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Six soldiers and a veteran have been arrested on suspicion of drug, money-lending and money-laundering offences, the Ministry of Defence has said. The MoD said six Irish Guards troops and a Coldstream Guardsman veteran were arrested by the Royal Military Police as part of a "planned operation".more

Russia in recent days is believed to have begun using 50-year-old T-62 tanks pulled from storage in the fighting in Donbass, highlighting its shortcomings in modern equipment, the British Ministry of Defense reported today.more

Poland has become a front-line state and a hypothetical battlefield, so it must prepare the army for territorial defense, coastal defense and counteracting cyber attacks, warned politicians and experts during the debate on the challenges related to the security of this country on the Vistula River.more

Russia and China held their first joint military exercises since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Sky News reported yesterday following an anonymous source quoted by the New York Times.more

"We will not allow such scenes as in Ukraine to take place on Polish soil. The Polish army is and will be even stronger and more numerous," Minister of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak assured yesterday in Kraśnik (Lubelskie Voivodeship).more

Russia's State Duma will consider lifting all age restrictions for professional soldiers serving in the Russian military, which would mean Russians in their 40s and foreigners in their 30s could join, Sky News reported today.more

The Russian military has made adjustments to its objectives and modus operandi in Ukraine. Faced with organizational problems and fierce Ukrainian resistance, the invaders are sending fewer formations into battle and attacking in relatively safer locations, the Washington Post newspaper reported Wednesday night and Thursday, citing a source at the Pentagon.more

An advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolak reported yesterday that the evacuation of defenders of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol is underway and that the process is difficult. He appealed to refrain from commenting on the situation for now.more

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was pleased that Finland and Sweden had officially applied for NATO membership. This is a historic day, he said.more

Turkey is threatening to block Sweden and Finland's admission to NATO in order to obtain concessions, possibly such as limiting Helsinki and Stockholm's support to the Kurds, or lifting the embargo on the supply of certain types of weapons to Ankara, assesses the Associated Press.more

The US Congress began public hearings about UFOs for the first time in more than half a century. There were opinions among congressmen that this is a real matter, and one of the hypotheses discussed indicates the possibility of Russia or China using modern technologies in the American airspace.more

A Russian rocket attack carried out on Monday night into Tuesday in the Javorovsk region (district) near the border with Poland targeted railroad infrastructure. The facility was destroyed, there are no reports of casualties, the head of the Lviv region authorities, Maxim Kozytsky, told Telegram this morning.more

Norway, Denmark and Iceland are ready to help Sweden and Finland with all necessary means if they are attacked before they formally become NATO members, announced the prime ministers of the three Nordic countries in a joint communiqué.more

A senior Putin ally has threatened a nuclear attack that could wipe out Britain in less than four minutes. Aleksey Zhuravlyov, the deputy chairman of the Kremlin’s defence committee, also claimed Finland could be destroyed in 10 seconds with the Satan-2 hypersonic missile and that Russia could crush the Baltic states ‘like peanuts’. more

The Ukrainian Centre for Countering Disinformation (CPD) reported yesterday that the National Security and Defence Council (NSC) of Ukraine has launched the Occupant website - a database of Russian prisoners of war for their families and friends in Russia.more

UK and US defence ministers Ben Wallace and Lloyd Austin discussed further steps to support Ukraine struggling with Russian aggression, including the transfer of military aid to the country, the UK defence ministry said yesterday.more

The United Kingdom said it will offer further aid and military support to Ukraine worth £1.3 billion as it bolsters its commitment to the country’s defense against Russia.more

Before consultations with Ukraine as part of the G7 group, the United Kingdom pledged to provide Ukraine with further military aid in the amount of GBP 1.3 billion, the British Treasury Ministry announced on its website yesterday evening.more

Maneuvers with British and US soldiers are starting today in Bulgaria. 120 British soldiers from the Royal Irish Regiment came for joint exercises to strengthen the operability of the multinational NATO group, the Ministry of Defense said.more

Democratic countries around the world must stand together against authoritarian regimes, the Prime Ministers of Britain and Japan, Boris Johnson and Fumio Kushida, said yesterday after signing a defence cooperation agreement in London.more

It is inconceivable that Britain would not help Finland or Sweden if they were attacked, whether they were in NATO or not, British Defence Minister Ben Wallace declared yesterday.more

On 9 May, when Russia celebrates Victory Day over Nazi Germany, President Vladimir Putin may formally declare war on Ukraine or announce a general mobilisation to step up the offensive, CNN reported, citing Western officials and analysts.more

As part of the next batch of military aid, the United Kingdom will provide Ukraine with 20 to 30 Malloy T150 transport drones, which have only recently been used by British armed forces, the Times reported.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce the transfer of another £300m worth of military equipment to Ukraine in a speech to parliament today, his office announced last night.more

A famed Ukrainian fighter pilot nicknamed the Ghost of Kyiv has died in battle, local sources told The Times of London.more