Siły zbrojne

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived this morning on an unannounced visit to the UK. According to the British government, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce the transfer of, among others, drones with a range of over 200 km.more

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace confirmed reports circulating in the media for several days about the transfer of technologically advanced Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine, the range of which is up to 300 km.more

The British government will soon recognise the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company that plays a major role in the war in Ukraine, as a terrorist organisation, 'The Times' reported today.more

The nature of the annual Victory Day parade in Red Square highlighted the material and strategic communications challenges facing the Russian military after 15 months of war in Ukraine, the UK Ministry of Defence reported today.more

By expanding its armed forces, Poland is growing into a European leader and replacing Germany and France in this role, but this is possible thanks to the economy that has been growing continuously for over three decades, writes David Johnson in 'Sunday Telegraph'.more

The British Army has already trained nearly 15,000. our soldiers - informed on Telegram Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, who is on a visit to Great Britain. He stressed that the authorities in Kiev consult with London on actions on the front of the war with Russia, including those regarding the announced Ukrainian counter-offensive.more

Three Russian "ghost" warships operated in the Baltic before blowing up the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines near the site of the sabotage for several hours, and in one case for almost a day, public broadcasters of all Nordic countries revealed.more

The British government announced yesterday that it was arranging an additional flight for its citizens wishing to get out of the fighting-torn Sudan. It will take off today from the airport in the city of Port Sudan in the east of the country. So far, British forces have evacuated 2,122 people.more

The UK and Poland have signed an agreement worth £1.9 billion under which a modern British air defense system will be delivered to Poland, the government announced in London.more

The Royal Navy says it is investigating after documents marked "official sensitive" were reportedly found in a Wetherspoons pub toilet. According to the Sun, the files carried details about HMS Anson - one of the navy's most advanced vessels.more

UK and Germany will cooperate in the next phase of work on advanced tank anti-tank munitions, it was announced yesterday. The new rounds will be used in the Challenger 3 tanks under development by the British and the German Leopard 2 tanks.more

Ukrainian special services attempted to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday using a kamikaze drone with 17 kg of explosives on board. Although the assassination attempt failed, the attempt is being kept secret by the Russian authorities, reports the Bild daily portal.more

British soldiers guarding the military airport near Khartoum, where the evacuation of foreigners from Sudan is taking place, will be able to use force if necessary, the daily "i" reported. Meanwhile, yesterday afternoon, the first plane with the British evacuees landed at Stansted Airport.more

Fighter jets of the German and British air forces have intercepted three Russian reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, dpa reported, citing a German Bundeswehr communiqué today.more

A group of British soldiers flew to Sudan on Monday on an exploratory mission to check the evacuation of some 4,000 British citizens in the conflict-torn country, Sky News reported.more

There will be no Russian attack with nuclear weapons when the Ukrainian army enters Crimea, according to the head of Ukraine's military intelligence service (HUR), General Kyrylo Budanov. In an interview with the RBK Ukraine portal, Budanov also predicts a "landmark battle" this spring.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced today that the country's armed forces have evacuated diplomatic personnel and their family members from Sudan, which has been engulfed in conflict for more than a week.more

France and the Netherlands today launched operations to evacuate their citizens and diplomatic personnel from Sudan, where fighting has been ongoing for days, the foreign ministries in Paris and The Hague said. Staff at the U.S. embassy in the Sudanese capital Khartoum were evacuated last night.more

The UK has a fairly limited capability to deter Russian spy ships in the North Sea, former Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff General Simon Mayall assessed today. However, he added that such actions by Russia are nothing new.more

Russia has developed a programme to sabotage wind farms and communication cables in the North Sea, the BBC reported, citing details of an investigation by public broadcasters in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.more

British aircraft intercepted two Russian fighter jets and a reconnaissance plane over the Gulf of Finland. British and German aircraft escorted the planes away and handed them over to the Swedish air force, British Sky News reported yesterday.more

26 thousand soldiers from 14 countries take part in the Aurora 23 military exercises. These are the largest maneuvers on Swedish territory since 1989. Soldiers from Poland and Great Britain will exercise on Gotland, and the US Marine Corps will arrive from Norway.more

The American military conducted a helicopter operation this morning against one of the key leaders of the terrorist organization, the so-called of the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, who was believed to have died as a result, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Twitter.more

Mines are injured on a daily basis among civilians in Ukraine and it is likely to take at least a decade to clear the country of mines, the UK Ministry of Defense has said.more

US intelligence officials are expressing concern that the US will not be able to identify the early warning signs of China's invasion of Taiwan. Based on secret Pentagon documents leaked to the media, they also draw attention to Beijing's increasing aggression.more