DefenceTalkWestern nations need to brace for a long “war of attrition” in Ukraine, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday following White House talks with US President Joe Biden. “We just have to be prepared for the long haul,” the secretary general told reporters. “Because what we see is that this war has now become a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/west-must-brace-for-long-haul-in-ukraine-nato-chief-78882/

DefenceTalkMoscow said Thursday that it has managed to stem the arrival of foreign “mercenaries” in Ukraine over the past month and that it has killed “hundreds” of them. “Hundreds of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine have been destroyed by Russia’s long-range precision weapons shortly after their arrival” to undergo training, the Russian defence ministry said in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-says-killed-hundreds-of-foreign-mercenaries-working-for-ukraine-78876/

DefenceTalkThe United States will send Ukraine four Himars artillery rocket systems, an additional 1,000 Javelin anti-tank missiles, and four Mi-17 helicopters in a new $700 million arms package, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Under Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl said Ukraine forces need about three weeks of training to be able to use the Himars, a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-us-aid-for-ukraine-himars-rockets-javelins-helicopters-78867/

DefenceTalkGermany will deliver to Ukraine an air defence system capable of shielding a “large city from Russian air raids”, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday, rejecting accusations that his government was slow to arm Kyiv. Berlin will be “sending more weapons” to Ukraine, Scholz told parliament. “The government has decided that we will send the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-to-deliver-air-defence-system-to-ukraine-scholz-78853/

DefenceTalkThe Kremlin on Wednesday accused Washington of “adding fuel to the fire” by planning to supply Ukraine with advanced missile systems. “We believe that the United States is adding fuel to the fire deliberately and on purpose,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “Such supplies” do not encourage Kyiv to resume peace talks, Peskov said, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-adding-fuel-to-the-fire-with-new-arms-supplies-kremlin-78850/

DefenceTalkChina has made the second largest incursion into Taiwan’s air defence zone this year with Taipei reporting 30 jets entering the area, including more than 20 fighters. Taiwan’s defence ministry said late Monday it had scrambled its own aircraft and deployed air defence missile systems to monitor the latest Chinese activity. In recent years, Beijing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-makes-second-largest-taiwan-defence-zone-incursion-this-year-78847/

DefenceTalkRussian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday that Moscow would create new military bases in western Russia in response to the expansion of NATO. “By the end of the year, 12 military units and divisions will be established in the Western Military District,” Shoigu said at a meeting in televised remarks. The army expects […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-russian-military-bases-response-to-nato-expansion-78817/

DefenceTalkThe Kremlin said Thursday it was important to ensure basic living conditions in war-torn Ukraine as signs multiplied that Moscow was seeking to permanently occupy or even annex the pro-Western country’s southeast. Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine on February 24 but Moscow has repeatedly stressed it is not seeking to occupy Ukrainian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/signs-multiply-russia-seeks-control-of-south-ukraine-78814/

DefenceTalkPresident Joe Biden has ordered the reestablishment of a US troop presence in Somalia to help local authorities combat the Al-Shabaab militant group, a senior American official told reporters Monday. The move reverses an order from Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump, who in late 2020 pulled nearly all US forces from the East African nation as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/biden-reestablishes-us-troop-presence-inside-somalia-78796/

DefenceTalkChile ordered the redeployment of its military to the Araucania region in the south of the country Monday, in the face of mounting violence linked to territorial claims by the Mapuche indigenous group. “We have decided to use all tools to guarantee security,” said interior minister Izkia Siches after announcing the move. Soldiers were deployed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chile-redeploys-army-to-restive-southern-region-78792/