following the deadly bombing by the country’s military of a humanitarian convoy in Gaza, media outlets are reporting. On Monday, seven World […]
Source link The lack of military volunteers is a “sensitive issue” ahead of mobilization reform, a leading Ukrainian sociologist has said Most Ukrainians expect their country to win in the armed conflict with Russia, but just 8% are willing to fight to further their cause, the head of a leading Kiev-based pollster said in an […]
Source link If conflict occurs, Washington will focus on Asia, and European NATO members will be “totally alone,” Rheinmetall’s CEO has warned Washington has sent a clear message to European NATO members that they can no longer rely on its military protection, the head of German defense giant Rheinmetall has argued. For decades, the EU […]
Source link Officials are looking for a way to bypass the bloc’s founding treaty to pay for weapons for Kiev, the newspaper has been told EU officials are seeking legal advice on how to unlock more military spending for Ukraine by circumventing a clause in the bloc’s founding treaty, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. […]
Source link The government has the MPs calling to end the deliveries of weapons amid the continuing war in Gaza Canada will halt future arms sales to Israel, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told the newspaper Toronto Star on Tuesday. Her statement came after the country’s parliament passed a resolution on the matter amid the growing […]
Source link The German chancellor has clarified that profits obtained from Moscow’s funds held in the EU will be used to arm Kiev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that interest accrued from Russian assets frozen in the EU will be used to purchase weapons for Ukraine. Soon after Russia launched its military operation against […]
Source link US military aid to Kiev has strained its own stockpiles as the Congress-approved money pot ran dry The US Defense Department wants the Congress to allocate at least $6.5 billion to replenish its stocks, which have been depleted after two years of constant weapon deliveries to Ukraine, according to a document seen by […]
Source link The US Defense Department has delivered weapons to Kiev expecting future appropriations to cover replacements, a senior official has said The Pentagon wants the US Congress to allocate $10 billion to compensate for weapons it has delivered to Ukraine and to replenish its own stocks, American media reported on Monday citing senior officials. […]
Source link Kiev alone has hiked its weapons purchases by more than 6,600% in the last five years, a new report has found European nations nearly doubled their weapons imports over the last five years, with the conflict in Ukraine the primary factor behind the increase, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace […]
Source link Two people accused of corruption have been acquitted after showing a British court they acted with London’s blessing Senior British Defense officials knowingly continued highly “anachronistic” payments to the son of a former Saudi defense minister while withholding key evidence from a probe into the deal, UK court documents have revealed. The practice […]
Source link Moldova has frozen its participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Moldova suspended its participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) on Wednesday. The decision now requires the backing of the country’s parliament and president before taking effect. The CFE Treaty was signed in 1990 by […]
Source link Warsaw has agreed to buy thousands of anti-tank grenade launchers from Saab, continuing its ramp-up in military spending Poland has continued its military buildup in response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict by agreeing to buy anti-tank grenade launchers from Sweden, its newest NATO ally. Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz announced the arms deal at […]
Source link President Vladimir Zelensky’s government has arrested former MP Sergey Pashinsky and charged him with defrauding the state, the New York Times has reported. The charges are not related to Pashinsky’s arms dealing business, but he said they have harmed his effort to get weapons for Kiev’s forces. Pashinsky and five other men were […]