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Swiss parliament votes against re-exporting military material to Ukraine
The Swiss House of Representatives has voted against a proposal to permit the re-export of Swiss-produced military equipment…
Study shows drones the cheapest, most effective in battle against Russian invasion
Volodymyr Dacenko, an analyst and former Forbes Ukraine columnist, has found that Ukrainian drones dropping grenades and small…
China pledges not to export weapons to Russia or Ukraine – AP
On 14 April, China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang assured that his country would not sell weapons to any…
China ships rifles, body armor, drone parts to Russia – Politico
Chinese companies, including one connected to the government in Beijing, have sent Russian entities 1,000 assault rifles and…
US State Secretary reiterates concerns China will provide lethal aid to Russia – CNN
On 28 February, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated the Biden administration’s concern that China was considering…
China considering sending weapons to Russia – ISW
[editorial]In its February 24 assessment of the Russian offensive campaign in Ukraine, the Washington-based think tank Institute for…
US says Russia’s Wagner Group bought North Korean weapons for Ukraine war – Reuters
The private Russian military company, the Wagner Group, took delivery of an arms shipment from North Korea to…
None of them wanted this life: the fury, silence, and “beauty” of war as recounted by Ukrainian soldiers
Winter is upon us, on the frontline, in the cities and steppes, in the villages and forests. It…
Ukraine to jointly produce heavy weapons, military equipment with at least six NATO countries
Ukraine’s state weapons concern Ukroboronprom says it will jointly produce and develop heavy weapons and military equipment with…
The West is running out of weapons it can supply Ukraine. NATO or a coalition of the willing needs to intervene
24 February 2022 was only yet another phase, the war started in 2014 Tomorrow, political leaders and media…
CEOs of Russia’s largest military concern are still sanction-free
The company is best recognized around the world for producing Kalibr cruise missiles. It is a manufacturer of…
300 MLRS is a “good number” for Ukraine: Ukrainian military expert on achieving weapons parity with Russia
On 13 June 2022, Mykhailo Podoliak, the adviser to President Zelenskyy, published a list of weapons needed by…
Many countries ask to keep the weapons they give Ukraine a secret – Ukraine’s RNBO chief Danilov
Lend-Lease hasn’t started yet “We need to be grateful to countries giving us military aid. There are very…
Race against time: Ukraine runs out of ammo, calls for MLRS, artillery – US “willing to provide” everything needed
Initially being cagey about war losses, Ukrainian officials started divulging the numbers Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said…
Why long-range Western MLRS can become a game-changer for Ukraine
It became known on 31 May that the US decided to supply multiple-rocket launchers M142 HIMARS. On the…
12 reasons why the West should arm Ukraine, now!
Why the West should act NOW! 1) Because the war must be stopped here in Ukraine, and not…
Javelins are good, but it is artillery strikes that coined Ukraine’s military success
[editorial]It were artillery strikes and combined-arms warfare, not western-delivered hand-held weapons and hit-and-run tactics, that coined Ukraine’s success…
Western fear of arming Ukraine holds back its victory – military expert
[editorial]Ukraine could “absolutely” win back all Russian-occupied territories; yet, the western fear of arming Ukraine is holding back…
What weapons for Ukraine would help it win the war against Russia
[editorial]After a month of the Russo-Ukrainian war, the frontlines have stabilized, but the suffering of the local population…
Ukrainian snipers on the frontline: why the US army is adopting their experience
[editorial]In today’s trench war of Donbas, the work of Ukrainian snipers can be viewed as even more effective…