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The EU and traffic lights are at odds over stricter export controls
Berlin, Brussels So far, the common defense policy of the European Union has mainly consisted of demands and declarations of intent. It cannot stay that way, as the EU states…
The situation in the morning: Ukraine expects a major attack
Kyiv The situation in eastern Ukraine remains extremely difficult on the 97th day of the war. The “maximum combat capability of the Russian army” is now assembled in the Donbass,…
Russia has lost its own future
Kyiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of a war of annihilation. After visiting the front, he spoke of serious damage in the city of Kharkiv and reported destruction…
Ukraine calls on the West to deliver arms – Zelensky calls for Russia to be classified as a terrorist state
A pro-Russian fighter in Donetsk at a multiple rocket launcher Demands for further rearmament are increasing. (Photo: AP) Kyiv In the war against the Russian invading troops, Ukraine has once…
Zelensky speaks of a very difficult situation – Donbass under pressure
Kyiv According to the Russian military, it has captured the strategically important small town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region. The Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday reported the city’s…
Zelensky speaks of a very difficult situation – Donbass under pressure
Kyiv According to the Russian military, it has captured the strategically important small town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region. The Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday reported the city’s…
Zelensky speaks of a very difficult situation – Donbass under pressure
Kyiv The Ukrainian army remains under heavy pressure in the far east of its front against the invading Russian forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of a very difficult situation,…
Ukraine under pressure in the east – Russia needs billions of euros
Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine Kyiv Ukrainian troops are coming under increasing pressure in the east of the country. Pro-Russian separatists announced on Friday that they had captured the strategically important…
Situation in the morning: further attacks in the Donbass
Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian President considers the Europeans to be too hesitant. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv In view of the massive Russian attacks in the east, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fears…
Ukrainian defenders under pressure in the east
Kyiv In eastern Ukraine, massive Russian artillery and airstrikes are increasingly threatening the Ukrainian defenders. 95 percent of the Luhansk administrative region in the Donbass has been occupied by Russian…
Ukrainian troops under pressure in the east
eastern Ukraine Russian military near Mariupol: Ukrainian front falters. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Kyiv For the Ukrainian troops in the east of the country, the situation is becoming increasingly precarious in view…
World is heading for a new age of crisis
Floods in Colombia Various environmental crises, along with conflicts within and between countries, are the new risks facing the world, say the researchers. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) Stockholm According to the…
How the federal government prevents an arms deal
Bangkok The deal with Thailand should actually be a new highlight for China’s defense industry: For the first time since the Second World War, the Thai Navy wants to use…
Global military spending at new high
tank Eight European NATO countries reached the military alliance’s target of investing at least two percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) in defense. (Photo: dpa) Stockholm For the first…
Another 100 wheeled tanks for British Army
Boxer wheeled armored vehicle from Rheinmetall Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Australia and Great Britain have so far ordered Boxer vehicles. (Photo: imago images / Eibner) Munich In view of the…
Rheinmetall shares: record prices for the arms manufacturer
Boxer wheeled armored vehicle from Rheinmetall Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Australia and Great Britain have so far ordered Boxer vehicles. (Photo: imago images / Eibner) Munich In view of the…
With Putin into a new era of the nuclear arms race
Military parade in Moscow Russia has ICBMs with nuclear warheads. This allows the country to attack the United States directly. (Photo: dpa) Geneva Monday, January 3, 2022: “We reaffirm that…
With Putin into a new era of the nuclear arms race
Geneva Monday, January 3, 2022: “We reaffirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be waged,” write the five official nuclear-armed powers in unison. They present a…
346 million despite the embargo: Europe’s arms deliveries to Putin
Berlin Versailles on Friday last week, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the EU summit: “Our destinies are linked. Ukraine belongs to the European family. Vladimir Putin’s attack…
Despite the Ukraine war: global arms exports are falling
Leopard 2 main battle tank recorded as part of the Landwehr information course in Munster Germany is still one of the five largest arms exporters. (Photo: imago/photothek) Stockholm Fewer armaments…