Security

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 15 September an additional $600 million in military aid to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defence needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration’s twenty-first drawdown of...

German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht stated on 15 September that Germany will supply two more MARS II Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) along with 50 Dingo armoured personnel carriers (APC) to Ukraine Speaking at a Bundeswehr...

Belarus has begun unannounced military exercises to practice "liberating territory temporarily seized by the enemy" and regaining control over border regions, the Belarusian Defence Ministry stated. The manoeuvres which began on 8 September are taking...

The Royal Air Force (RAF) has trialed mass low-level parachuting on the A400M Atlas C Mk1, further expanding the aircraft's capability. The A400M Atlas will take over low-level parachuting capability from the C-130J which is...

British forces took part in Exercise Vigilant Knife alongside Swedish and Finnish Armed Forces, further strengthening interoperability in anticipation of Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO. The command-post exercise took place in Rovaniemi and Rovajärvi,...

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...