Ukraine has just received the second Skynex air defense system from Germany as part of the latest package of military aid. It's a big, powerful, and highly accurate gun that is very effective at shooting down drones.
kyivindependent.com/skynex-german-…

Marines To More Than Triple Size Of Air Defense Forces By 2029

The Marines’ growing number of air and missile defense units are set to begin receiving new Iron Dome and counter-drone systems next year.

Story: twz.com/land/marines-t…

Keep the Georgian people in your thoughts tonight as they continue to fight for their democratic and European future.

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Watched the 2024 Oscars winner film 20 Days in Mariupol this evening at the invitation of Ambassador of Ukraine Petro Beshta. Everyone should see this record of the shocking criminal attacks on unarmed civilian women and children by Russia and the destruction of the city.

Could Ukraine Get Israel’s Mothballed Patriot Air Defense Batteries?

As Ukraine sits in dire need of air defenses, Israel will reportedly place all its Patriot systems into storage over the next two months.

Story: twz.com/land/could-ukr…

🇺🇦 “We will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes,” said Ambassador Julianne Smith on Monday at an event co-hosted by the Atlantic Council and 🇱🇹 Lithuanian MOD 🇱🇹.

Read the key takeaways of her discussion with Punchbowl News’ Andrew Desiderio:
atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

In 2017, then PACOM Commander ADM Harris said that he needed the U.S. Army to be able to sink ships.

In 2024, U.S. Army Pacific delivered that capability into the Indo-Pacific.

As reported by @Defense_News' Jen Judson, 1MDTF deployed the Mid-Range Capability missile system to the

A group of alleged far-right plotters which was planning a violent coup to overthrow the German government is now on trial.

Listen to the Cuban dictatorship threatening death on national TV to those of us seeking a change of system towards democracy in the Island.

Muerte es lo único que ofrecen los dictadores al pueblo y amenazan por la TVnacional a los que reclaman un cambio a la democracia en Cuba

The harsh sentencing this week of up to 15 years in prison for Cubans who peacefully assembled in Nuevitas in 2022 is outrageous. The Cuban government's continued repression of Cubans striving to fulfill their basic rights and needs is unconscionable.

Plaisir d’accueillir mon ami le général 🇺🇸 Christopher G. Cavoli, commandant suprême des forces alliées en Europe.

Échanges sur la posture défensive et dissuasive NATO sur le flanc Est et sur la coordination du soutien à destination des forces armées 🇺🇦.

Les armées 🇫🇷 sont

We're suspending our flights to Tartu from 29 April until May 31. The approach methods currently used at Tartu Airport are based on a GPS signal and GPS interference in the area affects the usability of this method. Read more: company.finnair.com/en/media-centr…

FOI is glad to publish a freshly updated version of Leo Michel's classic text on Nato's decision-making. How come the consensus rule doesn't paralyse the alliance? ⁦William Alberque⁩ ⁦Shashank Joshi⁩ ⁦Minna Ålander 🌻⁩ ⁦François Heisbourg⁩ ⁦ foi.se/en/foi/reports…

Today, 1,600 U.S. Army Soldiers & 200+ vehicles embark on a 900km road march from Narvik 🇳🇴 to Rovajarvi 🇫🇮 , kicking off the ground phase of Exercise #ImmediateResponse .

#LSGE24 #AgileForces

New public details on the GRU 🇷🇺 units operating across Europe with sabotage and related operations - and their prime target is of course any support to 🇺🇦. For 🇷🇺 this is increasingly a war without borders. theins.ru/en/politics/27…

The @GCSP is hosting a High Level #SecurityDebate on the future of NATO. The panel discussion will dissect the strategic implications of integrating 🇸🇪 and 🇫🇮 into #NATO , examining what their role will be in enhancing #cooperation and #solidarity among Allies.

Beijing has not made any effort to push for an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine & instead has supported Russia, including by providing significant quantities of material to feed Russia’s war machine.

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 30 April 2024.

Find out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language: ow.ly/enhY50Rqov8

#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

'Let's be honest,' says the EU Commission's Director-General for Defense Industry and Space, Timo Pesonen, you can't get orders if you're not the best defense producers.

He tells European Policy Centre that Europe's defense industry can't remain satisfied with being second best.

' #NATO allies have not delivered what they promised' to Ukraine, SecGen Stoltenberg candidly acknowledges while standing next to the man whose country has suffered in the meantime.

'We have to be honest,' Stoltenberg says, and 'Ukrainians are paying the price.'