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US military aims to reassure rattled eastern NATO allies
Feb 18, 2022 (AFP)
The base is a key logistics hub for the US deployment in Poland, which has more than doubled in recent days to around 9,000 troops in response to Moscow's milit...
Ukraine says 'no intention' to attack separatists
Feb 18, 2022 (AFP)
Oleksiy Reznikov told parliament that Russia has surrounded Ukraine with 149,000 troops and that more forces appeared to be on their way. But he stressed that U...
Russia announces new military withdrawal from annexed Crimea
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
The announcements are the latest reported drawdowns of a Russian military contingent estimated by the West to be more than 100,000 troops, which Washington had ...
US troops arrive in Slovakia for exercise
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
"The Saber Strike 22 exercise focuses on strengthening cooperation amongst NATO allies," Slovak Chief of Defence, General Daniel Zmeko, told journalists. "This ...
US warns of Russian provocation after 'troubling' Ukraine shelling reports
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
"We've said for some time that the Russians might do something like this in order to justify a military conflict. So we'll be watching this very closely," Austi...
Zelensky admits Ukraine's NATO bid has 'stalled'
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
"We as a country would like to join NATO and have reached out to them for years," he told the German daily Bild. "But the process has stalled. There are causes ...
NATO 'deadly serious' in response to Russia threat: UK minister
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
"We are deadly serious in how we're going to face the threat that is currently being posed to both Ukraine and potentially to our security," Wallace said. He wa...
What we know about Russia's troop deployment near Ukraine
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
The West however says there has been no meaningful reduction in the assembled Russian force that has been at the centre of escalating tensions between Moscow an...
Russian planes intercepted US Navy aircraft over Mediterranean: Pentagon
Feb 16, 2022 (AFP)
"While no one was hurt, interactions such as these could result in miscalculations and mistakes that lead to more dangerous outcomes," US Navy Captain Mike Kafk...
Russian army, Putin's favoured foreign policy tool
Feb 16, 2022 (AFP)
President Putin has made reviving the army one of the top priorities of his 20-year rule. After years of post-Soviet neglect, the armed forces received new airc...
China may take advantage of Ukraine crisis: US general
Feb 16, 2022 (AFP)
Russia's deployment of more than 100,000 troops on Ukraine's border has triggered fears in Washington and other Western capitals of a looming invasion. General ...
Russia announces end of Crimea military drills, troops leaving
Feb 16, 2022 (AFP)
"Units of the Southern Military District, having completed their participation in tactical exercises, are moving to their permanent deployment points," Moscow's...
US sees 'no meaningful pullback' by Russian forces, threat 'real'
Feb 16, 2022 (AFP)
"Unfortunately there's a difference between what Russia says, and what it does, and what we're seeing is no meaningful pullback," he said on ABC News. "On the c...
US troop reinforcements arrive near Poland-Ukraine border
Feb 16, 2022 (AFP)
AFP reporters saw soldiers disembarking from two Boeing C-17 military transport planes and boarding buses at Rzeszow Airport, located around 100 kilometres (62 ...
NATO says Russia's military build-up continuing around Ukraine
Feb 16, 2022 (AFP)
"We have heard the signs from Moscow about readiness to continue diplomatic efforts, but so far, we have not seen any de-escalation on the ground," Stoltenberg ...
Ukraine defies invasion threat, as NATO sees no Russian pullback
Feb 16, 2022 (AFP)
President Volodymyr Zelensky watched troops training with some of their new Western-supplied anti-tank weapons on a range near Rivne, west of the capital Kyiv. ...
Lithuanian troops in Ukraine to provide missile training
Feb 15, 2022 (AFP)
"We have fully supported, are supporting and will continue to support Ukraine," Lithuania's Chief of Defence Valdemaras Rupsys said in a statement. "Weapons and...
Norway boosts its troop contingent in Lithuania
Feb 15, 2022 (AFP)
"It's mainly a show of solidarity toward our allies on the eastern flank near Russia," Defence Minister Odd Roger Enoksen told reporters. The troops will be dep...
Russian lawmakers urge Putin to recognise Ukraine separatist regions
Feb 15, 2022 (AFP)
The speaker of Russian parliament's lower house, Vyacheslav Volodin, said that lawmakers had decided to call on Putin to recognise two breakaway regions in east...
UK to send 'small number' of troops to Lithuania
Feb 14, 2022 (AFP)
The deployment to the former Soviet bloc country was being made "in the spirit of solidarity", said a defence ministry statement. It would support its intellige...
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