Source link The party’s voters see the former US president as a more reliable source of information about the Russia-Ukraine conflict America’s Republican voters believe former President Donald Trump is a more reliable source of information about the Russia-Ukraine conflict than either their government or the media, a new poll has shown. The CBS News/YouGov […]
Source link Drone damage to energy infrastructure has not degraded Moscow’s military, a senior defense official told US lawmakers The Pentagon has seen no evidence that Ukrainian strikes on Russian civilian infrastructure have reduced Moscow’s military capability, a senior defense official told American lawmakers on Wednesday. Since January, Ukraine has launched over a dozen long-range […]
Source link Kiev urgently needs more aid to “prevent Russian success,” US military officials have claimed Washington must double down on funding Kiev’s war effort against Moscow, to ensure that billions of dollars in previous “investments” not go to waste, the assistant secretary of defense for International Security Affairs, Celeste Wallander, has claimed. The US has […]
Source link Lloyd Austin said the US remains “committed” to funding Israel, denying mounting accusations of genocide The United States does not have any evidence that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza as it carries out its war against Palestinian militant group Hamas, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said. Israel declared war on Hamas […]
Source link The US Navy “did not have adequate internal controls to prevent overexecution” of allocated funds, the department’s watchdog has said The US Navy has overspent hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Ukraine due to recurring accounting errors, according to a Pentagon watchdog’s report that warned the service branch may not have […]
Source link Discussions are ongoing after Niger canceled a military cooperation deal with Washington, spokesperson Pat Ryder has said Washington has not made any decisions regarding the withdrawal of its forces from Niger, where the military government has terminated a decade-long cooperation deal with the US, Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said at a briefing […]
Source link Israel is reportedly standing in the way of discussions for post-war planning in the Palestinian enclave The US has offered funding to partners in the Middle East for a peacekeeping force in Gaza, which would police the Palestinian enclave after the hostilities with Israel are over, Politico reported on Thursday. Gaza has been […]
Source link Regardless of setbacks, the US will not send its soldiers to the country, a spokesperson stressed The Pentagon expects Ukraine to make retreats in the conflict with Russia, a Pentagon spokesperson said on Thursday, while urging Congress to resume military aid to Kiev. The Ukrainian leadership is facing “really hard, tough decisions” due […]
Source link Ukraine’s very survival could be at stake unless the West sends more military aid, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday. The head of the Pentagon was in Germany for a meeting of the so-called Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, in his first overseas trip since his hospitalization in […]
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 is also “disheartened” by the decline in military aid from Washington, the paper reported Two years into the conflict with Russia, the Pentagon is becoming “frustrated” with Ukraine due to its reluctance to heed battlefield advice from the US military, the New York Times has reported. Washington has been Kiev’s primary backer […]
Source link Workers from Texas to Ohio benefit from Washington’s campaign to procure arms for Kiev, Lloyd Austin has claimed The Ukraine conflict is a boon for the US economy as it has allowed more jobs to be created in the American military-industrial sector, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said. Speaking at a meeting of […]
Source link Jack Teixeira, a former member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, has agreed to accept a 16-year prison term after pleading guilty to leaking hundreds of classified Pentagon documents onto a gaming server. Teixeira, 22, accepted all six counts charging him with willful retention and transmission of national defense information, according to a […]
Source link Singapore’s defense chief earlier claimed that Washington had used the jets to spy on Russian surface-to-air missile sites The US has denied flying F-35s over Ukraine after Singapore’s Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen claimed that the advanced fighter jets were being used to monitor Russian troops in the region. Eng Hen made the […]