Belarus: European Leaders Bringing World Closer to World War III
US Airborne Troops, Armored Vehicles Arrive for Multinational NATO Exercise in Georgia
Georgia will host the tenth Agile Spirit military exercise from July 26 to August 6. This year’s iteration is unprecedented in the number of nations participating and in the range of military maneuvers included. The exercise, run by the U.S. and the host nation, will...
Bulgaria: Pentagon Launches Another Military Exercise in Black Sea Region
U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa announced on July 20 that air force personnel from the U.S. and Bulgaria are participating in the Falcon Defender 21 exercise at the Graf Ignatievo Air Base in the latter country. The base is one of almost a dozen that the...
Ukraine Calls for Further NATO Buildup in Black Sea
Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Olha Stefanishyna, reaffirmed the commitment that the very title of her position mandates: to prepare her nation – that is, to transform it beyond recognition – to qualify for a Membership...
Quid Pro Quo: Ukrainian ‘Anti-Terrorist’ Soldiers Treated in Georgia
The Georgian Defense ministry disclosed that Ukrainian government soldiers “injured in anti-terrorist operations in eastern Ukraine” will be given physical and psychological rehabilitation in Georgia, Ukraine’s fellow NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partner on the Black...
Kremlin: Russian Hypersonic Missiles Reaction to US Missile Shield Near Its Borders
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov was cited by TASS on July 20 confirming that his nation’s development of hypersonic missiles (five or more times the speed of sound) is a direct response to the American (and NATO it should be added) interceptor missile...
Azerbaijan’s Defense Chief Tells Commanders, Troops To Be Ready for New War
“We are the winning country. We have destroyed Armenia.” The defense minister of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, who has recently touted his nation’s partnership with NATO, spoke at a meeting attended by what an Azerbaijani news report said were deputy...
NATO Conducts 14-Nation Naval War Games in Black Sea
Two days after completing the two-week, 32-nation Sea Breeze 2021 war games in the Black Sea, on July 12 the U.S. and its NATO allies launched the similarly-named Breeze 2021 exercise in the Black Sea, hosted by Bulgaria. This year’s iteration of the regular military...
Azerbaijan: NATO’s Strategic Gateway to the Caucasus, Caspian
The defense minister of Azerbaijan, Zakir Hasanov, recently met with the new Italian ambassador to his nation, Claudio Taffuri, and among other topics the two discussed what the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry described as “the latest tension on the Azerbaijani-Armenian...
Large-Scale War Games: US in First-Ever Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile Firing in Australia
The ninth iteration of the biennial Talisman Sabre military exercise conducted by the U.S. and Australia got underway last month and will continue to August. Talisman Sabre 21 consists of 17,000 troops from the U.S., its NATO allies Britain and Canada, host nation...