Tag: tanks
Tanks for Ukraine, tensions in Israel… The tour of international news
UNITED STATES Police violence, bis repetita In Memphis (Tennessee), Tyre Nichols, an African-American FedEx employee, died at the age of 29, three days after his long beating by five police…
An arms company bought Belgium’s obsolete Leopard tanks – now the government would be ready to buy back the tanks it abandoned
TOURNAMENT From the outside, the warehouse looks nondescript, but inside the gates, the visitor is like in another world. The placement of around four hundred armored vehicles is huge. –…
Leclerc tanks: chronicle of an industrial and military fiasco
Some officers know how to manage their effects. Major-General Henri Marescaux was one of them. At the end of the 1990s, the man was number 2 in the army. He…
War in Ukraine: Why Western tanks are a nightmare for Russians
After months of dithering, Westerners have finally taken the plunge. By giving the green light on Wednesday to the transfer of its Leopard 2s to Ukraine after an unlikely showdown…
Why France is reluctant to deliver Leclerc tanks to Ukraine
Canada will deliver four Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine to help fight the Russian invasion. An announcement by the Minister of Defense which comes after the decision of the Germans…
Statement from the USA that will disappoint Ukrainian leader Zelenskiy: We do not have any surplus tanks
The US administration announced that Germany would send M1 Abrams tanks to address the concerns of Germany about giving Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, but it was a matter of…
War in Ukraine: why France hesitates to send its Leclerc tanks
Should Leclerc tanks be sent to the kyiv forces, when German Leopards and American Abrams will be delivered soon, as the two countries announced on January 25? If the French…
Russia Fires Missiles at Ukraine, Says Giving Tanks Makes West a War Party
Russia’s recent attacks mostly hit infrastructure targets. At least in Kyiv, according to the mayor, they claimed one death. Russia has launched two missile waves at Ukraine after Germany and…
Zelenskyy thanks for tanks – but pleads for more help
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanks Germany and the United States after the news that the countries are sending tanks. At the same time, he makes new requests for weapons: long-range…
Good news and bad news in think tank’s report on Stratford’s economy
News Local News While local investments have boosted tax revenues and lifted wages, local job vacancy rates are “well above” provincial and national levels (Picture file) Stratford’s investments into economic…