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US lawmakers pass new Ukraine aid after costly delay
Apr 20, 2024 (AFP)
Ukraine has received only limited aid this year from the United States -- which has provided tens of billions of dollars in military assistance to Kyiv -- becau...
House passes $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan
Apr 20, 2024 (UPI)
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in a familiar fashion drew on Democratic support to push through the foreign aid plan that for months had been stalled by har...
Slovaks buy bullets for Ukraine in defiance of Russia-friendly PM
Apr 17, 2024 (AFP)
Thousands of people have already contributed 750,000 euros ($798,000) since Monday, when the "Peace for Ukraine" group launched the initiative, organisers said....
German defence giant to build ammunition plant in Lithuania
Apr 16, 2024 (AFP)
Germany's largest military equipment maker and the Lithuanian government signed a letter of intent to set up a factory to make 155mm artillery shells in the EU ...
France's Macron calls for 'sustainable' defence industry effort
Apr 11, 2024 (AFP)
"Long term we are looking at a geopolitical, geostrategic shift in which defence industries will play a growing role," he said. He spoke as visited the site of ...
Canada to boost military spending, but short of NATO target
Apr 08, 2024 (AFP)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a news conference at the Trenton, Ontario, military base that the government is also looking to add new submarines to patrol ...
NATO urged to ensure Ukraine arms flow as 100-bn-euro fund floated
Apr 03, 2024 (AFP)
Stoltenberg pitched the five-year fund for Kyiv and a plan to deepen NATO's involvement in delivering weapons in a bid to shield support in the face of a potent...
NATO chief floats 100-bn-euro fund to arm Ukraine
Apr 02, 2024 (AFP)
NATO foreign ministers will hold preliminary talks on the plan in Brussels Wednesday as they seek to forge a support package for Ukraine by a July summit in Was...
Firefighters douse blaze at exploded Jakarta ammo depot
Mar 31, 2024 (AFP)
The first explosion was heard at around 6:00 pm (1100 GMT) on Saturday at a depot used to store expired ammo inside a military complex near Jakarta. Twenty-seve...
France to provide armoured vehicles, missiles to Ukraine
Mar 30, 2024 (AFP)
"To hold such as extensive front line, the Ukrainian army needs for example our VAB vehicles: it's absolutely essential for troop mobility," Sebastien Lecornu t...
US says Israel has made assurances on use of weapons
Mar 25, 2024 (AFP)
President Joe Biden's administration last month issued a directive for countries that receive US military aid to make "credible and reliable" assurances that th...
Germany, France cite 'breakthrough' on battle tank project
Mar 22, 2024 (AFP)
"We have achieved a breakthrough," German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said at a Berlin press conference, flanked by his French counterpart Sebastien Lecorn...
US approves $2.2 billion sale of battle tanks to Bahrain
Mar 19, 2024 (AFP)
The State Department said it had notified Congress it is ready to sell 50 M1A2 Abrams tanks, generally used for ground warfare, to the small island nation which...
European Commission allocates $544M for artillery production to aid Ukraine
Mar 15, 2024 (UPI)
The program to increase artillery production has been dubbed Act in Support of Ammunition Production. "With the support of ASAP, Europe is expected to reach an ...
Denmark plans to draft women as it seeks to bolster military
Mar 14, 2024 (UPI)
The Nordic nation announced plans Wednesday to implement changes to its conscription policy that will permit women to be drafted, increase the length of service...
EU agrees 5-bn-euro package to fund arms for Ukraine
Mar 13, 2024 (AFP)
The move provides a welcome boost for Kyiv as support from its other major backer, the United States, wavers and its outgunned forces struggle to hold back Russ...
White House unveils $300M Ukraine aid package that uses U.S. weapons stockpiles
Mar 12, 2024 (UPI)
On Tuesday, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan noted that "unanticipated cost savings" with Department of Defense military contracts lead to a "modest amou...
Czech-led collection can get Ukraine 300,000 shells: PM
Mar 08, 2024 (AFP)
President Petr Pavel said Thursday Ukraine would get 800,000 shells within weeks as 18 donor countries had pledged funding. "We have managed to raise enough mon...
Swedish man charged over military base secrets
Feb 28, 2024 (AFP)
Prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist said "several people" were involved in the collection of the information and a "high level of expertise" was required. Ljungqvist tol...
Ammunition shortage hurting Ukraine, Zelensky tells Munich meeting
Feb 17, 2024 (AFP)
His call at the gathering of 180 leaders and defence chiefs at the Munich Security Conference comes at a critical juncture, with Ukraine's troops forced to with...
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