DefenceTalkUkraine has received fighter planes and aircraft parts to bolster its air force in the face of Russia’s invasion, the Pentagon said Tuesday, declining to specify the number of aircraft or their origin. The announcement comes a week after US President Joe Biden unveiled an $800 million military aid package for Kyiv, including heavier equipment […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-receives-fighter-planes-parts-to-bolster-air-force-pentagon-78706/

DefenceTalkUkraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday called on NATO members to provide Kyiv with all the heavy weaponry it needs to fight Russia’s invading forces. “My agenda is very simple. It has only three items on it. Its weapons, weapons, and weapons,” Kuleba told journalists ahead of a meeting with NATO foreign ministers in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-calls-for-weapons-weapons-weapons-at-nato-talks-78631/

DefenceTalkAir strikes rocked Ukraine’s strategic Black Sea port of Odessa early Sunday, AFP reporters said, but there were no casualties, according to the army. The Russian defence ministry confirmed the strike. “This morning, high-precision sea and air-based missiles destroyed an oil refinery and three storage facilities for fuel and lubricants near the city of Odessa, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/air-strikes-hit-ukraines-strategic-port-odessa-78578/

DefenceTalkFive weeks into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv has kept the extent of its military losses under wraps, but analysts say the country has probably succeeded in limiting the toll thanks to years of preparation and smart tactics. Hiding combat deaths and equipment destruction is standard procedure in wartime, and both Russia and Ukraine […]https://www.defencetalk.com/as-ukraine-holds-out-its-military-losses-remain-hard-to-gauge-78544/

DefenceTalkRussia will “radically” reduce its military activity in northern Ukraine, including near the capital Kyiv, after “meaningful” talks in Istanbul, Moscow’s negotiators said Tuesday. “Given that the talks on the preparation of an agreement on the neutrality and non-nuclear status of Ukraine have moved into a practical field… a decision has been made to radically… […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-radically-reduce-military-activity-around-kyiv-78537/

DefenceTalkFinland must brace for Russian interference and hybrid attacks as it weighs whether to join the NATO military alliance, the security services warned on Tuesday. The Nordic nation shares a 1,340-kilometre (830-mile) border with Russia and has remained militarily non-aligned since the end of World War II to avoid provoking its eastern neighbour. But Russia’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/finlands-spy-service-warns-of-russian-interference-attacks-78530/

DefenceTalkSix U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington State are on their way to Europe and are expected to arrive today in Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said. “This is in order to bolster readiness, enhance NATO’s collective defense posture and further increase […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-ea-18g-growler-aircraft-headed-to-germany-to-support-deterrence-mission-78526/

DefenceTalkUkraine has repeated a call to Western leaders to supply Kyiv with advanced weapons to fight Moscow’s slowly advancing troops, one month after their invasion. “Our armed forces and citizens are holding out with superhuman courage, but we cannot win a war without offensive weapons, without medium-range missiles that can be a means of deterrence,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-urges-west-to-supply-offensive-weapons-to-fight-russia-78479/

DefenceTalkThe United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons-maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5-as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program since the early 2000s. In recent years, the United States has focused such efforts on developing hypersonic glide vehicles, which are launched from a rocket […]https://www.defencetalk.com/report-to-us-congress-on-hypersonic-weapons-78473/

DefenceTalkRussia used its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles on Friday to destroy an underground missile and ammunition storage site in western Ukraine close to the border with NATO member Romania, in what analysts said was the first use of such weapons in the world. The defence ministry made the announcement on Saturday, with the escalation coming […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-uses-advanced-hypersonic-missiles-in-ukraine-for-the-first-time-78463/