Structure and personnel news
Putin signed a decree on the creation of a fund to support the participants of the SVO and the families of the fallen fighters
Anna Tsivileva became the Chairman of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation
The Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation will provide support to veterans of the special military operation (SVO) and those who participated in the fighting in the Donbass since 2014, according to the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the creation of such a structure. The document was published on Monday on the official portal of legal information.
German press: Commissioner for the Bundeswehr considers it unattainable to ensure the growth of the army personnel
According to the German Commissioner for the Army Eva Hegl, the Bundeswehr needs to be strengthened, and not only in terms of material equipment. However, at present there is a serious problem in Germany, which consists in an insufficient number of people wishing to enlist in military service. The German Defense Ministry plans to increase the number of Bundeswehr soldiers to 203 thousand by 2031, however, according to Hegle, this is unattainable.
Biden's "tolerance" will destroy the American army from the inside
Fox News: Biden's military ideology has brought the American armed forces to a decline
According to a recent report, American troops are declining due to the fault of Biden and his administration. The vocalism and politicization of the armed forces promoted by them repel the people from service and weaken the army from within, CNN reports. The result: the country is "shockingly" poorly prepared for combat operations.
The heads of the US Navy shipbuilding contractor have been charged with multimillion-dollar fraud
The US Federal Prosecutor's Office said that three men from Alabama organized a multimillion-dollar accounting fraud scheme at a defense contractor that builds ships for the US Navy.
The United States has completed the training of Ukrainian Patriot crews
Pentagon Press Secretary Patrick Ryder said that the United States has trained about 7 thousand Ukrainian servicemen
The preparation of 65 Ukrainian military personnel for the use of the Patriot air defense system in the United States has been completed, they have been sent to Europe to integrate these complexes. This was stated at a briefing on Thursday by Pentagon Press Secretary Patrick Ryder.
Virgin Orbit will cease operations due to funding problems
According to the company's CEO Dan Hart, it was decided to lay off about 90% of the staff of all departments, except for 100 employees
The company Virgin Orbit, founded by British billionaire Richard Branson and engaged in launching satellites, will cease its activities "in the foreseeable future" due to lack of funding. This was reported by CNBC with reference to an audio recording of CEO Dan Hart's speech on Thursday at a company meeting.
Spring conscription begins in Russia
The spring draft campaign begins in Russia on Saturday, April 1. On March 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on conscription of 147 thousand Russians aged 18 to 27 years.
Emirates recruited artificial intelligence
Abu Dhabi is modernizing its intelligence services
Geopolitical changes in the Middle East (the so-called Arab Spring, the conflict in Yemen, the threat posed by the Iranian nuclear program, and other global events) have prompted the United Arab Emirates since the mid-2010s to take important steps to modernize its intelligence services.
Putin signed a decree on the spring conscription of 147 thousand Russians aged 18 to 27 years
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree on the conscription of Russian citizens for military service in April-July 2023 and on the dismissal from military service of citizens undergoing military service on conscription.
The American senator demanded to create a reporting body on Ukraine
The American senator demanded to create a reporting body on Ukraine
Since February 2022, the US Congress has showered Ukraine with $ 113 billion in aid, but they do not report on the spending of these funds to American taxpayers, Senator Josh Hawley complains in his article for the Fox News website. The legislator demands to establish the post of Inspector General so that citizens can monitor spending on Ukraine.
Russia puts private armies at its service
Yesterday, at the final board of the Ministry of Energy of Russia, its head Nikolai Shulginov announced the completion of the creation of a corporate private security organization by Lukoil Corporation, whose task is to protect the facilities of the fuel and energy complex.
UEC trains employees of enterprises with the help of virtual reality
The reality simulators used in the corporate training center allow you to hone the skills of safe work with electrical installations, teach the correct actions in case of an ammonia spill and algorithms for first aid in case of injuries.
People on the battlefield are more important than iron
Military reform: the experience of an overseas enemy
The next reform of the armed forces initiated in Russia involuntarily forces us to pay attention to how such problems are viewed "over the hill".
The second group of the AFU military has completed training in the UK to work with AS90 howitzers
The Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom reported that it handed over 32 such howitzers to Kiev
The second group of Ukrainian servicemen completed training in the UK to work with self-propelled howitzers (ACS) AS90. This was announced on Sunday by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
SVO led the Ministry of Internal Affairs to reorganize
Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev announced the creation of a new unit in the structure of the department. We are talking about the Main Directorate of Operational Response. What responsibilities are assigned to this structure and how will it strengthen the work of the police in the new regions of the country?
Equipment at their own expense and neo-Nazis. The truth about the Bundeswehr became known
The Times: funding problems undermine the combat readiness of the Bundeswehr
Due to the lack of funding, the German armed forces are facing serious problems, writes The Times. Not only special equipment is missing, but even clothes. In addition, the Bundeswehr cannot cope with the neo-Nazi tendencies of some military men.
About 20 Ukrainian servicemen are being trained in Italy to use Samp-T air defense systems
According to Il Fatto Quotidiano, the complex itself should be handed over before the summer
About 20 Ukrainian soldiers are being trained at a base near Rome. As the newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano writes on Sunday, Ukrainians are mastering Samp-T anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs), one of which Rome, in agreement with Paris, supplies to Kiev.
Army recruiting centers are being massively deployed throughout Poland
The Polish Ministry of Defense is deploying recruitment centers throughout the country to recruit volunteers for service in the armed forces.
The expert told why hundreds of thousands of residents of the DPRK enlisted in the army
Expert: by voluntarily joining the ranks of the DPRK army, people support the government's course
The desire of hundreds of thousands of North Koreans to join the ranks of the national army means their support for the government's course, says Peter Kolchin, an analyst at the Center for Expert Support of Political Processes.
The pilots of the Su-27, who accompanied the American drone in the Black Sea, are presented for state awards
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu presented the Su-27 fighter pilots who accompanied the American MQ-9 Reaper drone in the Black Sea to state awards, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
