The Venice Film Festival found itself under fire in the weeks leading up to opening night over the inclusion of “DAU,” by Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky, in the main competition of its 83rd edition. In a joint statement released on Aug. 17, the Ukraine Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Culture and the Ukrainian Embassy in Italy
New Western training for Ukrainian troops on NATO soil isn’t taking in large numbers of soldiers, but is instead focusing on leaders and specialists who can spread what they learn throughout Ukraine’s military. The Norway-led Operation Legio trains Ukrainian soldiers with help from allies at a purpose-built camp in eastern Poland, called Camp Jomsborg. Rather than
Ukraine’s main military intelligence agency published a breakdown of Russia’s Zircon missile, a weapon Moscow has increasingly employed in its intensifying strikes. Russia has been investing heavily in advancing its missile arsenal, upgrading systems and making them harder for air defenses to intercept. That reaction to Ukrainian air-defense wins now represents a major challenge as
Western militaries are learning lessons on modern warfare through the training they provide Ukrainian troops, but one NATO commander says they need to distinguish between what Ukraine does because it works and what it does because it didn’t have a better choice. Norway is leading Operation Legio, a multinational effort to train Ukrainian soldiers at Camp
One of the big lessons that NATO member Norway has learned from training Ukraine to fight Russia’s invasion is that it cannot afford to get bogged down in this sort of war, its officers say. NATO is worried about Russian aggression and the possibility of further armed conflict, and the alliance has been significantly increasing
BERLIN — The German government expects it will need almost €12 billion — roughly $14 billion — to build a new arsenal of long-range weapons aimed at deterring Russia, according to defense ministry documents seen by POLITICO. The weapons would give German forces the ability to hit military targets hundreds or even thousands of kilometers