Category: Notizie Estero

WASHINGTON — Western weaponry pouring into Ukraine helped blunt Russia’s initial offensive and seems certain to play a central role in the approaching, potentially decisive, battle for Ukraine’s contested Donbas region. Yet the Russian military is making little headway halting what has become a hi…

BELGRADE — Serbia plans to purchase Rafale multipurpose fighter jets from France, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday, which experts saw as the latest sign of Belgrade distancing itself from its traditional military supplier and ally Russia.

Serbia, now a candidate to join the EU, has bee…

While Russia targets Ukraine’s Donbas region for continued aggression and Ukrainians shift their efforts to confront that aggression, the U.S., allies and partners continue their efforts to get security assistance to the Ukrainian military.

“Regardless of the Russian refocus on the Donbas, we’re …

The Russians are now concentrating their combat activity, resupply and reinforcement mostly in the Donbas area of eastern Ukraine, a senior Defense Department official said at a press briefing today.

That’s a change from the first part of their invasion, when Russian forces were trying to advance…

Canada can be added to the growing list of countries that have pledged to increase defense spending in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ottawa released a 2022 budget Thursday that calls for bolstering the defense budget by around CAD8.2 billion ($6.5 billion) over the span of five years.

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The Government has commissioned the Armed Forces to submit a comprehensive proposal for increases in funding for the military defense in order to reach two percent of GDP as soon as is practically possible. The level must then be maintained. By practically possible is meant when it is possible to ef…