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MILITARY6d agoDefense Forces in Sumy region receive new shipment of interceptor dronesSoldiers defending the Sumy region have received 70 new “General Chereshnia” interceptor drones.Ukrinform [en]
MILITARY6d agoSouth Korea pledges legal action over alleged fuel exports to RussiaUkrainian reports of South Korean fuel exports to Russia come amid strained tensions between Seoul and Kyiv.Al Jazeera [en]
MILITARY6d agoPutin spends a record 200 billion dollars on the war with Ukraine by 2026Clarín
MILITARYOct 7Romania orders 12 Airbus H225M multirole helicoptersThe contract signature follows on from Bucharest green-lighting the estimated €757 million ($845 million) deal in July.Breaking Defense
MILITARYOct 7The deterrence gap: How can NATO protect its front line from Russia?The latest report in the Atlantic Council’s Russia Tomorrow series assesses Russia’s threats to NATO’s eastern flank and evaluates the responses of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania. The post The deterrence gap: How can NATO protect its front line from Russia? appeared first on Atlantic Council.Atlantic Council
MILITARYOct 7Poland’s President in the Philippines: Black Hawks, ASEAN, and US Defense InterestsCould Nawrocki’s visit to Manila serve to promote further Black Hawk sales across ASEAN, potentially benefiting U.S. industrial interests?The Diplomat
MILITARYOct 7EU releases €1.24 billion for Ukrainian-made drones and munitionsThe European Union has released €1.24 billion for Ukraine to buy drones, drone interceptors, drone ammunition and munitions manufactured domestically in a bid to push back against Russia's ongoing and escalated air attacks.EuroNews [en]
MILITARYOct 7NATO Military Committee delegation in Kyiv: Russia will not succeed in undermining support for UkraineA delegation from the NATO Military Committee, led by its chairman, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, visited Kyiv for talks with the leadership of the General Staff of the Armed Forces regarding the situation on the battlefield and continued support for Ukraine.Ukrinform [en]
MILITARYOct 7AI-powered robots are next in war tech, Ukraine’s former defense minister saysMykhailo Fedorov, an architect of Ukraine’s drone program, says his country needs to deploy AI on the battlefield to defend against Russia — no matter the risks.Washington Post World
MILITARYOct 7Rubio In Iceland Signals Deeper NATO Push As Russia, China Challenge Arctic SecurityUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio has signaled a renewed American push to strengthen security in the Arctic, warning that US adversaries and competitors are already acting in a region of growing strategic importance.RFE/RL
MILITARYOct 7Russia’s plague outbreak shouldn’t scare us – but its secretive bioweapons programme shouldThe Telegraph
MILITARYOct 7Air Force: Russia may eventually accelerate jet-powered drones to 900 km/hThe speed of Russian jet drones could eventually reach 800–900 km/h, although such speeds have not yet been recorded.Ukrinform [en]
MILITARYOct 7Air Force: Intensive use is rapidly shortening F-16 service lifeUkrainian F-16 fighter jets are one of the most effective means of countering Russian jet drones; however, due to the high rate of use of this aircraft, their service life is nearing its end, and support from partners is critically important.Ukrinform [en]
MILITARYOct 6Swedish Patriot missiles to be sent to Poland to bolster NATO's eastern flankSweden will send Patriot air-defences and around 100 troops to protect the Rzeszów-Jasionka logistics hub used to route aid to Ukraine. The mission starts on 1 December and will last seven months.EuroNews [en]
MILITARYOct 6Air Force: Drone interceptors will not be available in necessary quantities until at least end of NovemberThe Ukrainian Air Force expects to receive the necessary number of drone interceptors no earlier than the end of November.Ukrinform [en]
MILITARYOct 6'Busification': Inside Ukraine’s controversial recruitment practicesRecent reports and videos of alleged recruitment irregularities are fuelling tensions between mobilisation authorities and Ukrainian society, while raising questions about the oversight and implementation of military recruitment.France 24 [en]
MILITARYOct 6Two Spanish F-18 jets scrambled in Romania after drone alert near UkraineTwo Spanish F-18s deployed in Romania under NATO command took off at dawn after two air targets were detected near the Ukrainian border. The objects did not ultimately enter Romanian airspace and were not intercepted.EuroNews [en]
MILITARYOct 6Unpacking Boeing’s F/A-XX win, plus a report from wartime UkraineBoeing’s victory caps a significant turnaround for its defense business, while Breaking Defense reports from western Ukraine on technology and life in wartime.Breaking Defense
MILITARYOct 6Defense minister: Poland to deploy Patriot systems near Ukrainian borderUkrinform [en]
MILITARYOct 6Ukrainian Ground Forces establish drone unitIn Kyiv, at the Ukrinform news agency, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Army Drone Forces were presented. Although they are not a separate branch of the military, they constitute a deeply integrated system that enables up to 80% of strikes against enemy personnel to be carried out using drones and provides 70% of all reconnaissance.Ukrinform [en]
MILITARYOct 6Air Force is 75% staffed with pilots, says deputy commanderThe Ukrainian Air Force is currently about 75% staffed with pilots; however, the main bottleneck in air defense today is not a shortage of personnel, but rather technological solutions.Ukrinform [en]
MILITARYOct 6Estonia moves troops to Russian border as fears grow of Putin attack on Nato: reportThe Independent World
MILITARYOct 6Philip Ingram sees Russia, China and Iran stepping up ‘gray zone’ activities across UK and EuropeFrançois Picard is pleased to welcome Philip Ingram, journalist and former British military intelligence officer. The events surrounding RAF Fairford are not an isolated incident, explains Ingram. It's part of a much wider security issue in which conventional military operations, intelligence activity and gray-zone tactics increasingly overlap.France 24 [en]
MILITARYOct 6Turkmenistan grows its arsenal of Chinese air defences as Russia’s role shrinksTurkmenistan has added the FK-2000 missile-and-gun system to its growing arsenal of Chinese-made air defences, highlighting Beijing’s expanding role in the Central Asian weapons market once dominated by Russia. At least 10 FK-2000 vehicles – along with an array of other Chinese-made military equipment – could be seen in footage of Turkmenistan’s Independence Day parade in Ashgabat on September 27. Developed by the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, the FK-2000 is a...South China Morning Post