Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed three new deputy ministers to the country’s Defence Ministry, including a woman who is believed to be a distant relative. Anna Tsivileva, whose maiden name is Putina, is to be responsible for housing construction and social security for members of the armed forces. Another new deputy minister, Pavel Fradkov, […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin sacked four deputy defence ministers on Monday and appointed a relative to fill one of the resulting vacancies. The reshuffle marked the latest stage in a radical shakeout which Putin launched in May when he unexpectedly removed his longstanding defence minister Sergei Shoigu. More than two years into the […]
A record more than 20 Nato member nations are expected to hit the Western military alliance’s defence spending target this year, Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, as the war in Ukraine drives worldwide concerns. The estimated figure, announced by Mr Stoltenberg during a talk at the Wilson Centre in Washington, marks a near […]
Spending the NATO target of 2% of national gross domestic product (GDP) on defence is “not enough,” Estonia’s defence minister told reporters in Brussels on Friday. “Two per cent is not enough” Hanno Pevkur said, arriving for the second day of talks with fellow NATO defence ministers. “We need to go further from here.” He […]
Nato defence ministers gathered on Thursday hoping to agree on a new plan to provide long-term security assistance and military training to Ukraine, after Hungary promised not to veto the scheme as long as it is not forced to take part. The ministers are meeting over two days at Nato headquarters in Brussels in the […]
Nato defence ministers gathered on Thursday hoping to agree on a new plan to provide long-term security assistance and military training to Ukraine, after Hungary promised not to veto the scheme as long as it is not forced to take part. The ministers are meeting over two days at Nato headquarters in Brussels in the […]
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Wednesday it had hit three Russian surface-to-air missile systems in Russian-occupied Crimea overnight, its second reported strike on air defences on the peninsula this week. The strikes targeted an S-300 system and two more advanced S-400 systems near Belbek and Sevastopol, Ukraine’s general staff said. “As a result of […]
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is to present his plans for a new military service model on Wednesday. After informing the parliament’s defence committee, he plans to explain his proposals at a press conference in the afternoon. Pistorius has indicated he supports some form of compulsory military service, at least to a limited degree, a […]
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has promised Ukraine further arms deliveries, including the delivery of small arms like sniper rifles. “We will make this possible without delay,” Pistorius said on Tuesday during a joint visit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to a military training area in the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where Ukrainian soldiers […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz both made urgent appeals to supply Ukraine with more air defence systems at the start of an international Ukraine reconstruction conference in Berlin on Tuesday. Scholz called on allies to support a German initiative to bolster Ukraine’s air defences “with everything possible.” “Because the best reconstruction […]
At an international reconstruction conference for Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for a further strengthening of the country’s air defence against Russian attacks. He called on allies to support a German initiative to bolster Ukraine’s air defences “with everything possible.” “Because the best reconstruction is the one that doesn’t have to happen in […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again made an urgent plea for more air defence systems and aid to rebuild his country’s ravaged energy infrastructure in a speech to a Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin on Tuesday. Zelensky said that his country needs at least seven more Patriot air defence missile systems soon in order to protect […]