NATO considers setting up ‘defense spending bank’ in case of Trump victory
Europe, the UK and Ukraine urgently need to “Trump-proof” their collective security by setting up a “NATO bank” to aid defense spending.
10 October 2024
Europe, the UK and Ukraine urgently need to “Trump-proof” their collective security by setting up a “NATO bank” to aid defense spending.
The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.
Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes that if NATO countries had provided weapons to Ukraine after the beginning of Russia's occupation of Crimea and parts of Donbas in 2014, a full-scale war could have been prevented.
Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes that if NATO countries had provided weapons to Ukraine after the beginning of Russia's occupation of Crimea and parts of Donbas in 2014, a full-scale war could have been prevented.
09 October 2024
President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that receiving an invitation to NATO is part of Ukraine’s Victory Plan.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the first point of a Victory Plan concerns geopolitical certainty in Europe and the strengthening of NATO, particularly with Ukraine's membership in the military alliance.
The third Ukraine – Southeast Europe summit chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković has commenced in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of Croatia Andrej Plenkovic held talks and signed an agreement on long-term support and cooperation between the two countries.
President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Dubrovnik, where the Ukraine – South East Europe summit is held on Wednesday, October 9.
Military airfields, oil and fuel storage facilities in Russia under attacks by Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Ukraine will set out further measures to the forthcoming Rumstein Format meeting to achieve a just end to the war with Russia
The Commander of U.S. Armed Forces in Europe, General Chris Cavoli, submitted to Congress a list of weapons that could help Ukraine in its fight against Russia but, for various reasons, have not yet been provided.
08 October 2024
The Allies must do more to help Ukraine counter Russian aggression, and the upcoming meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Ramstein base in Germany will serve as a good opportunity to coordinate support.
U.S. President Joe Biden is postponing his visit to Germany this week, where he was scheduled to participate in a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Ramstein format), due to the threat of a new powerful hurricane set to hit the southern part of the U.S.
In order to invite new members to join NATO, there is no need to wait for another Summit of the Alliance as the issue can also be decided in the "inter-summit" period, in particular, before the end of Joe Biden’s presidential term in the U.S., as part of his forming his presidential legacy as regards Ukraine.
The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.
Ukraine should rely on military and technical cooperation with NATO countries to ensure a technological advantage over Russia in the future.
First Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Ukrainian Institute for Security Studies, Volodymyr Horbulin sees Israel's security model, which is based on close defense cooperation with the United States, as a good benchmark for Ukraine.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Oleksandr Syrskyi and Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Brown have coordinated their views and approaches as part of preparations for the 25th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format.
U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Germany and his participation in the Ramstein meeting is intended to reaffirm the U.S. strong support for transatlantic security, as well as international leadership in supporting Ukraine.
The United States might approve the use by Ukraine of long-range missiles on Russian targets, says Indrek Kannik, director of the Estonia-based International Center for Defense and Security (ICDS) think tank.
Ukrainian Strategic Industries Minister Herman Smetanin and the representatives of the Government and the Armed Forces of the Netherlands have discussed the areas of defense industry cooperation between the two countries.
07 October 2024
Ukraine expects positive signals regarding advancement to full membership in NATO at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which is to be held at the leaders level at Ramstein this week.
During the second round of joint consultations between the governments of Ukraine and the Slovak Republic, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Andriy Sybiha held bilateral talks with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia Juraj Blanar.
Today, October 7, the North Atlantic Alliance's military exercise Iron Wolf 2024-II begins in Lithuania.
Poland needs to strengthen and expand its army to be prepared to defend itself in the event of a military invasion.
06 October 2024
Lithuania has purchased additional NASAMS medium-range air defense systems for 234 million euro.
05 October 2024
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has codified and approved for operation more than 900 samples of weapons and military equipment for the Armed Forces in the first nine months of 2024, including over 600 domestic products.
04 October 2024
NATO has already crossed many red lines announced by Russian leader Vladimir Putin, but he has not done anything.
Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said he regrets that Ukraine should have been provided with much more weapons much earlier.
Ukraine’s combat system DELTA made a successful debut during NATO's anti-drone warfare exercises, which took place in the Netherlands in September.