Flashpoints

Taiwan’s military has shot down a suspected Chinese drone that entered its airspace over Kinmen island. The Taiwanese army said an unidentified commercial drone equipped with cameras intruded into restricted airspace over the waters...

Slovakia is considering sending its fleet of 11 Mig-29 fighter aircraft to Ukraine, Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad announced on 25 July. Nad said, “we can discuss the future" of his country’s MiG-29 fleet after they're...

A deployment of Czech Air Force fighter aircraft will be approved to guard the airspace of fellow NATO member Slovakia, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced on 3 July. “We will help Slovakia until it...

Turkey and Russia have reinforced their positions in the north of Syria ahead of a possible Turkish military offensive against Kurdish groups. The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights (SOHR) reported on 3 July that a...

Italy has donated five German-made PzH 2000 155mm self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, the Italian newspaper Il Mattino reported on 29 June. This would make Italy the third country to supply Ukraine with PzH 2000 following the Netherlands...

Slovenia has sent 35 M80A infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to Ukraine 24ur.com reported on 21 June. The Yugoslav-made IFVs are reportedly already in the war-torn country. In return for the donation, Slovenia will receive compensation...

Video footage has emerged of Ukrainian forces firing UK-supplied Brimstone missiles against Russian tanks in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. The footage posted on 17 May shows ground-launched Brimstone missiles striking Russian tanks in...

A senior US Defense Department official said at a Pentagon press briefing on Monday that the US-supplied 155 mm M777 towed howitzers are proving very effective against Russian forces in the war in Ukraine. "You're...