Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Wednesday the country is set to face “extremely difficult weeks” of heavy fighting ahead due to the large-scale offensive Russia is preparing to launch on the eastern Donbas region. “We have several extremely difficult weeks ahead of us. The implementation of agreements [with Ukraine’s international partners], training [of […]
President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that if any other country intervenes in Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, Russia will launch a quick-fire military response. Speaking to lawmakers, Putin said that “if anyone sets out to intervene in the current events from the outside and creates unacceptable threats for us that are strategic in nature, they […]
The French military left a remote base in northern Mali before dawn last week for the last time, one hundred vehicles forming a miles-long convoy across the barren desert terrain. Helicopters whirred above, air support for hundreds of troops in trucks and armored cars leaving the camp near the town of Gossi. A team of […]
Shoulder-fired Stinger missiles are in hot demand in Ukraine where they have successfully stopped Russian assaults from the air, but US supplies have shrunk and producing more of the anti-aircraft weapons faces significant hurdles. Challenges include complications related to ramping up production, reluctance by the US to redirect valuable manufacturing capacity to decades-old technology, and […]
Embraer delivered a total of 14 jets in the first quarter of 2022, of which six were commercial aircraft and eight were executive jets (six light and two large). As of March 31, the firm order backlog totaled USD 17.3 billion. Embraer delivered 56 Phenom 300 series light jets in 2021, signaling a decade of […]
The operational assimilation and training of the newly acquired NORA self-propelled guns of the Greek National Guard continue. According to the General Staff of the Greek National Guard, between 11 and 15 April 2022, as part of the operational training of the crews, 155mm artillery shells from the NORA B-52 Alexander self-propelled howitzer were fired […]
A commander for the Ukrainian marines fighting in the last stronghold of Mariupol said his forces were “maybe facing our last days, if not hours” and appealed for extraction in a Facebook post published early Wednesday. “The enemy is outnumbering us ten to one,” Serhiy Volyna from the 36th Separate Marine Brigade said, sheltering at […]
In the depths of the huge fortified Azovstal factory complex, the Chechens are now on a mission to. . to flush out the remaining neo-Nazi fighters of the Azov battalion who have remained inside and did not want to make use of the Russian forces‘ ultimatum to surrender, with all that this now means for […]
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Monday that Russia has launched its large-scale offensive in the eastern Donbas region. “We can now say that Russian troops have begun the battle for Donbas, for which they have been preparing for a long time. A very large part of the entire Russian army is now focused on […]
JERUSALEM: Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel for the first time in months on Monday, prompting a retaliatory strike by the Israeli military, in a further escalation after clashes at a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem. Israel said it intercepted the rocket, and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. Israel holds Gaza’s […]