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Turkey, Russia reinforce positions in Syria ahead of possible offensive

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 delivers PzH 2000 155mm self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine

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 donates 34 M-80A IFVs to Ukraine

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...

UK-supplied Brimstone operational in Ukraine

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...

US-supplied artillery very effective against Russia

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...

Russia fires on Israeli aircraft over Syria

Israeli Channel 13 News reported on 16 May that Russian forces fired on Israeli fighter jets with S-300 anti-aircraft missiles in northwestern Syria last week. The incident reportedly happened at the end of an Israeli...

UK plans to provide Poland with Challenger 2

Britain is planning to send Challenger 2 main battle tanks to Poland in a significant escalation of its military support so that Ukraine can then be supplied by the Polish government with Soviet-era T-72...

Increased demand for missile defence amid Ukraine war

US defence company Lockheed Martin said on Tuesday that the ongoing Russian attack on Ukraine had boosted demand for Lockheed Martin missile defence systems. "We've got demand signals for THAAD and PAC-3 from around the...
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