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Ukraine ramps up spending on homemade weapons to help repel Russia
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine ramps up spending on homemade weapons to help repel Russia

LA Times  

Ukraine needs any edge it can get to repel Russia from its territory. “I feel that we are bringing our country closer to victory,” said Anatolli Kuzmin, the factory’s 64-year-old owner, who used to make farm equipment and fled his home in southern Ukraine after Russia invaded in 2022. Yet like many aspects of Ukraine’s war apparatus, its defense sector …

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Ukraine ramps up spending on homemade weapons to help repel Russia
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Ukraine ramps up spending on homemade weapons to help repel Russia

The Independent  

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Drones sold at Walmart help keep Ukraine in the battle for Bakhmut
1 year, 8 months ago

Drones sold at Walmart help keep Ukraine in the battle for Bakhmut

LA Times  

The long fight for the Ukrainian city is backed by consumer tech — messaging apps, teleconferencing services, satellite internet terminals, cloud-synced mapping software and drones available at Amazon and Walmart. Drones have become essential in the battle for Bakhmut The Russian infantrymen slinked back and forth in twos and threes to a house in one of this embattled city’s devastated …

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Defense minister hopes investigation into fatal mortar accident will reach conclusion
1 year, 10 months ago

Defense minister hopes investigation into fatal mortar accident will reach conclusion

NL Times  

The external independent commission to conduct new and additional investigations into the mortar accident in Mali was established on Friday. "I hope that with the start of this independent investigation, we can also mark the beginning of a conclusion and look forward as a learning organization," Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said. It complements earlier investigations by the Dutch Safety Authority …

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Military, Ministry withheld details about fatal mortar accident; Relatives angry
2 years, 3 months ago

Military, Ministry withheld details about fatal mortar accident; Relatives angry

NL Times  

The Ministry of Defense, the Koninklijke Marechaussee, and the Public Prosecution Service knew that overdue maintenance caused a fatal mortar grenade accident in Mali in 2016 but did not disclose it. In 2017, the OVV published a very critical report that showed that Defense “had fallen seriously short.” The OVV concluded that the ignition mechanism of the mortar grenade was …

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