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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the United States is training and equipping a new brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Germany.
An American MQ-9 Reaper drone has crashed in Syria. The incident occurred in a region controlled by the Kurdish-held Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The reasons for the crash remain unclear, but technical malfunctions are likely to be the cause.
Russia has organised a covert operation to evacuate Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, spreading disinformation about a possible plane crash.
European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius said that the next seven-year budget of the European Union should allocate about 100 billion euros for defence.
The US army has carried out air strikes on ISIS bases in Syria to prevent them from recovering from the fall of the Assad regime
The new doctrine states that Canada must increase its military and diplomatic presence in the Arctic to counter threats from Russia and other countries seeking to gain a foothold in this strategic region.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria demonstrates that Russia and its allies can be defeated.
A significant number of military aircraft, including Su-34 frontline bombers, were spotted at the Russian Engels-2 airbase, which may indicate changes in the deployment of Russian aviation due to the threat of long-range weapons, namely ATACMS missiles.
Denmark is increasing its military assistance to Ukraine until the end of 2024 and accelerating the delivery of Caesar self-propelled artillery systems to support Ukraine's ability to continue the fight.
The Russian nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov has been tested after 25 years of repairs and modernisation, which were delayed by the critical state of the country's shipbuilding sector.
Prosecutors and the presidential office said that four Taiwanese soldiers, including three from the unit responsible for the security of the presidential office, were charged on Friday with taking photos and transmitting confidential information to China.
Delays in the production of its own Tejas fighter jet are forcing India to postpone the decommissioning of Soviet MiG-21 fighters, which first appeared in the Indian air force in 1955. The outdated aircraft, which have a sad history of accidents and disasters, will continue to serve until at least 2026.
The Greek Ministry of Defence is awaiting approval by the country's parliament for the purchase of Israeli multiple launch rocket systems worth about €500 million.
The Ministry of Defence of Japan, together with the Ground Self-Defence Forces, tested a new cruise missile, the 12SSM-ER, which has a range of about 1,500 km.
On 6 December 2024, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles and New Zealand Defence Minister Judith Collins signed an updated Joint Statement on Closer Defence Relationships, which aims to strengthen coordination, coherence and interoperability between the two countries' military structures.
