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Australia and the UK signed a new defence and security cooperation agreement in Canberra today. The agreement is expected to facilitate joint operations between the two countries' defence forces.more

The United States will remain in Nato if European countries "treat America fairly". - assured former US President Donald Trump, who is seeking a return to the White House, in an interview last night with British broadcaster GB News.more

RAF jet was taking defence secretary back to UK from Poland, and flying near Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.more

Russia is clearly preparing for a long conflict with the West, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announced in the European Parliament yesterday. Russia is not invincible, we can overcome this challenge if we pool our resources, he added.more

Ukraine plans to conscript approximately 500,000 people into the army this year. recruits, of which 330 thousand The rotation is intended to relieve the burden on soldiers currently serving on the front, but the planned law to enable conscription is causing a lot of controversy, reported the British daily "Financial Times".more

Poland has made good use of its 25 years in NATO and is now a key country in the Alliance's eastern flank, standing out in the field of defence spending, among other things, say analysts from various North Atlantic Alliance countries.more

"The British government does not have a credible plan to finance the purchase of all the weapons needed by the armed forces, which risks forcing the country to rely on its allies for defense," warned the parliamentary public finance committee in its report.more

The British Army's sourcing of a senior member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) as an informant is likely to have cost more lives in the Northern Ireland conflict than it saved, according to a report published yesterday.more

Sweden has officially became the 32nd member of Nato, in a landmark moment for the historically neutral country and the western military alliance.more

Five SAS soldiers are being investigated for potential war crimes over the death of a suspected militant in Syria two years ago. The soldiers, who have not yet been charged, remain on active duty while the Defence Serious Crimes Unit investigates the incident.more

The UK is safe, we are not on cusp of war with Russia and no one is planning to reintroduce conscription, the Chief of the British Defence Staff, Admiral Tony Radakin, assured yesterday.more

The UK has no plans for a large-scale deployment of its troops to Ukraine, other than the small group already there advising the Ukrainian armed forces, a spokesman for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said yesterday, referring to French President Emmanuel Macron's suggestion.more

'If Vladimir Putin really threatens us, we are ready to double our defence spending; we will never again be a Russian colony,' Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski announced in an interview with US television channel CNN broadcast yesterday.more

Ukraine must now rein in its offensive ambitions and try to hold its ground until either Russia is weakened or its Western allies start helping it again in the right way, according to Keir Giles, an expert at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London.more

The cost of withholding aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia would be much higher than continuing to help, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron warned yesterday, addressing the UN General Assembly on the eve of the second anniversary of Russian aggression.more

By portraying the invasion of Ukraine as a conflict with the West in the official narrative, the Russian government is preparing its citizens for a prolonged war and a decline in living standards, the UK Ministry of Defence said yesterday.more

In the light of recent events, Vladimir Putin may seem indestructible, but this is an illusion; Unless the West leaves Ukraine, Russia's future in this war does not look bright, says Philip Wasielewski, a former Marine officer and analyst at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI).more

Britain's nuclear deterrent "remains effective, reliable and powerful," Defense Minister Grant Shapps assured yesterday, referring to information about the failed test of the Trident II missile designed to carry nuclear warheads.more

The size of the Russian ground forces in Ukraine is currently approximately 470,000 soldiers - said yesterday the representative of the military intelligence of Ukraine (HUR), General Vadym Skibicki, in an interview with the Interfax-Ukraine agency.more

The test firing of a Trident missile from a Royal Navy submarine has failed, for the second time in a row. The latest test of the UK's nuclear deterrent was from HMS Vanguard and was witnessed by the defence secretary.more

Donald Trump's top national security adviser Keith Kellogg announced yesterday that he would push to transform NATO into a 'multi-level alliance' if Trump becomes US president again. As Reuters points out, the idea is to deprive some member states of protection from attack.more

Global military spending - from ammunition to nuclear weapons - increased by 9% in 2023. compared to 2022, reaching a record level of USD 2.2 trillion, and this year it will increase even more - said the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS).more

"Norway is facing the most serious threat in decades. Russia is stronger than a year ago and is in the process of gaining the upper hand in the war in Ukraine, the outcome of which will be decisive for Europe," said the head of Norwegian military intelligence, Nils Andreas Stensones.more

Yesterday, the British armed forces began an in-depth review of the "diversity and inclusion" policy ordered by Defense Minister Grant Shapps, which he argues weakens their combat capabilities.more

Poland is pursuing the fastest and most ambitious programme of armed forces expansion not seen in continental Europe for decades, according to the British daily 'The Times'.more