M-55S. Wikimedia Commons The Ukrainian army doesn’t say no to armored vehicles. Whatever surplus tanks, fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and reconnaissance vehicles some ally offers, the ...
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Ukraine Is On Track To Win The War Against Russia, With The Partner’s Support.
Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov speaks during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, … [+] Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All righ...
Russia Is Refitting Old T-72 Tanks For The War In Ukraine. But It’s Running Out Of Optics.
T-72B1 Obr. 2022s. Via social media The Ukrainian army isn’t the only one getting new tanks. Well, new-ish. As Kyiv’s allies pledge more and more of the best NATO-style tanks to Ukraine’s war effort, ...
NATO Countries Are Giving Ukraine Hundreds Of Their Old Howitzers—and Replacing Them With South Korea’s Excellent K-9
South Korean marines in a K-9 prepare to return fire after North Korean shells started a blaze behind them during a 2010 skirmish. South Korean defense ministry photo NATO’s eastern and northern membe...
Why The Biden Administration Wants To Sell Turkey F-16s And Greece F-35s
The Biden administration hopes to win approval from Congress to sell modernized F-16s to Turkey and fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters to Greece. If approved, these multi-billion doll...
Want Peace? Kick Russia’s Navy Out Of The Black Sea—For Years
Russian Navy ship sails through the Bosphorus Strait AFP via Getty Images Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has spent the past few months previewing a comprehensive ten-point peace plan. But Z...
New Ukraine Howitzers Make Headlines, While The M-109 Gun Toils In Obscurity
An M109 self propelled 155mm gun fires in Ukraine Getty Images In Ukraine, America’s humble M-109 howitzer isn’t getting much attention. Overshadowed by more modern self-propelled guns, the M-109 is a...
To Survive Ukraine’s Air-Defenses, Russian Pilots Fly Low And Lob Rockets. It Might Not Be As Inaccurate As It Seems.
Russian air force Su-25s firing unguided rockets over Ukraine. Via social media It’s one of the weirdly iconic images of the Ukraine war: Russian and Ukrainian helicopters and attack jets flying low o...
If NATO Won’t Give Ukraine Offensive Weapons, “Defensive Tanks” Will Do
Older M60-A3 tanks are widely available defensive weapons, and should be sent to Ukraine. AFP via Getty Images It is no secret that Ukraine needs defensive NATO-standard armored vehicles. Speaking at ...
Russia Has More Artillery Than Ukraine. But Russian Gunners Have A Bad Habit Of Shelling … Nothing.
A Ukrainian army 2S7 howitzer in action. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Despite a deluge of Western support for Ukraine over the 10 months of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, the Russian army still ha...
Would Putin Launch An Electromagnetic Pulse Attack Against Ukraine?
EMI receiver or spectrum analyzer display during measurement getty The nations of Europe are on edge after a Ukrainian missile, apparently defending against Russian attacks, appears to have flown off ...
What We Know Now About Missile Strike In Poland
When a missile struck a village in Poland yesterday killing two civilians, many social media commentators were quick to declare that this was a Russian attack on a NATO member state and NATO must now ...
Dow turns negative in afternoon trade Tuesday after report of Russian missiles hitting NATO member Poland
U.S. stocks trimmed earlier gains, with the Dow turning negative, after a news report indicated Russian missiles crossed into Poland, a NATO member. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.17% fell ...
Russian Military Leaders Reportedly Discussed When And How Moscow Would Use Nuclear Weapons In Ukraine
Topline Russian military leaders have discussed how and when Moscow might deploy nuclear weapons in Ukraine, according to U.S. intelligence reported by the New York Times on Wednesday, adding to mount...
If Russia Can’t Defeat Ukraine, Then Could The Soviet Union Have Conquered Europe?
Soviet T-34 tanks roll toward Red Square during the Victory Day military parade marking the 75th … [+] anniversary of the Nazi defeat in Moscow, Russia, on June 24, 2020. Host Photo Agency It wa...
Saturday, October 1. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
KUPIANSK, UKRAINE – OCTOBER 1: Kupiansk refugees flee over a destroyed bridge on October 1, 2022 in … [+] Kupiansk, Ukraine. The city has been successfully captured by Ukrainian Armed Forc...
Friday, September 30. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
In this image released by the Police Press Service, the view from a drone shows the site of a … [+] Russian rocket attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. A Russian strike on th...
USS Ford Shakedown Cruise Set To Shake Up The Navy, Russia And NATO
Battle-ready aircraft arrive on the USS Ford U.S. Navy After five years in commission, the supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is finally deploying. The Navy, refreshingly open about the upcoming...
Wednesday, September 28. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
Relatives and friends comfort a woman after Ukrainian rescue workers found a body of a person under … [+] the debris following a Russian attack that heavily damaged a school in Mykolaivka, Ukrai...
Monday, September 26. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
A woman carries humanitarian aid at the distribution point in the recently retaken town of Izium, … [+] Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Copyright 2022 The Associate...
Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Is No Reason To Increase The Pentagon Budget
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons if his nation’s “territorial integrity” is threatened has been widely denounced, and rightly so. But paradoxically, it is a sign of Rus...
Putin Just Doubled Down On His Nuclear Threat: What That Means
After an as-yet unexplained delay, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday declared “partial mobilization” of his country’s army reserves, a move intended to replenish the invading army which ha...
What Does A Weakened Russia Mean?
PEREVEVALNE, UKRAINE – MARCH 06: Russian paramilitaries stand guard outside of a Ukrainian military … [+] base in the town of Perevevalne near the Crimean city of Simferopol on March 6, 20...
How Does Ukraine Define Victory?
Participation of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the annual meeting of the Yalta … [+] European Strategy, September 9, 2022. Kyiv, Ukraine. Office of the President of Ukraine As ...
Putin Accidentally Revived The League Of Democracies. Here’s What It Means For Business.
Central to Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign was the concept of a League of Democracies: “the one organization where the world’s democracies would come together to discuss problems a...
An Exemplary Illustration Of How It Was Done
The myriad tributaries of aid flowing daily to Ukraine offer optimism to the world by upholding the Ukrainians’ historic illustration of indomitable resistance. Ukraine’s achievement will ...
Erdogan’s Game With Nato Over Finland And Sweden: What He Really Wants
(Photo by ADEM ALTAN) AFP via Getty Images Everyone’s wondering what on earth Erdogan is up to – first he impedes the Nato accession of Finland and Sweden, then he gives the go-ahead after appar...
NATO Begins Ratification Process To Add Finland And Sweden To Alliance—Here’s What Happens Next
Topline NATO on Tuesday officially began the ratification process to add of Finland and Sweden to the Western military alliance, a move that is expected to garner swift support from the alliance’s mem...
Does Greece ‘Need’ Those Russian S-300 Missiles On Crete?
In early June, Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos was unambiguous when he stressed that his country would not transfer its long-range Russian S-300 air defense missile systems stored on the ...
Zelensky Urges NATO For Security Guarantees As Sweden And Finland Invited To Join Alliance
Topline In what appears to be a shift in diplomatic strategy, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked NATO on Wednesday whether Ukraine has “not paid enough” to join the alliance—one day after Fi...
With Sweden And Finland Set To Join NATO, Europe’s Geography Just Got A Lot More Difficult For Russia
A British Army tank during training in Estonia in 2022. Crown copyright Turkey will lift its objection to Finland and Sweden joining NATO, setting the stage for the alliance’s biggest expansion in a g...