[ad_1] Pripyat, Ukraine CNN — A few kilometers from the Belarus border, Ukrainian forces are training for what they expect to be a brutal spring. Ageing T-72 tanks – some twice the age of their crews – fire off rounds into the mist, while ground troops practise storming abandoned buildings. …
Read More »Analysis: Why Germany is struggling to stomach the idea of sending tanks to Ukraine
[ad_1] CNN — The past 12 months has forced European leaders to seriously rethink their approach to national security. If Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has confirmed one thing, it’s that peace on the continent cannot be taken for granted. The status quo – decades of low spending and defense not …
Read More »Inside the US and German standoff over sending tanks to Ukraine
[ad_1] Washington CNN — The Biden administration is stuck in a standoff with Germany over whether to send tanks to Ukraine ahead of a key meeting of Western defense leaders in Germany on Friday. In recent days, German officials have indicated they won’t send their Leopard tanks to Ukraine, or …
Read More »US will send Stryker combat vehicles to Ukraine for first time as part of $2.5 billion security package
[ad_1] CNN — The Pentagon announced a $2.5 billion Ukraine security package on Thursday, including for the first time Stryker armored vehicles and more Bradley fighting vehicles that could be used against any potential Russian offensive in Ukraine this spring. The package, publicized a day before an international coalition meets …
Read More »US has moved munitions stored in Israel for use by Ukraine
[ad_1] CNN — The United States has transferred American munitions stored in Israel for use in Ukraine and plans to send more soon, US and Israeli officials told CNN Wednesday. A US official told CNN they have moved “some” of the 300,000 155-millimeter shells that the US and Israel agreed …
Read More »How Ukraine became a testbed for Western weapons and battlefield innovation
[ad_1] CNN — Last fall, as Ukraine won back large swaths of territory in a series of counterattacks, it pounded Russian forces with American-made artillery and rockets. Guiding some of that artillery was a homemade targeting system that Ukraine developed on the battlefield. A piece of Ukrainian-made software has turned …
Read More »Kim calls for exponential increase in North Korea’s nuclear arsenal
[ad_1] Seoul, South Korea CNN — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is calling for an “exponential increase” in his country’s nuclear weapons arsenal as threats from South Korea and the Untied States increase, Pyongyang’s state media reported Sunday. Kim’s comments come as North Korea twice over the weekend tested …
Read More »5 takeaways from Volodymyr Zelensky’s historic visit to Washington
[ad_1] CNN — Three-hundred days after his country was invaded by Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky jetted to Washington, DC, for talks on what the next 300 days might bring. Shrouded in secrecy until the last minute, the historic visit was heavy with symbolism, from Zelensky’s drab green sweatshirt to …
Read More »Exclusive: Biden task force investigating how US tech ends up in Iranian attack drones used against Ukraine
[ad_1] Washington CNN — The Biden administration has launched an expansive task force to investigate how US and western components, including American-made microelectronics, are ending up in Iranian-made drones Russia is launching by the hundreds into Ukraine, multiple officials familiar with the effort tell CNN. The US has imposed tough export control …
Read More »North Korea fires two more missiles in a record year for launches
[ad_1] Seoul, South Korea CNN — North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the waters off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in what has been a record year for test launches by the Kim Jong Un regime. The launches, reported by both South Korean and Japanese authorities, marked …
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