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A Ukrainian police officer with two women in Kyiv on 16 March 2022. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, that began on 24 February 2022, has had a significant impact on women across Ukraine and Russia, both as combatants and as civilians. In Ukraine, the invasion has seen a significant increase in women serving in the military as well as a ...
Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has added 16 more members from 1999 to 2024. [1] Article 5 of the treaty states that if an armed attack occurs against one of the member states, it shall be considered an attack against all members , and other members shall assist the attacked member, with armed forces if necessary. [ 2 ]
In a representative national poll on 3–4 March 2022, 59% of Ukrainian women said they were 'ready to personally participate in the armed resistance to end the Russian occupation of Ukraine.' [38] Though Ukraine's Ministry of Defence significantly expanded the pool of Ukrainian women who are required to register for military conscription into ...
NATO to buy more ‘eyes in the sky’ planes to monitor Putin’s war on Ukraine. 17:30, Athena Stavrou. NATO announced Wednesday it has opted to buy six new E-7A Wedgetail surveillance planes ...
Ukraine braced for new ground attacks. 21:01, Sam Rkaina. The eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has endured heavy artillery fire today in what the NATO chief said appeared to be the start of a ...
Finland joined the Nato alliance last year, in response to neighbouring Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine that began in 2022, and is organising the alliance’s presence on its territory.
The Ramstein group, also known as the Ukraine defence contact group UDCG, is a US-led group of over 50 countries, including all 32 NATO members, which convenes at the US Ramstein air base in Germany.
[a] In 2002, Putin said Ukraine's relationship with NATO was not Russia's concern. [25] Ukraine applied for a NATO Membership Action Plan at the 2008 Bucharest summit. NATO refused, but Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer declared that Ukraine will become a member in the future. [26] [27] Since then, Russia has opposed Ukraine joining NATO ...