Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov (right) points to his hankerchief as European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell (left) looks on as they arrive for a meeting of the NATO alliance's defense ministers at the NATO Headquarter in Brussels on Feb 14, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) KIEV — Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that […]
In this file photo taken on June 16, 2022, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference after the meeting of NATO Ministers of Defense in NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The member states of NATO should commit to spending at least 2 percent of their GDP on defense by next year, Stoltenberg said […]
In this file photo dated Mar 17, 2020, people walk past the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark. (PHOTO / XINHUA) COPENHAGEN — Thousands of people gathered in Copenhagen on Sunday to protest a bill put forward by the government to scrap a public holiday to help finance increased defense spending. The demonstration was organised […]
In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Jan 10, 2023, a sailor is on duty onboard of the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of the Russian navy. (RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP) MOSCOW – The Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday the frigate Admiral Gorshkov tested its […]
Then Germany Lower Saxony Interior Minister and current Germany defense minister Boris Pistorius attends a news conference in Hanover, Germany Nov 18, 2015. (AXEL SCHMIDT / REUTERS) BERLIN – Germany's government named Boris Pistorius as defense minister on Tuesday at a time of mounting pressure on Berlin from Western allies to allow Ukraine to use […]
Then Germany Lower Saxony Interior Minister and current Germany defense minister Boris Pistorius attends a news conference in Hanover, Germany Nov 18, 2015. (Axel Schmidt / REUTERS) BERLIN – Germany's government named Boris Pistorius as defense minister on Tuesday at a time of mounting pressure on Berlin from Western allies to allow Ukraine to use […]
Colombian Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez attends a military ceremony to promote new Generals and Admirals of the Police and Military Forces at the Jose Maria Cordova Military School in Bogota, on Dec 17, 2022. (DANIEL MUNOZ / AFP) MEXICO CITY – Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Monday he would not accept any "order for the […]
This file photo taken on Sept 16, 2022 shows German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht during a press conference on the sidelines of a conference of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr in Berlin. (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP) BERLIN – German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has asked Chancellor Olaf Scholz for her dismissal, she said in a […]
Rescuers work on a residential building destroyed after a missile strike, in Dnipro on Jan 14, 2023. (VITALII MATOKHA / AFP) MOSCOW/KIEV – The death toll from a Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to 20, the regional governor said Sunday. At least 73 people were injured, with four […]
Chief of Staff of Ethiopian Armed Forces Field Marshall Birhanu Jula (left) and Head of the Tigray Forces Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede (right) exchange signed copies of an agreement, at Ethiopian peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov 12, 2022. (BRIAN INGANGA / AP) ADDIS ABABA – Tigray forces, who fought a two-year war against Ethiopia's […]
A still image from video, released by the Russian Defense Ministry, shows what it said to be the frigate 'Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov' during an air defense exercise in the Norwegian Sea, in an image taken from video released Jan 10, 2023. (RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY / REUTERS) MOSCOW – A […]
The leader of Sweden's Moderate Party and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson holds a press conference after the voting at the Swedish parliament Riksdagen in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct 17, 2022. (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / AFP) STOCKHOLM – Sweden will be part of the European Sky Shield Initiative and participate in air policing over the Baltics, Swedish […]
In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Jan 7, 2023, Russian troops attend the Orthodox Christmas service at the Russian Armed Forces' main cathedral in the Patriot military park in Kubinka just outside Moscow, Russia, Jan 7, 2023. (PHOTO / RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP) MOSCOW — A […]
Local residents carry their belongings as they leave their home ruined in a rocket attack in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine on Jan 1, 2023. (ANDRIY ANDRIYENKO / AP) MOSCOW/KYIV/TEHRAN – Ukrainian troops fired rockets on the temporary deployment facility of the Russian troops in the city of Makiivka in Donetsk, killing at least 63 Russian servicemen, the Russian […]
A volunteer clears the rubble of a destroyed house as a result of shelling in the village of Moshchun, Kyiv region, on Oct 29, 2022. (SERGEI CHUZAVKOV / AFP) MOSCOW/KIEV – Russia's armed forces launched a massive strike with high-precision long-range air- and sea-based weapons at Ukrainian military targets and energy facilities needed for the […]
In this file photo taken on Oct 23, 2022, Italy's Defense Minister Guido Crosetto poses prior to the new government's first Cabinet meeting at Palazzo Chigi in Rome. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) ROME – Italy must have equal treatment in a partnership with Britain and Japan to develop a new jet fighter, Rome's defense minister […]
TOKYO, Dec 9, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Government of Japan today announced the joint development of the country’s next-generation fighter together with partners in the U.K. and Italy. In recent years, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has developed cutting-edge technologies for fighter through diverse research initiatives, including the “X-2,” an advanced […]
Kavo Perdika, a cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain, sails on Bosphorus to Marmara sea, in Istanbul, on Nov 2, 2022. (OZAN KOSE / AFP) KIEV/MOSCOW – An international meeting on food security under the "Grain from Ukraine" program was held in Kiev on Saturday, the presidential press service reported. "Under the 'Grain from Ukraine' program, […]
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg gestures as he addresses media after a meeting of the North Atlantic Council, following yesterday's explosion in Eastern Poland close to the border with Ukraine, at the Nato headquarters in Brussels on Nov 16, 2022. (JOHN THYS / AFP) BRUSSELS/WARSAW/MOSCOW – Jens Stoltenberg, secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, said […]
This undated photo shows the nuclear-powered Kazan submarine. (PHOTO / RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY / CHINADAILY.COM.CN) MOSCOW – Russia's newest nuclear-powered submarine Generalissimo Suvorov test-launched a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Thursday. The strategic submarine fired the missile from underwater in the White Sea and the warheads successfully hit targets in […]