Tag: Military
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Russia to reduce defence budget amid rising economic pressures
The Russian government is estimating it will rake in up to 41 trillion Roubles in revenues ($516 billion) and spend up to 44 trillion Roubles ($570 billion) with a defence budget of up to 13 trillion Roubles ($157 billion). Russia’s defence budget for next year will be slightly lower than this year which was at…
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Hungarian Special envoy for the Sahel describes The Maltese Herald article as “Fake News”
Hungary’s special envoy for the Sahel, Máthé László Eduárd, has dismissed The Maltese Herald‘s article about the Hungarian military presence in Chad as “fake news”. In January, Hungarian troops were present in Chad with the Chadian military in a border demarcation exercise with the Libyan National Army that started from the Chad-Libya-Sudan triangle and ended…
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Alarmed by Donald Trump’s presidential victory, Europe moves to strengthen its defenses
Following Donald Trump’s election victory in the United States, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for closer cooperation among European states on security and defense against the Russian threat to Europe, adding that he is working with French President Emmanuel Macron toward this goal. Yesterday, the German cabinet approved a law aimed at reintroduction National…
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Erdogan is trying to overturn his electoral defeat in Kurdish cities with the military and the police
Erdogan’s ruling AKP Party is attempting to overturn his electoral defeat in several Kurdish cities in the East of Turkey by appointing mayors and candidates from the AKP who lost the election, instead of allowing the electoral winners to take office. Police brutality has been reported in the cities were this authoritarian takeover is ongoing…
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Iraqi military spokesperson condemns US attack on Kataib Hezbollah senior leader and vows talks on US pull-out will continue
Major-General and Iraqi Military Spokesperson Yahya Rasoul has condemned the US attack that liquidated the Kataib Hezbollah senior leader responsible for the attacks on a US base in Jordan that killed 3 US troops. The Major-General had also previously condemned the US attacks on Al-Qaim, saying these attacks breached Iraq’s sovereignty. Iraq’s Prime Minister Muhammed…
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The struggle for power in Russia heats up
The Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu is having none of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s treachery and has issued an order, approved by Vladimir Putin, demanding all private military combatants to register and sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense. Prigozhin has made it clear that his group won’t be complying with this order. As expected, Russian telegram…
