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Supporters of football club Borussia Dortmund are planning to start the Bundesliga season with major protests against its sponsorship deal with German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall. “We won’t allow ourselves be hitched to your wagon,” the supporter association Südtribüne Dortmund said in a statement on behalf of more than 90 Dortmund fan groups on Wednesday. “We firmly reject the idea that management and its committees at BVB have agreed to use Borussia Dortmund’s appeal to improve the public image of an arms company and throw their own values overboard in the process.” Dortmund announced its ...
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The Russians and the Ukrainians seem to be fighting in two parallel dimensions: both contending armies claim military success in two different regions. While the Ukrainian incursion in the western Russian territory of Kursk seems to be steadily gaining ground, the Russians are close to achieving a goal of their own in the Donbas after they took the town of Niu-York and advance on a key transport junction of Pokrovsk. In the Kursk area, the Ukrainian forces are trying to seize Korenovo. The fall of this city would allow them to strengthen their defences in Russian territory and build a coherent...
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The Pansarbandvagn 302 (PbV 302) infantry fighting vehicle, produced by Swedish Hägglund & Söner, has been approved for delivery to Ukraine's Armed Forces, the Defense Ministry said on Aug. 19. The "entire Swedish stock" of PbV 302 vehicles was a part of Stockholm's largest tranche of military aid for Ukraine worth $1.3 billion, announced in late May. Armed with a 20-mm Hispano-Suiza automatic cannon, the tracked taxi combat vehicle weighs over 13 tonnes. It can move through difficult off-road terrain, including mud and sand, as well as water due to its wide tracks. According to the ministry, ...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
The Pansarbandvagn 302 (PbV 302) infantry fighting vehicle, produced by Swedish Hägglund & Söner, has been approved for delivery to Ukraine's Armed Forces, the Defense Ministry said on Aug. 19. The "entire Swedish stock" of PbV 302 vehicles was a part of Stockholm's largest tranche of military aid for Ukraine worth $1.3 billion, announced in late May. Armed with a 20-mm Hispano-Suiza automatic cannon, the tracked taxi combat vehicle weighs over 13 tonnes. It can move through difficult off-road terrain, including mud and sand, as well as water due to its wide tracks. According to the ministry, ...
Kyiv Independent
The Pansarbandvagn 302 (PbV 302) infantry fighting vehicle, produced by Swedish Hägglund & Söner, has been approved for delivery to Ukraine's Armed Forces, the Defense Ministry said on Aug. 19. The "entire Swedish stock" of PbV 302 vehicles was a part of Stockholm's largest tranche of military aid for Ukraine worth $1.3 billion, announced in late May. Armed with a 20-mm Hispano-Suiza automatic cannon, the tracked taxi combat vehicle weighs over 13 tonnes. It can move through difficult off-road terrain, including mud and sand, as well as water due to its wide tracks. According to the ministry, ...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Ukraine will allocate additional funding for the country's missile program, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 6. The decision was made at the commander-in-chief headquarters meeting on Aug. 6. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Minister for Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin briefed the president on the production of Ukrainian drones and missiles. "There will be more missiles of our production," Zelensky said, without providing details. Ukraine began actively developing its missile program after Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. In late July, Zelensky said the program...
Kyiv Independent
Ukraine will allocate additional funding for the country's missile program, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 6. The decision was made at the commander-in-chief headquarters meeting on Aug. 6. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Minister for Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin briefed the president on the production of Ukrainian drones and missiles. "There will be more missiles of our production," Zelensky said, without providing details. Ukraine began actively developing its missile program after Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. In late July, Zelensky said the program...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Ukraine will allocate additional funding for the country's missile program, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 6. The decision was made at the commander-in-chief headquarters meeting on Aug. 6. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Minister for Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin briefed the president on the production of Ukrainian drones and missiles. "There will be more missiles of our production," Zelensky said, without providing details. Ukraine began actively developing its missile program after Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. In late July, Zelensky said the program...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
A team of archaeologists in the Czech Republic have uncovered a remarkable hoard of weapons and jewellery, dating back to approximately 1600 BC. The discovery was made during an excavation survey in the town of Budyně nad Ohří, located 40km northwest of Prague, where researchers stumbled upon a treasure trove of bronze artefacts, including eight axes, eight arm rings, two pins and a spearhead. Researchers believe the artefacts were intentionally buried, though their exact purpose remains a mystery. Three theories have been proposed. “First, such hoards could be used as votive gifts or gifts to...
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Plans for a European Iron Dome-style defence system continue to be controversial after Germany chose to stick with an Israeli arms manufacturer to build the multi-billion-euro weapon that forms its backbone. Founded in earnest in 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine, the European Sky Shield Initiative numbers 21 member states, including the UK, Netherlands, Poland, Greece, and Finland, who agree to cooperate on how defence systems are procured, maintained, and used to support each other. The weapons will eventually be integrated into a preexisting NATO mission that "protects Alliance territory… a...
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