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52.7 per cent of respondents will not take part in the voluntary military training announced by the Ministry of Defence, while 41.2 per cent of respondents are willing to do so, reported yesterday's “Rzeczpospolita”, which cited an IBRiS poll on the matter.Poles are not thinking about military training. more

Iran attacked Israel today with ballistic missiles. Witnesses report fires in the Tel Aviv area, unverified footage shows clouds of black smoke in several areas of central Israel, the Times of Israel portal reported.Israel: Iran attacked with ballistic missiles, smoke and fires in Tel Aviv areamore

Britain could potentially support Israel in its conflict with Iran, but the decision to send additional military jets to the Middle East was made mainly to protect British bases and personnel, British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Sunday. Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other overnight into Sunday. more

The UK is sending fighter jets to the Middle East to support security in the region, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced yesterday.more

A Defence Minister has confirmed that the Royal Air Force is still exploring the possibility of operating a mix of F-35B and F-35A fighter jets, suggesting a potential future acquisition of the A variant.more

Stalowa Wola, alongside France's Bourges and Germany's Unterluess, was named in the most recent issue of the British weekly “Economist” as one of three cities in Europe to benefit from the development of armaments production.more

A UK soldier stationed in Kenya has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sent back to the UK. The case is being investigated by British military police, the UK Ministry of Defence said, confirming earlier reports by the BBC.more

Russian troops attacked Ukraine on Sunday night into Monday with 499 drones and missiles; anti-aircraft defences shot down a total of 479 enemy air attack means, the Ukrainian Air Force said. In view of the situation, Polish and allied aircraft activity in Polish airspace began in the morning.more

‘Pentagon disinformation fuelled US UFO mythology’ was the title of a ‘Wall Street Journal’ article about how authorities created conspiracy theories to protect military secrets.more

The UK has pledged to provide 100,000 drones to Ukraine by the end of the current financial year, which ends in April 2026. This will mean a tenfold increase in this type of support from London to the Ukrainian military, the British government has announced.more

The UK will be forced to agree, at the Nato summit in The Hague in June, to increase defence spending to 3.5 per cent of GDP by 2035. - Sky News reported yesterday, citing sources in the defence sector. Current UK defence spending stands at 2.3 per cent.more

Bloomberg: NATO seeks to quintuple ground air defence in EuropeNATO is seeking to quintuple ground air defence capabilities among European member states, Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The plan is intended as a response to the Russian threat.more

The government will invest billions of pounds to move the UK to "war-fighting readiness" in the face of a new era of threats from nuclear powers like Russia and China, the defence secretary has said.more

As a result of a special operation carried out yesterday by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and involving simultaneous strikes on four military airfields in Russia, 41 Russian strategic aviation aircraft were damaged, including the A-50, Tu-95, Tu-22 M3 and Tu-160, the SBU reported today.more

Britain will spend £1.5 billion on building six weapons and ammunition factories to boost the country's combat readiness, the Guardian reported, citing a Ministry of Defence report. The government document is to be presented today by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.more

If a ceasefire is reached in Ukraine this year, Russia could rebuild its army and invade other European countries, including NATO countries, as early as 2027, the British newspaper "Times" reported today, citing a report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) think tank.more

Britain and Germany will jointly develop a new "deep precision strike" weapon with a range exceeding 2,000 kilometres (1,242 miles), the British government said on Thursday, as Europe's two largest economies step up their defence cooperation. more

Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) has revealed the design details of the new S8000 Banderol missile used by the Russian side in attacks on Ukraine, "The Telegraph" newspaper reported yesterday. The missile is built with components from different countries and is launched by large Russian Orion drones.more

‘Freedom isn't free’ - is the title of a five-point defence plan for Europe, presented yesterday by former NATO Secretary General and former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. According to him, European countries' defence spending must increase to 4 per cent of GDP by 2028.more

Britain is secretly preparing for a direct military attack by Russia amid fears that it is not ready for war. Officials have been asked to update 20-year-old contingency plans that would put the country on a war footing after threats of attack by the Kremlin.more

The UK government today expressed its readiness to work towards de-escalating tensions between India and Pakistan following the latest attacks that killed 36 people on both sides of the border. France appealed to both sides of the conflict for restraint.more

The UK Ministry of Defence said yesterday that two British fighter jets had intercepted Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea near NATO alliance airspace. The two separate incidents occurred on Tuesday and Thursday.more

British army conducts successful test of weapon that destroys drones with radio wavesThe British army has conducted a successful test of a new weapon that uses radio waves to target and eliminate drones, the UK Ministry of Defence announced yesterday.more

The UK is considering sending its troops to Ukraine for five years, in line with plans discussed among allies, the UK's ‘Daily Telegraph’ reported. The objectives of the military mission will focus on training and rebuilding the Ukrainian army.more

US President Donald Trump stated that he did not rule out withdrawing some US troops from Europe and suggested that this could be the subject of trade negotiations. He also expressed satisfaction that the EU had not immediately decided to impose retaliatory tariffs in response to the new US tariffs.more