Tag: Defense
Defense will receive new billions next year
The new billions means that Sweden reaches NATO’s goal of spending two percent of GDP on defense, according to the newspaper. The supplement concerns, among other things, compensation to the…
Defense Minister Häkkänen does not consider the halls built near the Russian border to be a threat to Finland
Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen (co-op.) sees the halls erected in Alakurtti and Petroskoi as part of Russia’s normal operations. According to him, Finns have no reason to worry. reported today…
Does NATO have to strengthen air defense on the Ukrainian border? According to Kristi Raik, the issue became relevant when an airplane fell on the Romanian border
NATO country Romania may have dropped parts of a Russian plane on Monday, the Romanian Defense Minister confirmed on Wednesday. Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg on the other hand,…
A first in the history of Ukraine! Crimean Tatar Turk Rustem Umerov officially became Zelensky’s Minister of Defense
The Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) convened with the agenda of Zelensky’s decision to replace the Minister of Defense and appoint Umerov to this post. In the voting held in the…
20 dead in one day in clashes between SDF and Arab tribes in the east
For the 8th consecutive day, fighting rages in eastern Syria between the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Arab tribes. Twenty people were killed on Tuesday, according to the Syrian…
There is a shortage of boots in the Swedish Defense Forces – officers have been ordered to hand over their little-used equipment to conscripts
The shortage of equipment for the Swedish Defense Forces has been on the back burner for several years. The situation has not improved, even though defense appropriations have been increased.…
Zelenskyi fired Defense Minister Reznikov in the middle of a counterattack – believed to be related to an anti-corruption campaign
Changing the defense minister is the most significant change in the inner circle of the Ukrainian president during the war of aggression against Russia. Rustem Umerov, distinguished in negotiations regarding…
Ukraine: Roustem Oumerov, “the incorruptible” Crimean Tatar at the head of Defense
“There is a change at the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. This Sunday, September 3, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the current Minister Oleksiï Reznikov, in…
Zelenskyi dismisses Ukraine’s defense minister from his position – corruption allegations have shaken the ministry
Reznikov was appointed to his post just three months before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi has said that he…
Ukraine’s defense minister is fired
Ukraine’s defense minister was fired because Volodymyr Zelenskyi wanted to change the way he worked. But Oleksiy Reznikov has been surrounded by corruption suspicions since the beginning of the year.…