Poland has supplied Ukraine with a number of tanks, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Monday, without offering details as to their number or type. This would make Poland the third NATO country to have armed Ukraine with tanks, after the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Earlier this month, the UK …
Read More »German manufacturer ready to send decommissioned tanks to Ukraine
Rheinmetall, one of Germany’s renowned arms manufacturers, is ready to start delivering tanks to Ukraine, the company’s chairman told Handelsblatt newspaper on Monday. Armin Papperger revealed that his company was preparing to ship up to 50 decommissioned Leopard 1 tanks, with the first delivery possible as early as in six …
Read More »Ukraine receives tanks from NATO member – media
Czechia has provided Ukraine with tanks for use in its ongoing conflict with Russia, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported, on Tuesday. The Central European nation has also reportedly supplied Kiev with howitzer artillery pieces and Soviet-made BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, according to the newspaper. The supplies have been funded by …
Read More »‘World of Tanks’ developer leaves Russia and Belarus
Wargaming, the studio behind popular online military games such as ‘World of Tanks,’ ‘World of Warships’ and ‘World of Warplanes,’ has announced it will be completely shutting down operations in Russia and in its ‘native’ Belarus, where it was founded and is the biggest gaming company in the country. It …
Read More »US to help Kiev get Soviet-made tanks – media
Washington will act as an intermediary to help deliver Soviet-made tanks to Kiev, the New York Times reported on Friday, quoting an unnamed US official. Ukraine has been pleading for the West to supply it with heavier weapons since the start of the Russian military campaign. The source told the …
Read More »Russian tanks stage combat drills near Ukrainian border (VIDEO)
With the West remaining on high alert over reports of Russian military activity near Ukraine, Moscow has begun large-scale joint exercises in neighboring Belarus, the Ministry of Defense has announced. The ‘Union Resolve’ drills, scheduled to take place from February 10-20, are designed to test and develop the two nations’ …
Read More »Tanks in European streets explained by Russia
Sweden has moved to ramp up security on the largest Baltic Sea island of Gotland as part of “adapting” its security strategy to the “tense situation” on the Russian-Ukrainian border, located some 1,700 kilometers south-east. Residents of a sleepy town of Visby located on the Swedish island of Gotland awoke …
Read More »Drone attack on Iraqi PM ‘must be traced back to foreign think tanks’ – Iran
The apparent attempted assassination of the Iraqi prime minister was “a new sedition that must be traced back to foreign think tanks,” according to Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran. In the past, foreign instigators “have brought nothing but insecurity, discord & instability to …
Read More »Serbia inks deal with breakaway Kosovo region to end spat that featured jet flyovers and tanks at border
The recent disagreement had seen Kosovo order its police to force any cars attempting to cross the border to remove Serbian license plates, arguing that a 10-year-old deal between the nations had expired. Serbia had responded by sending military planes to fly near the border, while footage from the area …
Read More »Tanks, fighter jets spotted near Kosovo border as tensions flare between Serbia and breakaway region (VIDEOS)
A large number of Serbian main battle tanks were spotted heading towards the Kosovo border on Saturday. Videos circulating online show multiple pieces of armor carried on flatbed platforms, escorted by Serbian military police vehicles. Serbia has also apparently deployed at least two fighter jets to patrol the administrative border, …
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