Ukraine has dramatically expanded the number of women potentially eligible for military service, adding them to the pool of people who could be called up in the event of war. The country’s Ministry of Defense announced the news on Wednesday, publishing a list of hundreds of professions whose female members …
Read More »US sending thousands of military personnel to Ukrainian front lines – Moscow
As many as 10,000 Western military instructors have been sent to Ukraine to train the Eastern European nation’s soldiers and support its fighting in the Donbass, Moscow has claimed, insisting that 4,000 are Americans. Speaking during a briefing on Friday, Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Moscow’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, suggested …
Read More »Russia beefing up military on Ukraine’s border – Janes
As tensions flare on the shared border, US business outlet Bloomberg has alleged that Russia is continuing to pull in equipment towards the demarcation line amid concerns in recent weeks that Moscow could be planning an invasion of its Eastern European neighbor. On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that satellite imagery from …
Read More »Western attempts to isolate Russian military are futile – Moscow
Taking to the floor as part of an expanded meeting at the Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, Sergey Shoigu said that his army “cooperates with the armed forces of 109 countries.” “This clearly demonstrates the futility of attempts by Western countries to isolate Russia in the international arena,” he remarked. The …
Read More »Putin sets out military threats facing Russia
As part of an expanded meeting at the Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, Putin said that the attitude of the US and its military bloc towards Russia is driven by “an illiterate, incorrect analysis” of the status quo. According to him, the West believes it can take an “aggressive line” …
Read More »Belgian military hit by cyberattack
The security breach was initially detected last week, but only publicized on Monday by ministry spokesman Commander Olivier Severin, according to a local media report. “[The Defense Ministry] on Thursday discovered an attack on its computer network with internet access,” Severin said, adding that “all weekend our teams have been …
Read More »Donald Trump Jr. explains why China’s ‘laughing’ at US military
Speaking at the America Fest 2021 conference in Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday, Trump Jr. threw a rhetorical question out to the audience, enquiring what the attendees thought America’s “enemies” were doing, and quickly retorting: “They’re laughing!” You think China is thinking, ‘We got to make sure we have plenty of …
Read More »Russia promises ‘military response’ to any further NATO expansion
Speaking to Rossiya 24 TV on Monday, Konstantin Gavrilov, the head of the Russian delegation to the Negotiations on Military Security and Arms Control in Vienna said Washington was obliged to engage in a dialogue with Moscow on security guarantees for the sake of peace on the continent, whether officials …
Read More »Retired generals warn of ‘lethal chaos’ in US military after 2024 vote
In a scathing op-ed published in the Washington Post on Friday, retired US Army major general Paul D. Eaton, retired US Army major general Antonio M. Taguba and retired US brigadier general Steven M. Anderson called on the Pentagon to “war-game the next potential post-election insurrection or coup attempt to …
Read More »US military causes ‘sonic boom’ by accident
The incident occurred on Tuesday, just a week after Oregon was shaken by a swarm of nearly 100 offshore earthquakes. A day later, the 142nd Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard confessed that it was to blame for the shocking boom. A training flight “inadvertently went supersonic” while operating …
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