DefenceTalkEstonia on Wednesday accused Russia of engaging in escalatory actions ahead of next week’s NATO summit, including alleged missile simulations and airspace violations. It also referenced Russia’s threat this week against Estonia’s fellow Baltic state Lithuania over its restriction of rail traffic to Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. “Currently, there is no immediate military threat against Estonia. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/estonia-accuses-russia-of-escalatory-actions-79008/

DefenceTalkUS defence chiefs insisted Wednesday the West was providing the weapons Ukraine asked for “as rapidly as humanly possible” and said longer-range systems could have an important impact. The White House unveiled a fresh package of arms and ammunition for Ukraine worth $1 billion, including coastal anti-ship defence systems and ammunition for artillery and advanced […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-getting-arms-to-ukraine-as-rapidly-as-possible-78977/

DefenceTalkBritain will soon deliver multiple-launch rocket systems to Ukraine in response to its request for heavy arms to repel the Russian invasion, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Wednesday. Following in the footsteps of the United States, London had announced on June 6 that it would send Ukraine its Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, which […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-to-deliver-rocket-launchers-to-ukraine-soon-defence-secretary-78981/

DefenceTalkRussia said Wednesday its forces destroyed a depot containing NATO-supplied arms in western Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Western allies to speed up arms deliveries to his country. “Near the town of Zolochiv in Lviv region, high-precision long-range Kalibr missiles destroyed an ammunition depot of foreign weapons transferred to Ukraine by NATO countries, including […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-says-destroyed-nato-arms-depot-in-western-ukraine-78973/

DefenceTalkNATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday there was an “urgent need” to step up arms deliveries to Ukraine, but warned it took time to adapt Kyiv’s forces to modernized heavy weapons. Around 50 alliance members and partners are meeting in Brussels to discuss Ukraine’s desperate pleas for more hardware as it struggles to hold back […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-chief-warns-takes-time-to-train-ukraine-on-western-arms-78970/

DefenceTalkNine Central and Eastern European countries on Friday asked NATO to strengthen its eastern flank following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The meeting of the leaders of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia was held in the Romanian capital Bucharest less than three weeks ahead of a NATO summit meeting […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nine-european-countries-urge-nato-to-beef-up-eastern-flank-78949/

DefenceTalkUkraine has depleted its Soviet and Russian-designed weaponry and is now completely dependent on allies for arms to defend against Russia’s invasion, US military sources say. Once part of the Soviet Union, Ukraine’s army and its defense industry were built around Soviet and Russian-standard equipment, small arms, tanks, howitzers and other weapons not interchangeable with […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-dependent-on-arms-from-allies-after-exhausting-soviet-era-weaponry-78934/

DefenceTalkBritain said Monday it will mirror the United States and send long-range missile systems to Ukraine, defying warnings from Russian President Vladimir Putin against supplying Kyiv with the advanced weapons. The UK Ministry of Defence said London had coordinated closely with Washington over its gift of the multiple-launch rocket systems, known as MLRS, to help […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-to-give-ukraine-long-range-missile-systems-78892/

DefenceTalkWestern nations need to brace for a long “war of attrition” in Ukraine, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday following White House talks with US President Joe Biden. “We just have to be prepared for the long haul,” the secretary general told reporters. “Because what we see is that this war has now become a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/west-must-brace-for-long-haul-in-ukraine-nato-chief-78882/

DefenceTalkMoscow said Thursday that it has managed to stem the arrival of foreign “mercenaries” in Ukraine over the past month and that it has killed “hundreds” of them. “Hundreds of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine have been destroyed by Russia’s long-range precision weapons shortly after their arrival” to undergo training, the Russian defence ministry said in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-says-killed-hundreds-of-foreign-mercenaries-working-for-ukraine-78876/