The protests that initially began on the evening of 2 January, were sparked by rising energy prices and quickly spiralled out of control as discontent spread. According to NEXTA, the… Continue reading "Soaring Gas Prices Cause Massive Protests in Kazakhstan"
The Collective Security Treaty Organization says that Russian paratroopers have been deployed to Kazakhstan as peacekeepers, following a request by the Kazakh president for aid from the Russian-led alliance that… Continue reading "UPDATED: CSTO “Peacekeepers” Deploy To Suppress Kazakh Protests"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. Among many interesting subjects we covered this week we examined tensions between… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (13-17 December)"
On December 13, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met his Lithuanian counterpart Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas at the Pentagon. The two men signed a new agreement on reciprocal defense… Continue reading "US and Lithuania Sign Interoperability Agreement as Lithuanian Tensions with Russia and China Escalate"
The head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence agency has said that the nearly 100,000 Russian troops amassed near the border separating the countries are preparing for an attack that could take… Continue reading "Ukrainian Military Intelligence Chief: Russia Preparing For Invasion In Late January"
The British Ministry of Defense has announced that MBDA’s Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) has been “confirmed” for use in Poland’s NAREW program. The family of modular missiles will lead… Continue reading "CAMM “Confirmed” For Polish Ground-Based Air Defense Program"
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called on Russia to be “transparent” about its military activities on the Russia-Ukraine border, saying that it was important to “prevent escalations and reduce… Continue reading "NATO: Russia Needs To Be Transparent About Military Activities"
The latest information provided by the Armenian Ministry of Defense states that the Azerbaijan armed forces have recently attacked a number of their positions with fatalities reported. The situation on… Continue reading "Clashes On the Armenia and Azerbaijan Border"
Welcome back to the Weekend Briefing, where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defence news and comment. This week we have closely followed developments in Ethiopia, a… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (8-12 November)"
Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, has described the crisis on the Poland-Belarus border, Minsk’s threats to cut off natural gas transiting Belarus, and a Russian military buildup on its border… Continue reading "Ukrainian Foreign Minister: Eastern European Crises A Single “Hybrid Front”"