British Defence Minister Ben Wallace ordered a security review into Chinese spy balloons late last night. Today, the deputy transport minister expressed speculation that such balloons were already flying over the UK.more
The US defence ministry has assessed that the object shot down by the US Air Force yesterday over Lake Huron, on the border with Canada, could have been used for spying purposes.more
Representatives of British arms companies are discussing in Kiev plans to produce weapons and military vehicles in Ukraine under British licence by joint ventures, The Sunday Telegraph reported yesterday.more
Polish President Andrzej Duda told the BBC today that the decision to transfer F-16 aircraft to Ukraine must be made by its allies, an independent Ukraine is in the interest of Poland and Europe, and peace can only be achieved by restoring its full territorial sovereignty.more
The Russian command faces a difficult choice between depleting its troops in Ukraine, limiting the number of targets or carrying out another mobilization, the British Ministry of Defense said today. Meanwhile, the Russians dropped four aerial bombs on Snake Island in the Black Sea last night and also shelled the coast with anti-ship missiles.more
Iran is modifying the attack drones it supplies to Russia so that the explosive warheads can do maximum damage to infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, CNN reported yesterday.more
SpaceX has taken steps to prevent the Ukrainian military from using Starlink's internet-connecting satellite terminals to control drones, company CEO Gwynne Shotwell announced. She noted that the system is intended for communication and humanitarian purposes, not as a weapon.more
Ukraine should get the Western fighter jets that its President Volodymyr Zelenski is asking for, because without it, defeating Russia probably won't be possible, the British dailies The Times, Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail wrote in editorial comments today. Defense Minister Ben Wallace commented that it would take months.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated yesterday that nothing is ruled out in terms of military aid to Ukraine, and combat aircraft are part of the talks. He reported that Challenger 2 tanks, which he announced would be given to Ukraine, would be sent by March.more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, addressing both houses of the British parliament yesterday, thanked the United Kingdom for its support from the very beginning of the war. He assured that freedom would prevail, but emphasized that his country needed Western planes to do so.more
The U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) has informed Congress that China now has more intercontinental-range ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers than the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. However, the US still has a significant advantage when it comes to the number of missiles alone, warheads and launchers, submarines and strategic bombers.more
The UK Defense Ministry yesterday announced the arrival in the country of a group of Ukrainian soldiers who will be trained in the handling of the transferred AS90 self-propelled howitzers.more
Support for Ukraine fighting the Russian invasion by its allies cannot be temporary, but should be increased in such a way as to stop the aggressor, said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in an interview published in the Spanish daily "El Mundo". He added that "red lines" should not be drawn on this issue.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that his goal is to ensure that the donated armaments, including tanks, reach the front lines as quickly as possible, Downing Street reported.more
About 160 cases of discrimination against white men have been identified in the British Royal Air Force (RAF), which, in order to improve diversity indicators, gave priority to women and representatives of ethnic minorities in employment, the daily "Daily Mail" reported today.more
British fighters are extremely complex and it takes months to learn how to fly them. Given this, we believe that it is not practical to send these jets to Ukraine, said a spokesman for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.more
Britain's armed forces, particularly the ground forces, would not be able to defend the country effectively after decades of cuts, military sources quoted by Sky News said. The opinion that ground troops are no longer a top-class fighting force was also expressed by a US general.more
The British Army feels that it is taking almost the entire burden of British aid to Ukraine and believes that the Royal Navy and RAF, or navy and air force, should participate more, the Daily Telegraph reported.more
US Army Air Force four-star general Mike Minihan warned in a memorandum sent to officers on Friday that war between China and the US could occur as early as 2025. The US military officer points out that at that time both the US and Taiwan will be in an election year, which China could take advantage of and use the moment of distraction to crack down on the island.more
The UK will begin training Ukrainian soldiers next week to handle and repair Challenger 2 tanks being sent to the country, while the aim is for the tanks themselves to arrive before the end of March, Deputy Defence Minister Alex Chalk announced yesterday.more
To help Ukraine win the war, a huge arms factory must be built in Poland, as the current donation model is unsustainable in the long term, Tobias Ellwood, head of the defence committee in the UK House of Commons, said today.more
The plans announced by Russia for major changes in the structure of the armed forces signal that its leaders estimate that the increased conventional threat will last for many more years, the British Ministry of Defense reported.more
CIA Director William J. Burns made a secret visit to Kiev last week. He briefed President Volodymyr Zelensky on his predictions for Russia's future military strategy in the context of the recent massive attacks on Bakhmut, among others, and Ukraine's preparations for a counter-offensive.more
Britain will give Ukraine another 600 Brimstone missiles, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace has announced. He also stressed that "if Russian President Vladimir Putin counts that the West will get bored with the war, he is wrong."more
