Ukraine Government video screencap
Five-hundred grueling days have passed since the world watched Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine begin in a volley of cruise missile strikes and attacks into the country on the ground from multiple directions.
Since then and at great cost, Ukraine has retaken much of the territory lost in those first days and weeks, and continues its counteroffensive in the hopes of retaking the remaining occupied territories in southern and eastern Ukraine.
Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, the sergeant major of the Marine Corps, addresses Marines and sailors at Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 27, 2019. (Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie/U.S. Marine Corps).
Troy E. Black, the Sergeant Major of the Marines Corps, will become the top enlisted service member later this year. Yesterday the Pentagon announced that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley had named Black as the next Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman.
And despite the rather controversial reputation of the Typhoon in the Eurofighter consortium, they really have every reason to believe so and are quite confident to talk about it in view of the realities of the defense market.
The Eurofighter GmbH consortium is confident of quite significant orders for its Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, estimating them at 150-200 machines in the next two years alone.
The joint Danish-German-Dutch donation of Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine has been delayed due to a series of technical problems. The first tanks are expected to be shipped to Ukraine during the month of July.
In the spring, Denmark started a collaboration with Germany and the Netherlands to donate at least 100 Leopard 1 cars to Ukraine. It was hoped that the first tanks could be delivered to the Ukrainians during the spring. Acting Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen informed the conciliation circle today that the schedule has been pushed back.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan affirmed that Ukraine deserves to become a member of the NATO military alliance, holding a joint press conference with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Istanbul to discuss regional and global developments and bilateral ties on Friday.
“Ukraine deserves NATO membership,” Erdoğan told reporters, adding that Turkey has made the “most intensive efforts” to end the Russia-Ukraine war through negotiations on the basis of international law.
Erdoğan went on to say that Turkey will provide the necessary support to rebuild Ukraine.
Just ahead of the 4th of July, someone stole a Humvee from a National Guard armory in Santa Rosa, Calif. If you see it, or know where it is, the California National Guard would like it back.
The Humvee was stolen from the Santa Rosa National Guard Armory just after 10 p.m. on Monday, July 3. The Humvee has been missing since, with California Highway Patrol unable to find it over the 4th of July week. The keys were left in the vehicle, leaving it easy for whoever took it to quickly get away.
Edwards AFB is poised for a new chapter in its history, with the upcoming introduction of sixth-generation fighter jets and the recent restructuring of its command.
Change of command and renewal of structures
On June 9, Lt. Col. Michael Coleman assumed command of the 411 Flight Test Squadron, replacing Lt. Col. David Schmitt, marking a new milestone for the base. This transition comes at a pivotal time of evolution and growth for the F-22 Raptor Combined Test Force (CTF).
The United States, France and Britain have accused Iran and Russia of violating a UN Security Council resolution over the transfer of drones from Tehran to Moscow, which its military later uses to attack Ukrainian cities repeatedly.
The three powers said Thursday that Tehran and Moscow violated obligations under UN Resolution 2231, which enshrined the 2015 Iran nuclear deal into international law, and by carrying out the drone transfers without prior UN Security Council approval, they had violated the resolution.
The Guardian
The world’s chemical weapons watchdog said on Friday that all declared stocks had been “irreversibly destroyed” after the United States revealed it had finally got rid of its…
Mark Pomerleau, DefenseScoop
A new report from the Atlantic Council calls on the Pentagon to evolve to meet the demands of a new era of strategic competition.
