Russian leader Vladimir Putin yesterday again threatened the West with the use of nuclear weapons. During a meeting of the Russian Security Council, he spoke about proposed changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine, which include responding with nuclear weapons even to a conventional attack from outside.more
Poland is buying armaments in record numbers, which has made it a leader among NATO member states, but its problem remains a small production of its own, the British “Financial Times” notes.more
The French daily "Le Monde" assesses that Poland has become "a new key player in Europe", which was helped by the development of its economy and "acceleration of changes in the geopolitical context". The daily emphasizes the unprecedented increase in Poland's defense spending.more
Each successive escalation - from HIMARS to ATACMS - brings the world closer to ‘armageddon’ - wrote the son of former president Donald Trump jr. along with Trump supporter Robert F. Kennedy jr. on The Hill website. In doing so, the authors warned the Biden administration against allowing Ukraine to use US missiles to strike deep into Russian territory.more
Russian leader Vladimir Putin warned yesterday that if the West allows Ukraine to strike Russian territory with long-range missiles, it will mean that ‘NATO countries are at war with Russia’.more
Great Britain will provide Ukraine with a new aid package worth over £600 million (over PLN 3 billion), announced British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who visited Kiev yesterday.more
The Ukrainian military is using unmanned "dragon drones" on the front lines that drop molten metal on Russian positions, giving a modern twist to munitions used with terrible consequences in both world wars, US broadcaster CNN reported.more
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who began his visit to the UK yesterday, stated that as the West we should, in our own interests, provide Ukraine with effective means to repel Russian attacks as soon as possible.more
A Merlin Mk4 helicopter ditched during night-flying exercises with the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier near Dorset, the Navy said. A spokesperson for the Royal Navy said that there were no other fatalities or serious injuries.more
The UK has broken with the Biden administration on a significant part of their tightly coordinated policy towards Israel by announcing it is suspending some arms export licences to Israel because of a “clear risk” they may be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law.more
The daily ‘Frankfurter Rundschau’ wrote that the 85th anniversary of the German invasion of Poland is overshadowed by the war in Ukraine and Polish fears of its escalation. Poland spends 4 per cent of GDP on defence, as if it were on its own in the event of war, it stressed.more
Vladimir Putin irrationally blames the UK for a number of Russia's historical and current failures, including the ongoing Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region, and will one day seek revenge for this, former British Defence Minister Ben Wallace warned yesterday.more
Yesterday, the Operational Commander of the Armed Forces, Gen. Maciej Klisz, decided that the ground search for the Russian air object that flew into Polish territory on Monday would continue until September 2. He also suspended the search using aerial means.more
Many Western European countries still underestimate the scale of the Russian threat and are only branding efforts to rebuild their defence capabilities, although the example of Poland shows that rapid rebuilding is possible, says Keir Giles, an expert at London-based think tank Chatham House.more
German tanks on Russian soil? "Until recently, such a scenario seemed unthinkable. (It was the result of) a taboo imposed by German history." Now, weapons supplied by Germany - Marder infantry fighting vehicles - could be used in an attack by the Ukrainian army on Russian territory, wrote the portal of the "Spiegel" weekly.more
British engineers building nuclear-powered submarines were using software that had been outsourced to Belarus and Russia, in contravention of Ministry of Defence rules, the 'Daily Telegraph' has revealed.more
Ukraine has received its first F-16 multi-role aircraft, the Bloomberg news agency announced yesterday, citing its own informants wishing to remain anonymous. The number of aircraft handed over is small, it was reported. The government in Kyiv has so far not confirmed the reports.more
Britain must be ready to fight a war in three years, the new head of the Army has said. Gen Sir Roland Walker has warned against a range of threats in what he called an "increasingly volatile" world.more
North Korean hackers have been stealing data from Western countries' arms companies, Reuters reported yesterday, citing the UK's National Cyber Security Centre. The criminals' activities were intended, among other things, to aid Pyongyang's nuclear programme.more
A reconnaissance team of British sappers will assess how to support Poland in building Shield East, defence ministers have announced: Poland and the UK after talks in Warsaw. They confirmed that RAF Eurofighters will reinforce the surveillance mission over Polish airspace next year.more
The state of our armed forces, after decades of cutting military spending, is much worse than we thought, UK Defence Minister John Healey has announced. The politician highlighted the need to change the culture of management in the army.more
In the strategy of war of attrition that Russia adopted in the war in Ukraine, the problem is not people, but increasingly exhausting supplies of equipment, in particular tanks and armored vehicles - wrote the British weekly "The Economist".more
A Finnish F/A-18 Hornet and a Swedish JAS-39 Gripen were picked up when two Russian fighter jets taking off from the Königsberg region operated in international space without declaring a flight plan, STT reported yesterday.more
Britain's armed forces must be able to stand up to the 'deadly quartet' of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, warned former Nato secretary-general George Robertson, who was chosen by PM Keir Starmer to conduct a strategic defence review.more
