Source link Poland will give Ukraine a loan to make “larger-scale arms purchases,” Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said after meeting Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Kiev on Monday. “There is nothing more important” than giving Kiev more weapons, Tusk said. “We appreciate Poland’s unwavering support and the new military aid package for Ukraine, as […]
Source link Kiev hopes to force Moscow into negotiations on its terms, after rejecting a favorable deal in 2022 As President Vladimir Zelensky pushes forward with his so-called “peace formula,” which was already dismissed by the Kremlin as “absurd,” Ukrainian officials continue to come up with additional terms and conditions. The conflict in Ukraine can […]
Source link Moscow’s intelligence services are adept at identifying storage depots, Kiev’s air force spokesman has admitted Stockpiling arms and ammunition in Ukraine makes “little sense” due to the ability of Russian forces to effectively identify and strike such locations, Kiev’s air force spokesman has admitted. Yury Ignat also warned that US-made F-16 fighter jets […]
Source link Now that Belarus is hosting Russian nuclear missiles, it has set out to clarify its position on their usage in a new doctrine A revised defense doctrine will clarify Belarus’s position on the use of Russian nuclear weaponry stationed on its soil, the country’s Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin has said. The Lieutenant General […]
Source link The combined output of the entire world’s military industrial complex is not enough to maintain Kiev’s fight against Moscow, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said during a press conference in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday. Responding to a question from a New York Times reporter, the Ukrainian leader said his forces were experiencing a deficit […]
Source link Pentagon officials have reportedly revealed that the two sailors were trying to intercept a shipment to Yemen’s Houthi rebels Two US Navy SEALs were reportedly searching for a shipment of Iranian weapons to Yemen’s Houthi rebels when they went missing off the coast of Somalia late last week. The two were raiding a […]
Source link Berlin conducted no inspections on the destination of its huge arms deliveries to Kiev last year, the report says The German government checked only twice where the weapons it had sent abroad in 2023 went, Der Spiegel reported on Friday, citing officials. Meanwhile, Berlin’s massive military assistance to Kiev was also left unsupervised, […]
Source link South Korean intelligence agents claim the Palestinian militants have sourced rocket-propelled grenades from Pyongyang South Korean spies have accused North Korea of providing weapons to Hamas, but admit that evidence for this claim is “difficult to provide.” The US has made similar accusations before, which Pyongyang denies. South Korea’s main intelligence agency, the […]
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Source link The rate of fulfilling defense orders has reached 98%, a record high in the country’s modern history, Denis Manturov has said Russia is outpacing Western countries in arms production despite the latter’s push to provide military support to Ukraine, Russian Deputy PM and Trade Minister Denis Manturov has said. In a wide-ranging interview […]
Source link Tokyo sends Patriot missiles to the US in another step toward full remilitarization Japan has agreed to supply Patriot missiles to the US after ending a ban on military exports imposed under the country’s pacifist constitution in 1947. The move will help shore up Washington’s stockpiles eroded by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. […]
Source link The National Assembly of Bulgaria voted on Friday to override President Rumen Radev’s veto on the plan to donate 100 old armored personnel carriers to the Ukrainian military. Radev had vetoed the proposal on Monday, insisting that the lawmakers rushed it through the parliamentary procedure and gave insufficient consideration to Bulgarian needs and […]
Source link Kiev is reportedly seeking the US-made THAAD missile system and F-18 Hornet fighter jets Ukraine’s military has circulated a list of arms it hopes to receive from Washington over the coming months, including several new weapons not featured in past US aid packages, according to Reuters. Ukrainian Defense Ministry staffers handed out a […]
Source link Arms exporter Rosoboronexport says it is striving to remain a reliable security partner for the continent African countries have bought more than 30% of the weapons systems exported by Russia so far this year, TASS reported on Monday, citing Alexander Mikheyev, CEO of Russia’s main arms exporter, Rosoboronexport. According to Mikheyev, the company […]
Source link Green politician Joschka Fischer cited the need to deter Russia and added that the bloc should also invest in air defenses The European Union needs to get its own nuclear arsenal to better deter Russia, a former Foreign Minister of Germany, Joschka Fischer, has argued. The now-retired official has also warned that the […]