Kyiv appears to have abandoned its quest to fly British fighter jets over Ukraine, instead accepting the UK’s assistance in obtaining the more common, US-made F16 Falcon. Volodymyr Zelensky paid a ‘surprise visit’ to the United Kingdom on Monday, meeting with Rishi Sunak for “substantive negotiations,” according to the Ukrainian leader. Zelensky praised the UK … Read more
Ukraine is grateful to the West for deploying new anti-air missile systems, but they are insufficient, and “much more” is required. According to Air Forces spokesman Yurii Ihnat, new air-defense weaponry systems handed to Ukraine by Western nations are now deployed and “on combat duty,” and he used the statement to reflect on the arrival … Read more
A former top general warned that the United Kingdom’s armed forces have been degraded to the point where they would require “five to ten years” advanced warning to repel an invasion from a power like Russia. General Sir Richard Barrons, who led the Joint Forces Command (JFC) — which has since been renamed Strategic Command … Read more