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Spain to Send up to Six Leopard 2A4 Tanks to Ukraine

Spain plans to send between four and six German-built Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine, newspaper El Pais reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified government sources. According to the publication, the final decision on the number of tanks to be delivered to Ukraine will be based on the condition of 53 vehicles ...

4 days ago

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US Skeptical of UK Military: Sky News

A senior US military official confidentially told British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace that the UK’s armed forces are no longer on par with those of the leading world powers, Sky News claims. The broadcaster, citing anonymous defense sources, said that years of cost-cutting measures by successive governments have made the ...

6 days ago

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Fractures Emerging between NATO Allies on Ukraine: NYT

Significant fractures between NATO allies are getting too big to hide, the New York Times reported on Friday. In an article entitled “The NATO Alliance Is Holding Strong on Ukraine. But Fractures Are Emerging,” David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt wrote that NATO allies differ on strategy for the coming ...

2 weeks ago

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US Announces $2.5 Billion in New Weaponry, Munitions for Ukraine

The United States has announced a whopping new package of arms and munitions for Ukraine worth $2.5 billion, defying Moscow’s repeated warnings against supplying Kiev with heavy weaponry almost a year into the devastating war. The US has by far been the largest supplier of military aid to Ukraine, despite ...

2 weeks ago

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UK Military Chief Says British Tanks to Kiev Will Leave London ‘Weaker’: Report

UK Chief of the General Staff General Sir Patrick Sanders has warned that supplying Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine would leave Britain “temporarily weaker”, according to British media. In a leaked statement, Sanders insisted that the delivery of 14 UK tanks to Kiev would “leave a gap in our inventory”, ...

3 weeks ago

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Russia Says Tanks UK Plans to Send to Ukraine ‘Will Burn’ There

Russia says the tanks Britain plans to send to Ukraine “will burn” there, warning the West against sending more advanced weapons to the ex-Soviet republic since such consignments will not “change” the outcome of the war. Early last week, reports emerged that London was planning to send the British Army’s ...

3 weeks ago

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A 'Sorry, out of use' sign sits on a diesel fuel pump at a gas station operated by BP Plc in London, U.K., on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Royal Dutch Shell Plc, BP Plc, Statoil ASA and Platts, the oil-price data collector owned by McGraw Hill Financial Inc., said they're being investigated after the European Commission conducted raids in three countries to ferret out evidence of collusion. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

EU Facing Diesel Crisis with Russian Ban Looming: Bloomberg

The EU will have a difficult time replacing Russian diesel when a ban on the country’s seaborne oil products and an accompanying price cap come into force on February 5, Bloomberg reported on Friday. According to the outlet, citing ship tracking data from Vortexa, the EU imported about 220 million ...

3 weeks ago

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UK faces ‘Sobering’ Economic Outlook, IMF Warns

The International Monetary Fund says Britain faces a “sobering” economic outlook for 2023, as the country experiences a torrid time in the coming months in what is going to be the worst cost-of-living crisis in living memory. “The announced fiscal plan navigates well the difficult tradeoff between fighting inflation and ...

3 weeks ago

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Russia Slaps New Sanctions on UK

Russia has expanded sanctions against the UK, blacklisting dozens of officials and journalists, the Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. The move comes in response to British policies that Moscow regards as hostile. In a statement, the ministry denounced the British government’s “anti-Russian course,” claiming that the UK “continues to actively ...

3 weeks ago

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First British-Based Space Launch of Military Satellites Fails

The UK’s attempt to become the first Western European nation to put satellites into space from a base on home soil has failed after a LauncherOne rocket missed the designated orbit. British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit had planned to launch nine satellites from the 21-meter LauncherOne rocket attached under ...

4 weeks ago