Source link President Cyril Ramaphosa says Pretoria is “tired of criminals operating with impunity” and undermining the country’s economy South African security forces arrested dozens on Thursday in the latest crackdown on illegal mining. The joint military and police operation in the Soul City settlement near Kagiso, west of Johannesburg, also resulted in the seizure […]
Source link Bundeswehr Inspector General Carsten Breuer had previously expressed concerns about the nation’s war readiness The German army has neither the strength nor the equipment required to effectively defend the nation, the tabloid Bild reported on Wednesday, citing its own analysis of the state of the armed forces. The outlet was fact-checking a warning […]
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Source link The Ukrainian president fears top general Valery Zaluzhny’s popularity and is inserting politics into military aims, insiders have reportedly said Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is bypassing General Valery Zaluzhny, the country’s top military leader, to give orders directly to commanders, the Ukrainskaya Pravda news outlet reported on Monday, citing sources close to the […]
Source link Citing the NATO build-up, Moscow has increased the size of its active service to 1.3 million Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed an executive order increasing the size of the armed forces by 170,000 members, effective immediately. The order establishes the size of the armed forces of the Russian Federation at 2,209,130 […]
Source link The African country’s high court commenced hearings into a murder case against UK soldiers on Wednesday The British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK) has asked the East African country’s high court to dismiss a lawsuit involving the alleged murder of a young woman, Agnes Wanjiru, by its soldiers more than a decade […]
Source link Kiev’s forces have revived the use of the Maxim machine gun for air defense purposes A Ukrainian military unit has shared photos on social media of a mobile drone hunting vehicle – an old ZAZ Tavria pickup with a pair of World War I-era machine guns mounted in the back. Images of the […]
Source link Aid to Ukraine is leaving the Bundeswehr under-equipped and unable to refill supplies fast enough The German armed forces, left under-funded and under-equipped in both personnel and ammunition stocks, would last a matter of two days in the event of a war, MP Dr Johann Wadephul has warned, explaining that arms that would’ve […]
Source link The activist Russia wants arrested for hate speech got pranked by comedians Vovan and Lexus Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, one of the founders of the feminist-punk band ‘Pussy Riot,’ admitted on Friday that she helped funds raised for humanitarian purposes find their way to the Ukrainian troops. Earlier in the week, the notorious Russian pranksters […]
Source link Poland wants Washington to manage security in Europe, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak has said Poland rejects the idea of an “imaginary EU army” and sees the US as its key military partner, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Tuesday. In its bid to build “the strongest land army” in Europe, Warsaw has aggressively […]
Source link The US and its allies expect Ukraine to refill its army ranks with teenagers, the elderly, and women, the SVR has said Washington and London want Kiev to further expand its mobilization efforts amid the stalled summer counteroffensive to supposedly demonstrate Russia’s “inability to prevail” in the Ukrainian conflict, the Russian Foreign Intelligence […]
Source link The BBC cast doubt on Israeli allegations of Hamas military activity in Gaza’s largest hospital Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Peter Lerner has asked the BBC and its editor Jeremy Bowen to apologize, after they called into question IDF evidence of a Hamas presence at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. Israeli soldiers have been in […]
Source link Fresh troops who arrive to fight for Kiev often say they did not realize how bad the situation is, Lieutenant Dmitry Kostyuk said Many foreign mercenaries recruited by Kiev soon opt to flee Ukraine after experiencing the gruesome reality of the battlefield, an army officer told CNN on Sunday. Moscow has previously said […]