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...Cartography by Steven Bernard and Cleve Jones...
...In one of the latest signs of Britain’s struggles to remain a top-tier military power, the 34-year-old RFA Fort Victoria, which is the last so-called solid support ship left in the fleet, remains laid up...
...This year, prospects are darkening as Russia reconstitutes its army and has shifted to a war economy....
...President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s dogged optimism has given way to doom-laden warnings about Ukraine’s fate, tinged with bitterness at the lack of allied support....
...It is building a facility in Penang, but some US lawmakers already want to restrict American companies from collaborating on RISC-V projects....
...Their attacks on Russian naval forces have driven the Russian fleet to eastern regions of the Black Sea, out of range of Ukrainian missiles....
...The US began supplying Ukraine with Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, late last year....
...army and other customers....
...Valentyn Badrak, director of the Kyiv-based Army, Conversion and Disarmament Research Center, said Ukraine’s military leadership displayed a “certain euphoria” and believed that western support would “never...
...The offer includes details of what support and training would be provided by the UK and its main defence group BAE Systems over the lifespan of the jets....
...Additional contributions from Gary Jones and Benjamin Wilhelm...
...When Lily Jones, aka Lily Vanilli, was thinking how to mark 15 years of her East London bakery – which has made cakes for everyone from Elton John and Madonna to the V&A and 10 Downing Street – she knew...
...But in recent months, as the back-and-forth fighting slowed and the opposing armies dug in, the air war over Ukraine has heated up....
...Until Congress acts, there will be no more support....
...Other readables Claire Jones is on the ground in Georgia, assessing how the swing state’s “tale of two economies” is influencing voters....
...His clothing label A-Cold-Wall*, established in 2014, has standalone stores in China and a fleet of collaborations with names including Eastpak, Nike and Converse....
...Ukraine used surface-to-sea missiles to sink the Moskva, the flagship cruiser of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, last year off the Crimean coast....
...Vista’s fleet is scattered around the globe like an elite taxi service ready to pick up the next fare....
...While Iran publicly supports the “Lebanese and Palestinian resistance” against Israel, it “does not command them”, he said....
...The 66 new F-16 V aircraft approved by Trump are due to arrive by the end of 2026....
...Additional contributions from Gary Jones and Emily Goldberg...
...Much attention has focused on the big items such as the orders for US F-35 fighter jets and a new fleet of submarines. But a large chunk of money needs to be directed towards more prosaic gear....
...Between 30,000 and 50,000 extras, supplied by the Romanian army, were to have been transported to locations by a fleet of 1,000 trucks....
...Defence minister Viola Amherd, from the Centre party, told Swiss army officers in a speech this weekend that Switzerland could no longer afford to militarily “stand on the sidelines”....
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