DefenceTalkUkrainian soldiers repulsed a Russian attack in the capital, the military said early Saturday, only hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow would attempt to take Kyiv before dawn. Russian leader Vladimir Putin unleashed a full-scale invasion on Thursday that has killed dozens of people, forced more than 50,000 to flee Ukraine in just […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukrainian-and-russian-forces-fight-over-capital-kyiv-78121/

DefenceTalkNATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Friday the alliance was deploying its rapid response forces to bolster defences on its eastern flank in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “It is still a fluid situation. What we have seen is that the Ukrainian forces are fighting bravely and are actually able to inflict damage on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-sending-response-forces-to-allies-after-ukraine-invasion-78116/

DefenceTalkFrance was speeding up its deployment of troops to bolster NATO’s eastern flank in Romania after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. Talking after an emergency summit with European Union leaders, Macron said he was “accelerating” the dispatch of forces. It is part of a broader push by NATO allies to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-accelerating-troop-deployment-to-romania-78101/

DefenceTalkRussia’s military strike against its neighbor Ukraine is designed to claim air superiority before ground troops that have massed on the country’s borders encircle Ukrainian forces from the north and south, experts told AFP. The assault, after more than 150,000 Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s borders in recent weeks, has been accompanied by a massive […]https://www.defencetalk.com/multi-pronged-russian-assault-aims-to-encircle-ukraine-forces-78093/

DefenceTalkChina on Thursday called for restraint on all sides after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on Ukraine, while saying the military operation should not be described as an “invasion”. Putin announced the launch of a major military offensive and ground troops crossed into the country from several directions on Thursday, with explosions heard […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-says-closely-watching-ukraine-situation-after-russian-attack-78089/

DefenceTalkRussia said Thursday that its military had destroyed more than 70 military targets, including 11 airfields in Ukraine. “As a result of strikes carried out by the Russian armed forces, 74 Ukrainian military ground facilities were destroyed,” said Igor Konashenkov, a defence ministry spokesman. Destroyed facilities included 11 airfields, three command posts and 18 radar […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-says-destroys-over-70-military-targets-in-ukraine-78085/

DefenceTalkGermany’s army can do little to support the response to the Russian invasion, its chief said said Thursday, as the country’s ex-defence minister admitted that Berlin committed a “historical failure” in not bolstering itself militarily. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who was defence minister in Angela Merkel’s cabinet said Germany had forgotten lessons from the past that “negotiation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-army-limited-in-russia-response-says-commander-78067/

DefenceTalkUkraine’s armed forces find themselves vastly outnumbered and outmatched in firepower by their Russian opponents, despite growing military assistance for Kyiv’s troops by the West. Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country had massed some 150,000 troops on the border in recent months, on Thursday ordered military operations against Ukraine. There are also, according to Western […]https://www.defencetalk.com/despite-wests-help-ukraine-forces-vastly-outnumbered-by-russia-78064/

DefenceTalkNATO is activating its “defence plans” for allied countries as Russia attacks non-NATO member Ukraine, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg told a media conference on Thursday. Stoltenberg also confirmed that NATO will hold a video summit on Friday to discuss the Russian invasion of its pro-Western neighbour. And he reiterated that NATO had no “plans” to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-activating-defence-plans-for-allies-as-russia-invades-ukraine-78061/

DefenceTalkUkraine, sandwiched between Russia and the European Union, has since independence in 1991 been torn between its former Soviet master Moscow and the Western institutions it wants to join. Here is an overview: Independence and nuclear arsenal scrapped In December 1991, Ukraine votes in favour of independence from the Soviet Union in a referendum. Russian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-torn-between-russia-and-the-west-78078/