MOD equipment plan 'out of date and fails to reflect lessons from Ukraine', MPs say
The Ministry of Defence says it does not 'recognise the broken procurement system painted by this report' from the Public Accounts Committee ...
The Ministry of Defence says it does not 'recognise the broken procurement system painted by this report' from the Public Accounts Committee ...
Heavy fighting has also continued along the Donbas front line, according to the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) latest intelligence update.
The Minister of Defense of the Slovak Republic announced that a total of 13 MiG-29 fighters have been donated to Ukraine.
Reports from the frontline suggest Russian countermeasures are making Ukrainian drones less effective.
According to the MOD, the most affected areas are the Kherson and Kharkiv oblasts, areas Russia has previously occupied.
Many experts are convinced that Ukraine's expected spring counter-offensive is on the horizon.
The PM M1910 is the world's longest-serving machine gun and, despite its bulk and weight, is being used effectively by Ukrainian forces.
Ukrainian troops still hold the western districts of the town but have been subjected to intense Russian artillery fire, the MOD says.
Some cities are cancelling the event and some are going ahead, leaving a "sensitive communications challenge" for the Kremlin, the MOD says.
The former Prime Minister was speaking in the US and delivering the Margaret Thatcher Lecture for the think tank Heritage Foundation.
The claims come from what are alleged to be US classified military documents recently leaked and published online.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the threat posed by China and cyber attacks will all be high on a complex to-do list for the new director.
British soldiers are pictured lining both sides of the road, some holding Ukrainian flags, as the newly-trained troops depart.
Anne Keast-Butler, currently deputy director-general of MI5, is the "ideal candidate", according to Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.
The MOD describes the thermobaric multiple launch rocket systems as "highly destructive".
Kyiv has received Soviet-era aircraft from its allies but it really wants F-16s, saying its pilots "deserve to fly the best jets".