DefenceTalkUkraine is employing face recognition technology to identify invading Russian troops killed on its soil, a complex and unprecedented avenue for software already seen as problematic, experts said Thursday. The embattled nation uses details resulting from the process to try to track down and notify the families of the dead, in an act Ukraine says […]https://www.defencetalk.com/complex-questions-as-face-recognition-tech-joins-ukraine-war-78510/

DefenceTalkTwin attacks in Mali this week have killed 16 soldiers and wounded 18, the army said late Tuesday, in the latest violence sweeping the Sahel state. The statement lifted the casualty toll of four soldiers dead and 17 injured in separate attacks Monday in the northeast and center of the conflict-torn country. Thirty-seven “terrorists” were […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mali-attacks-leave-16-soldiers-dead-78482/

DefenceTalkUkraine has repeated a call to Western leaders to supply Kyiv with advanced weapons to fight Moscow’s slowly advancing troops, one month after their invasion. “Our armed forces and citizens are holding out with superhuman courage, but we cannot win a war without offensive weapons, without medium-range missiles that can be a means of deterrence,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-urges-west-to-supply-offensive-weapons-to-fight-russia-78479/

DefenceTalkRussia used its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles on Friday to destroy an underground missile and ammunition storage site in western Ukraine close to the border with NATO member Romania, in what analysts said was the first use of such weapons in the world. The defence ministry made the announcement on Saturday, with the escalation coming […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-uses-advanced-hypersonic-missiles-in-ukraine-for-the-first-time-78463/

DefenceTalkJoe Biden has promised to help Ukraine get air defense systems with a longer range than the shoulder-borne Stinger missiles already on the ground, but finding the powerful anti-missile batteries Ukraine’s military so urgently needs is proving easier said than done. The US president, who wants to support Ukraine militarily without entering into direct conflict […]https://www.defencetalk.com/boosting-ukraines-anti-air-batteries-proves-easier-said-than-done-78467/

DefenceTalkThe Kremlin said Monday it may still opt to take control of large cities in Ukraine, as Moscow’s military advances steadily towards several major urban hubs in its pro-Western neighbor. “Putin gave orders to hold back on any immediate assault on large cities because the civilian losses would be large,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-says-may-take-full-control-of-big-ukraine-cities-78414/

DefenceTalkIran claimed responsibility for missile strikes Sunday on the northern Iraqi city of Arbil, saying they targeted an Israeli “strategic center” and warning of more attacks. Kurdish authorities insisted the Jewish state has no sites in or near Arbil, capital of their autonomous region in the country’s north. In Baghdad, the foreign ministry condemned the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-says-missiles-targeted-israeli-site-in-iraqs-arbil-78404/

DefenceTalkNATO must not allow Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to spill over into a war between the alliance and Moscow, its chief Jens Stoltenberg said Friday, again ruling out a no-fly zone. “We have a responsibility to prevent this conflict from escalating beyond Ukraine’s borders to becoming a full-fledged war between Russia and NATO,” the NATO […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-must-not-become-full-fledged-nato-war-with-russia-stoltenberg-78389/

DefenceTalkRussian President Vladimir Putin on Friday asked his defense minister to prepare plans for possible fortification of Russia’s western border in response to NATO troop movement in eastern Europe. “As for the strengthening of our western borders because of the actions adopted by NATO countries… this needs to be considered separately, I ask you to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-weighing-response-to-nato-troop-movement-in-eastern-europe-78378/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday accused the European Union and other countries of “dangerously” backing the supply of arms to Ukraine, as it resists an incursion by thousands of Russian troops. “We see how dangerously our Western colleagues, including in the European Union, are acting now, which, in violation of all their so-called […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-lavrov-slams-dangerous-arms-deliveries-to-ukraine-78365/