Britain wants a full withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine and will assess initial steps towards a possible peace deal on the basis of deeds rather than words, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday.more
'I suspect we will need more US troops in Europe,' US and Nato forces commander in Europe Gen Tod Wolters declared yesterday at a Senate hearing on the deployment of forces to the Old Continent.more
Rishi Sunak has been attacked by opponents for not increasing the Ministry of Defence’s budget in his spring statement in response to the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine and the threat of another world war.
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Russia must abandon its plans to change the authorities in Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin is aware of this, believes former British General Staff Commander General Richard Dannatt. In his opinion, now is the best time for Ukraine to negotiate.more
Another attempt on the life of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been foiled, the English-language Ukrainian website Kyiv Post reported on Twitter yesterday.more
Ukraine has not received new weapons from German factories, although arms companies have been offering them for weeks. Germany is the fourth largest arms exporter in the world, but has so far only supplied weapons from the Bundeswehr's small stockpile, the daily Die Welt wrote yesterday in a text entitled 'Strange inaction by Olaf Scholz'. The daily Die Welt wrote yesterday that "Olaf Scholz's strmore
Our goal is for the Polish Army to have 300,000 soldiers: 250,000 soldiers of operational forces, professional soldiers and 50,000 soldiers of territorial defence forces, Minister of National Defence Mariusz Blaszczak announced yesterday.more
James Vaquez, a 47-year-old US Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has travelled to Ukraine to join the fight against the Russian army that invaded the country. 'I can't watch this on TV, I have to help these guys' - he announced to his wife Tina, who is quoted today by the British Daily Mail.more
The United States estimates that some Russian precision-guided missiles used in the war with Ukraine are unreliable by up to 60 percent, three US officials - Three US officials told Reuters, citing intelligence data.more
Wśród rosyjskich żołnierzy prowadzone są działania propagandowe, które mają ich przekonać, że wojnę koniecznie trzeba zakończyć przed 9 maja – podał wczoraj sztab generalny ukraińskiej armii. Rosjanie zabierają Ukraińcom traktory, by holować swój uszkodzony sprzęt.more
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg informed that at the summit in Brussels, he expected a decision to significantly strengthen it, especially in the eastern part. He indicated that the leaders would decide to deploy four new battlegroups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.more
Russian services are trying to recruit Belarusian servicemen individually to participate in the war against Ukraine. In return, they offer them money and free military education, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (military intelligence - GUR MO) reported today.more
The UK has already handed over more than 4,000 NLAW short-range missile launchers to Ukraine, the UK Ministry of Defence announced on Twitter yesterday. This is a larger number than what Defence Minister Ben Wallace has so far officially said. more
Russian forces moving from Crimea towards Odessa in an attempt to bypass Nikolai have made little progress over the past week, but Russia continues to blockade the Ukrainian coastline. The assault on Kiev has stalled, but it remains a Russian target, the UK defence ministry assessed.more
Poland's membership in NATO is backed by 94 percent. Poles and opponents are only 0.5 percent. of respondents - according to a survey conducted by CBOS after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the case of support for NATO, we can speak of a national consensus - assesses CBOS.more
NATO must move to more active measures and divert Russia's attention away from Ukraine, for example by deploying significant troops around Kaliningrad, according to Paul Eaton, a retired US land forces general. The military officer also assesses that the Russian military's attitude in Ukraine so far is "shocking".more
Sending NATO soldiers to Ukraine would be the beginning of World War III, European Council President Charles Michel warned today in an interview with RMF FM. During the broadcast, the issue of EU aid to Poland resulting from the influx of Ukrainian refugees to the country was also raised.more
We will deploy the Sky Saber medium-range anti-aircraft system in Poland, and we will send 100 additional soldiers to guarantee the security of the Polish air zone, said British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace after a meeting with his Polish counterpart Mariusz Błaszczak.more
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has largely stalled on all fronts, and in recent days Russian forces have made only minimal progress, suffering heavy losses all the time, assessed the British Ministry of Defense. As added, Russia is currently struggling with significant logistical problems.more
These words attract the world's attention: a NATO peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, writes the daily Bild. Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski suggested this on Tuesday at a meeting between the heads of government of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia and the Ukrainian president in Kiev. According to a German expert, this is a realistic plan.more
America takes Article 5 of the NATO Treaty extremely seriously, if Poland is attacked, we will treat it as aggression against the United States, this assurance can be taken to heart by the Poles, US Ambassador Mark Brzezinski told Interia in an interview.more
Russian forces are struggling to overcome the challenges posed by Ukraine's terrain, sticking mainly to the road network and reluctant to conduct operations on the ground, the UK Ministry of Defence assessed in its daily intelligence update this morning.more
An extraordinary meeting of NATO heads of state and government will take place on 24 March at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg announced yesterday.more
France sold military equipment to Russia between 2014 and 2020 despite the embargo. The equipment is being used in the war in Ukraine, the association's investigative website Disclose reported yesterday.more
Russia may plan to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine as part of a false-flag operation, accompanied by widespread disinformation, warned the UK Defense Ministry in an intelligence update.more
