The German foreign intelligence service assesses that Kiev is losing a "three-digit number" of soldiers daily, according to a report in Der Spiegel. Berlin informed politicians of the assessment during a secret meeting this week. Germany’s Federal...
Multiple Drone Attack Hits US Base in Southern Syria
A US military base in southern Syria was targeted in a drone attack on Friday that wounded two members of a US-backed militia. US Central Command said the base at Al-Tanf was attacked by three "one-way attack drones." CENTCOM said two of the drones were shot down, but...
Russia’s State Duma Leader Warns Western Support for Ukraine Could Bring ‘Global Catastrophe’
The head of Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, said on Sunday that Western military support for Ukraine could bring about a "global catastrophe" and warned of potential retaliation for arms supplies. "Deliveries of offensive weapons to the Kyiv regime...
US Military Says 30 Al-Shabaab Killed in Somalia Airstrike
US Africom Command said it launched an airstrike in Somalia on Friday against al-Shabaab in support of the US-backed Mogadishu-based government. The strike took place near the central town of Galcad, about 162 miles northeast of Mogadishu, where al-Shabaab and the...
US Extends 101st Airborne Deployment in Southeastern Romania
The Pentagon has decided to extend a troop deployment in southeast Romania, which is part of the US military buildup in Eastern Europe that was ordered around the time Russia invaded Ukraine. The US currently has about 4,000 members of the US Army's 101st Airborne...
US Expands Training of Taiwanese Military With National Guard
The US has expanded its training of the Taiwanese military to include a program involving the US National Guard, Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday. A source told Nikkei that the training began sometime before spring 2022. In May 2022, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen...
Sullivan, Netanyahu Discuss Prospect of Israel-Saudi Normalization
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Thursday in the first high-level US visit to the country since the new Israeli government was sworn in. Among other topics, Netanyahu and Sullivan discussed the...
Lloyd Austin in Berlin to Push German Government on Tanks
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with his new German counterpart in Berlin on Thursday as there is mounting pressure on Germany to sign off on the delivery of tanks to Ukraine. Poland and Finland are ready to send their German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, but...
‘Extremely Dangerous’: Russia Reacts to US Plans to Help Attack Crimea
Russian officials on Thursday reacted to a report from The New York Times that said the US was warming to the idea of helping Ukraine strike Crimea despite the risk of a Russian escalation. When asked about the report on Wednesday, State Department spokesman Ned Price...
US Announces Massive $2.5 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine
The US on Thursday announced a new massive $2.5 billion arms package for Ukraine that includes Stryker armored combat vehicles for the first time. The tranche of weapons includes 90 Strykers and 55 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, which the US first pledged to send to...