Unlike its NATO allies Britain and the US, Germany has refused to send arms to Ukraine to help the country defend itself from possible Russian aggression. Kyiv wants Berlin to change that policy and send weapons.

Ukraine has sent an official request to the German government for support in the for…

On February 3, 2022, State Secretary Benedikt Zimmer, responsible for armaments, signed the second implementation agreement (Implementing Arrangement 2) for the Euro Drone. This agreement contains the regulations for the development and production phase including the initial flight operations. This …

BERLIN / WASHINGTON — Germany is leaning toward purchasing the U.S. fighter jet F-35 built by Lockheed Martin to replace its ageing Tornado in the role of nuclear sharing, a German defence source told Reuters on Thursday, but a final decision has not been taken.

Another source, close to the Ger…

OTTAWA — Last night, as part of Canada’s recently announced immediate support to Ukraine and the extension and expansion of Operation UNIFIER, the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF) training and capacity-building mission in Ukraine, a CAF C-177 Globemaster departed CFB Trenton carrying non-lethal milita…

MOSCOW — Su-25SM attack aircraft, which will take part in the test of the reaction forces of the Union State, have completed their relocation to Belarus. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

“The crews of the Su-25SM aircraft of the Eastern Mili…

US President Joe Biden promised this week to send more US troops to bolster NATO’s allies in Central and Eastern Europe. The West believes that Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine.

The “first batch” of US soldiers reinforcing NATO allies arrived in Poland on Saturday, Polish army major Przemysl…