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ukraine: Army to get powerful RS80 rockets ahead of schedule

Posted on October 15, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan One comment

21:30, 14.10.20 – UNIAN The first batch of unguided rockets have successfully undergone live-fire tests and confirmed compliance with tactical and technical requirements. Ukraine’s state-owned Artem Holding, which is part of the Ukroboronprom defense giant, is ready to ensure an early delivery to the customer, the Defense Ministry, several hundred new unguided aircraft rockets, manufactured under the National defense order.

ukraine: Air Force gets modernized MiG29 fighter

Posted on October 10, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 2 comments

23:15, 09.10.20 – UNIAN Service life has been extended, while new Ukrainian-made equipment and systems have been installed. The Lviv State Aircraft Repair Plant SE, which is part of the Ukroboronprom Group, handed over to the military another upgraded MiG-29MU1 fighter jet. That’s according to the plant CEO Dmytro Matrunchyk, Ukroboronprom’s press service reports. “On the eve of Ukraine Defender Day,

U.S., Russian Officials Hold Arms-Control Talks In Finland

Posted on October 6, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 2 comments

Russian deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov is leading his country’s delegation at the talks. (file photo)

Russian Military Creep In Belarus Raises Security Alarms

Posted on October 4, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 2 comments

Belarusian and Russian troops take part in military exercises at a training ground near Brest, Belarus, on September 16.

Spy planes join B-52 bomber in exercise over Black Sea

Posted on September 25, 2020 by foccusser 8 comments

Sept. 25 (UPI) — A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber joined Ukrainian fighter planes this week and five NATO intelligence planes in an exercise over the Black Sea this week. The drill was part of NATO’s summer Exercise Astral Knight 2o20. On Wednesday a B-52, one of six which traveled from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., to Britain in August,

USAF SPECIAL OPERATIONS CV-22S BUZZ UKRAINE’S CAPITAL CITY, B-52S FLY IN UKRAINIAN AIRSPACE FOR THIRD TIME THIS MONTH

Posted on September 24, 2020 by foccusser One comment

By Nolan Peterson KYIV, Ukraine — The US Air Force had a busy day in Ukraine on Wednesday, underscoring a slow but steady uptick in overt American airpower support for this post-Soviet country, which has been locked in a low-intensity land war against Russian invasion forces since the spring of 2014. A formation of two US Air Force CV-22B Ospreys flew over

U.S. Massive breakthrough: 155 mm howitzer artillery destroys incoming cruise missiles

Posted on September 15, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 8 comments

Artillerymen of 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment fire M109 Alpha 6 Paladins, on Tapa Army Base, Estonia, Nov. 27, 2015.

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US troops deploy to Lithuania during heightened tensions in Eastern Europe

Posted on September 4, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan One comment

3 September 2020 – By Caitlin McFall | Fox News ‘All the exercises taking place in the country are of a defensive nature and are not directed against any state’ The U.S. Army will initiate on Friday the deployment of about 500 troops to Lithuania as part of a military operation, though government officials have said the strategy has nothing to do with recent political

U.S., Russia Remain At Odds Over Extension Of New START Treaty

Posted on August 19, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 3 comments

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov arrives for U.S.-Russia talks in Vienna on June 22.

Lukashenko says Belarusian army on full alert on western border

Posted on August 19, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 6 comments

20:55, 18 August 2020 – UNIAN He admitted special operations forces were involved in the dispersal of protests in his country. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says units of the Armed Forces of Belarus are on full alert on the western border. While meeting with members of the Security Council of Belarus, he also expressed concern over the situation along the

In Nod To Russia, U.S. Condemns Foreign Military Involvement In Libya

Posted on August 5, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan One comment

Russia has been helping Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA).

Mass protests in Kyiv against disarming Ukrainian army as part of new truce in Donbas

Posted on July 29, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 7 comments

The protest near the President’s Office. Photo: Olena Makarenko/Euromaidan Press

U.S. intel: Russia continues positioning military equipment in Libya via PMC Wagner

Posted on July 25, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 3 comments

Russia continues to violate UN Security Council Resolution UNSCR 1970

U.S. Says Russia Tested Anti-Satellite Weapon In Space

Posted on July 24, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan One comment

General John W. Raymond, commander of Space Command and the head of the U.S. Space Force

NATO forces return to the Black Sea

Posted on July 15, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 3 comments

21:53, 14 July 2020 – UNIAN Apart from conducting maritime security patrols in international waters, the two exercises will help enhance interoperability between Allies and regional partners. Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) and Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) units have entered the Black Sea for the second time this year to conduct further routine operations, and to

France to supply 20 patrol boats to Ukraine – French envoy

Posted on July 14, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 3 comments

19:57, 13 July 2020 – UNIAN Five out of 20 boats will be manufactured at Ukraine’s production facilities. French Ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Poncins has said the two counties will sign an agreement next week on the supply of 20 patrol boats to Ukraine. In particular, de Poncins has told journalists about the projects that are at the stage

Meeting of NATO-Ukraine Commission focuses on reforms, developments in Donbas

Posted on July 9, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 2 comments

00:59, 09 July 2020 – UNIAN Allies also stressed the importance of delivering on domestic reforms. A meeting of NATO-Ukraine Commission in Brussels on July 8 focused on reforms and developments in Donbas, eastern Ukraine. “NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg held talks on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, with Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Olha Stefanishyna. They

Russia Will Hate This: Ukraine Cleared to Move American Javelin Missiles to Front Lines

Posted on July 8, 2020 by foccusser 5 comments

U.S-supplied anti-tank weapons could change the balance of power in favor of Ukraine. by Caleb Larson In an interview, Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Ruslan Khomchak said that following the advice of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) advisors, Ukraine’s American-supplied Javelin anti-tank missiles would be moved up to Ukraine’s front lines in their conflict against separatists in the country’s east—though the missiles would have

US Congress to vote on $600-million military contract with Ukraine

Posted on July 8, 2020 by foccusser 10 comments

The United States Congress will vote on the sale of $600 million of equipment to bolster Ukrainian maritime capabilities in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea after July 17. This modern equipment — including Mark VI Patrol Boats, Seahawk gun systems and FLIR Radar systems — will help the Ukrainian government protect its southern maritime flank. The arrival of

Russia Expects Expedited Fighter Jet Deal With India – Interfax

Posted on July 3, 2020 by foccusser 2 comments

Russia and India could sign contracts for the sale of 33 fighter jets soon as New Delhi deals with heightened tensions with China and Pakistan, Interfax reported Thursday. India’s defense ministry said it has approved procurement of 21 Mig-29 for nearly $1 billion and 12 Su-30MKI for $1.4 billion. It has also approved an upgrade to its existing fleet of

Russian citizen illegally crosses border of Ukraine, doesn’t want to join Russian army

Posted on June 27, 2020 by foccusser 6 comments

During the explanation, the guy noted that he did not succeed and did not advise anyone to do so Yesterday, June 26, border guards of the Sumy detachment detained a 19-year-old resident of the Russian Federation, who illegally crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border on foot outside checkpoints. This was reported by the State Border Service press office. When clarifying the circumstances

Ukrainian MoD plans radical cuts to elite units in the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Posted on June 18, 2020 by foccusser 8 comments

CHRISTINE CHRAIBI Following the 2013-2014 Euromaidan and Revolution of Dignity that ended the rule of former president Viktor Yanukovych, the new authorities in Kyiv inherited an army in a pitiful state. Within a short period of time, Ukraine’s army has evolved from a depleted, neglected and underfunded force to one that has contained a Russian invasion and Russian-backed forces in

U.S. to sell Ukraine patrol boats, guns, sensors worth $600 mln

Posted on June 18, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan One comment

23:10, 17 June 2020 – UNIAN The sale is expected to help deter Russia from muscling Ukraine in the contested Kerch Strait and key ports along the Azov Sea. The U.S. State Department has cleared a potential sale to Ukraine of 16 Mark VI patrol boats and other gear worth $600 million, it was announced Wednesday. With the modern and

Germany Confirms U.S. Eying Troop Cuts Despite Concerns Over Russia

Posted on June 11, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 3 comments

The U.S. has around 34,500 soldiers stationed in Germany.

Retired Austrian Colonel Jailed Over Spying for Russia

Posted on June 10, 2020 by foccusser One comment

A retired Austrian army colonel was jailed for three years on Tuesday after being convicted of spying for Russia. The 71-year-old who has not been named “betrayed state secrets at the expense of Austria for a foreign secret service,” a Salzburg court ruled. He also “deliberately disclosed a military secret,” according to the verdict. The court case began in March

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