Ukraine’s government says that it has restored services to governmental websites that were subject to a cyberattack earlier on Friday. Multiple governmental websites were defaced with messages telling users to… Continue reading "Ukrainian Government Websites Subjected To “Massive” Cyberattack"
Recruiters for Russian private military companies have reportedly stepped up their recruitment activities since late November 2021, looking for Russian mercenaries willing to bolster the ranks of Russian-backed separatists in… Continue reading "Reports: Russia Steps Up Mercenary Recruiting For Donbass Deployments"
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)"
Russia’s Foreign Ministry released on Friday a draft agreement with NATO member states and a draft treaty with the United States, laying out its demands for “legally binding” guarantees from… Continue reading "Russia Demands Eastern European NATO Presence Rolled Back To 1997"
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"
Highlighting geography and logistics, the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense reported to lawmakers that it is confident that a full-scale PRC invasion of the island would be very difficult for China… Continue reading "Taiwanese Ministry of Defense Assesses Chinese Invasion Would Be Very Difficult"
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has warned of a possible military or “military-technical” response, should a perceived lack of progress towards a political and diplomatic solution on demands recently… Continue reading "Moscow: Military Response Possible If Our Missile Deployment Demands Not Met"
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense today denied that it was planning to close its training units in Alberta, Canada, following media reports that the British Army Training Unit Suffield… Continue reading "UK MoD Denies Plans To Close Canadian Training Facilities"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important news. As we enter the second half of November we have covered a variety… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (15-19 November)"
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"