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Pentagon Warns Ukraine Can’t Maintain U.S.-Supplied Arsenals: Weapons Shortages Continue to Worsen

Pentagon Warns Ukraine Can’t Maintain U.S.-Supplied Arsenals: Weapons Shortages Continue to Worsen

Pentagon Inspector General Robert P. Storch has warned that the United States has not made plans or preparations to maintain, service or repair the tanks, armoured vehicles and air defence systems Washington has supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.  This failure to plan “puts at risk Ukraine’s

Russian Su-35 Fighter Lost in Action Over Donbas: How Many ‘Super Flankers’ Have Been Shot Down in Combat?

Russian Su-35 Fighter Lost in Action Over Donbas: How Many ‘Super Flankers’ Have Been Shot Down in Combat?

Multiple Russian sources have reported that the Russian Air Force has lost a Su-35 heavyweight fighter during hostilities over the strategically located Donbas town of Avdiivka, which was captured by Russian forces on February 17. Sources have conflicted over whether the loss was an incident of

Ukraine Could Have Been Flying F-18 Fighters Months Ago: Why It Rejected Them as ‘Flying Trash’ While Favouring MiG-29s

Ukraine Could Have Been Flying F-18 Fighters Months Ago: Why It Rejected Them as ‘Flying Trash’ While Favouring MiG-29s

The Australian Defence Ministry in March 2023 first floated the idea of donating 41 of the Royal Australian Air Force’s retired F/A-18 Hornet fourth generation fighters to Ukraine, two months before the United States gave the green light for the re-export of fighters to the Eastern European