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Estonian PM Kallas Calls on NATO Allies for More Ukraine Support

Estonian PM Kallas Calls on NATO Allies for More Ukraine Support

Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, supporting 4th Infantry Division, lower High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) training-ammunition pods into place during a sling-load training exercise near Voru, Estonia, Sept. 6, 2023. US Army Photo

The Estonian prime minister called on NATO allies to uphold the alliance’s standards for producing ammunition and weapons for their own defense and partners’ security and to speed deliveries to Ukraine in its struggle with Russia. Read More

Carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, USS Carl Vinson Deploy; Ike Will Join Carrier Ford in Eastern Med

Carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, USS Carl Vinson Deploy; Ike Will Join Carrier Ford in Eastern Med

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) deploys from Naval Station Norfolk, Oct. 14, 2023. US Navy Photo

This post was updated with a Pentagon statement confirming USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is heading to the Eastern Mediterranean. 

Two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers deployed this week, with four carrier strike groups currently deployed across the globe, USNI News has learned. Read More

Ukrainian Attacks on Black Sea Fleet Puts Russia on Defensive, U.K. MoD Says

Ukrainian Attacks on Black Sea Fleet Puts Russia on Defensive, U.K. MoD Says

Ukrainian strike on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, on Sept. 22, 2023. Image via Telegram

A string of Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in September have likely pushed Russia into a more reactive position, while potentially taking out Russian leaders, the British Ministry of Defence said in a series of social media posts Tuesday morning. Read More

U.K. Defense Chief Bullish on Ukraine's Spring Offensive

U.K. Defense Chief Bullish on Ukraine’s Spring Offensive

ADm. Tony Radakin with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Kyiv, Ukraine on Nov. 19, 2022. UK MoD Photo

Ukraine has regained about half of the land Russia seized since the invasion began in February 2022, the United Kingdom chief of the defense staff said Thursday. Read More