U.S. Army Europe is now conducting the annual Swift Response airborne exercise in that part of the world where war games have become nearly a daily occurrence: Eastern Europe from the Baltic to the Black Sea. The 30,000-troop, 27-nation DEFENDER-Europe 21 war games...
VE Day: Ukrainian Officials Imply Conflict With Russia Equivalent to Nazi Invasion
On the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War Two in Europe (Victory in Europe Day to much of the world), what since the 2014 coup in Ukraine has been celebrated as the Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation, President...
Official: Ukraine Certain of Receiving Lethal Weapons From NATO
Leonid Kravchuk, one of the three signatories to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and Ukraine’s first president, told one of his nation’s television networks on May 7 that he was sure of the U.S. and other NATO delivering lethal weapons to Ukraine. Weapons required...
NATO Allies Take Over Black Sea for Military Exercise
The title is courtesy of the Transylvania Now new site. The Pentagon’s Special Operations Command Europe kicked off the Trojan Footprint 21 exercise on May 3; what is identified as its premier special operations forces drills. The war games will be held until May 14...
Russia Criticizes Increased US Military Activity in Syria
The Russian Defense Ministry has expressed concern about deployment of U.S. military convoys and equipment to the al-Jazeera region in eastern Syria. The Russian Coordination Center in Hmeimim said of the increased air and land transport of American military hardware,...
NATO Looking to Support the Afghan Military After Withdrawal
The US plans to continue financial support for Afghan forces
Iran Says US Is ‘Serious’ About Reviving Nuclear Deal But Has Yet to Offer Enough Sanctions Relief
A US official said the Iranians have made ‘unrealistic demands’
US Blames Houthis for Lack of Progress Towards Ceasefire in Yemen
The Houthis are calling for the blockade to be lifted
NATO Consolidates European Union as Junior Military Partner
In the last two days the NATO homepage has reported on General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg and Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană separately addressing European Union officials on defense cooperation. That is, on the military integration of the two Brussels-based...
Afghanistan: Nearly 1,600 Child Casualties in Airstrikes Over Past Five Years
Trump loosened the rules of engagement in Afghanistan