Source link The British army lacks ammo and equipment, the deputy chief of the Defense Staff has told MPs The British Armed Forces are not prepared for a potential confrontation with an adversary such as Russia, the deputy chief of the Defense Staff, Lieutenant General Robert Magowan, told a parliamentary defense committee on Tuesday. The […]
Source link $300 million allocated for Kiev in a stopgap US spending bill last week won’t go to new arms shipments, the outlet has said A $300 million spending package for Ukraine approved by the US Congress last week will not provide fresh aid for Kiev because the money was actually spent months ago, Politico […]
Source link President Emmanuel Macron’s transition from dove to hawk began last summer, the newspaper wrote The idea of sending Western troops to Ukraine was secretly discussed in Paris as early as last June, months before French President Emmanuel Macron’s pledge to keep all options on the table to defeat Russia, according to Le Monde. […]
Source link Battery-powered transportation soared in popularity during the pandemic, but the devices have since become ticking time bombs Lithium-ion batteries used in electronic bikes and scooters caused more fires in the last two months than in all of 2019, the New York City Fire Department’s (FDNY) chief fire marshall has told the New York […]
Source link Kiev’s fate depends on the continued flow of Western funding, the EU’s top diplomat has argued With Ukrainian forces losing territory, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that “in the coming months the war may be decided.” To avoid a Ukrainian defeat, Borrell called on EU member states to send even […]
Source link Russian politics has moved from crisis mode to a new normality. And the divorce from the West is permanent Back in 2022 high stakes were at play. Everyone wanted to know whether Russia would be able to withstand the tipping point. Could Moscow keep its economy from collapsing under sanctions and would it […]
Source link Hostilities will likely end by late spring or early summer, the head of Zaporozhye Region has predicted By spring or summer 2024, the Ukrainian army will likely no longer be a credible fighting force, according to Yevgeny Balitsky, the governor of Russia’s frontline Zaporozhye Region. Balitsky cites his military experience as well as […]
Source link Israel’s military chief has warned of a long process to thoroughly dismantle Hamas Israel’s top military commander has warned that the war in Gaza will likely drag on for “many more months” because a long and determined fight will be required to completely destroy the Palestinian militant group Hamas and prevent it from […]
Source link US national debt has continued to mount, jumping by $2.6 trillion in the six months through December to reach $33.8 trillion, according to the Treasury Department. The Treasury indicated that factors such as tax cuts, stimulus programs, increased government spending, and decreased tax revenues have been driving up debt. “The national debt just […]
Source link Kiev will run out of resources soon, sealing its fate by next spring or summer, the Chechen leader has predicted The Ukraine conflict will likely be over by the spring or the summer of 2024, since Kiev is running out of all necessary resources, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov predicted during a televised phone-in […]