Ukraine, defence reviews and more: Predicting what 2024 has in store for defence
General Sir Richard Barrons gives his predictions for the issues that might affect the UK's Armed Forces on the latest BFBS Sitrep podcast.
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Ukraine Wounded Russians being returned to battle with amputated limbs, MOD believes
The MOD says injured soldiers from Russia's Shtorm-Z penal units are being sent back to the frontline with little or no medical attention.
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Weapons and Kit Gvozdika: The Soviet-era howitzer used by Russia and Ukraine against each other
The 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled 122mm howitzer may have been introduced back in 1972, but is still proving its worth in combat today
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Ukraine Meet the defence analyst-turned-YouTuber who's raising thousands to help Ukraine
Xavier Tytelman's online community has raised hundreds of thousands of euros as well as donating kit and equipment
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Ukraine Ukraine names operative claimed to have made world's longest sniper shot
Fifty-eight-year-old former businessman Viacheslav Kovalskyi is said to have shot and killed a Russian soldier at a distance of 3,800 metres
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Ukraine Exclusive: Ukraine wants to rearm itself in order to take the fight to Russian invaders
Forces News speaks to Oleksandr Kamyshin, the minister trying to expand Ukraine's defence sector and create closer ties with Western firms
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Russia Russia's mighty Tyulpan self-propelled mortar has Achilles' heel on the battlefield
Entering service with Soviet forces in 1971 and used in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Syria, the tracked mortar has one big disadvantage
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Technology Russia believed to be using Ukrainian components to modify attack drones
The MOD is almost certain that Russia is modifying its drone fleet to enhance the Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles' guidance systems
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Ukraine Visiting the secret Ukrainian drone testing site racing to keep up with Russian production
The use of small attack drones is key to both sides, but one Ukrainian drone specialist says his country can't keep pace with Russian output
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Ukraine Russian casualties now estimated to be 350,000 since invasion of Ukraine
The MOD believes around 50,000 Russian soldiers and 20,000 Wagner mercenaries have been killed in action since the February 2022 invasion
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Ukraine Russia trials sea drones in attempt to close tech gap with Ukraine, says MOD
The Ministry of Defence believes Russia is attempting to bridge the technology gap with Ukraine in the use of uncrewed surface vehicles
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Ukraine Exclusive: Klitschko calls for more modern weapons as Ukraine prepares for winter war
Forces News spoke to former heavyweight boxing champion and mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko to learn more about life in a city under fire
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Russia Russia starts deploying poorly trained airborne forces in Ukraine, says MOD
The UK believes soldiers from the 104th Guards Airborne Division have been sent to war despite being below the usual standard
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Nato Moscow mortgaging its future to Beijing, warns Nato Secretary General
Jens Stoltenberg says the war in Ukraine has caused Russia to struggle economically and militarily, forcing it to rely heavily on China
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Ukraine Russian air force thought to be accelerating use of cluster bombs in Ukraine
The MOD said the Russian air force is also using standoff glide bomb kits so they can be dropped several kilometres away from their target
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Weapons and Kit Ukraine's Horizon's Lord: The secret behind the longest claimed sniper shot in history
A video has been released apparently showing a round fired from the Ukrainian-made sniper rifle killing a Russian soldier 3,800 metres away