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Chinese Envoy Flexes Beijing's Military Might at Russia's Expense
20 Jan 2025 12:22 GMT
China's envoy to the United Nations has inadvertently disparaged Russia's military, countering U.S. criticism by claiming Moscow's forces would be better positioned in Ukraine if they were being supported by China's armed forces.
Newsweek …
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Russia's Ammunition Use Plummets After Ukraine's Long-Range Strikes: Kyiv
20 Jan 2025 12:22 GMT
Russia's use of artillery ammunition has been cut in half following an increase in long-range Ukrainian strikes on Moscow's military targets, according to Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces.
In an interview with …
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Ukraine Live Briefing: Zelenskiy Pleads For More Air Defense Weapons
20 Jan 2025 12:04 GMT
RFE/RL's Live Briefing gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to Kyiv, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees. For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the …
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From Washington To Taipei — A Surface-To-Air Missile That Shields Capitol Hill Will Now Defend Taiwan’s Capital
20 Jan 2025 07:22 GMT
Taiwan has announced that its newly purchased, cutting-edge, battle-proven National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) will be deployed in North Taiwan to protect the capital, Taipei.
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) stated that …
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Ammunition used by Russians halved following Ukrainian strikes, Syrskyi says
20 Jan 2025 00:51 GMT
… being regularly outgunned by Russian forces since the start of … on Jan. 15. Europe and the U.S. supply … not just an air defense system, but also an anti-missile system," Syrskyi said … 2025, according to Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. The Ukrainian …
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Microvane Technology Ready to Modernize C-17s | US Announced Lebanon Aid | Lithuania Wants to Raise Defense Spending
19 Jan 2025 22:34 GMT
… the cessation of hostilities.”
Europe
Lithuania plans to spend an … s president said Friday. Russia’s war in Ukraine … demanded alliance members increase defense expenditure to five percent … saw the Bhargavastra micro-missile system neutralize virtual targets …
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Bypassing sanctions, Belarus sells Western Microchips for Fighter Jets and Missiles to Russia
19 Jan 2025 21:11 GMT
Clients of Green-Chip collaborate with Russian authorities and the military-industrial complex, according to a source in the Russian tax service.
For example, one Green-Chip buyer is the Ukraine-sanctioned AO "NAUCHNO-PROMYSHLENNAYA KOMPANIYA " …
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MiG-29: How U.S. “Outfoxed” Iran To Acquire Russian-Origin Fighters From Moldova After Break-Up Of USSR
19 Jan 2025 17:00 GMT
Iran is reportedly keen to acquire Russian Su-35 Flanker-E fighters to counter the fighter fleets of its regional adversaries. However, a similar attempt by Tehran in the late 1990s to acquire cutting-edge MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters from a former Soviet state …
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Russia's Iskander-M missile kills a NATO F-16 pilot who was in Ukraine to train soldiers
19 Jan 2025 08:19 GMT
A Danish F-16 pilot was killed after a Russian Iskander-M missile struck a Ukrainian Armed Forces training centre in Ukraine's Dnepropetrovsk Region, according to Russian media reports.
Russian military sources confirmed to TASS News Agency that Jepp …
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Donald Trump’s Biggest Foreign Policy Challenge: Russia
19 Jan 2025 05:49 GMT
Until President-elect Donald Trump created an unexpected spectacle in the news media by suggesting that Washington coerce Denmark to sell Greenland to the United States and compel Panama to return control of the canal to Washington, most speculation about …