Ukraine has begun producing artillery systems to NATO standards, doubled ammunition production, started manufacturing equipment for hybrid air defence systems, and extended production of drones and thermal imagers. Source: Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, at a panel discussion at Ukraine House in Davos on 17 January, as cited by Interfax-Ukraine Quote: “At […]
BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military that is based in the country’s western state of Rakhine has seized a township bordering India and Bangladesh, the group declared Monday, confirming accounts by local residents and media. Paletwa is the first township reported to fall to the Arakan Army, which launched surprise […]
(Reuters) – The United States has finalized contracts to purchase three million barrels of oil to help replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after the largest sale in history last year, the U.S. Department of Energy said on Tuesday. The department said it bought the oil, for delivery to a site in Big Spring, Texas, […]