Op beelden is te zien hoe na het ingaan van het staakt-het-vuren een grote groep Palestijnen naar Gaza-stad trekt.

Rheinmetall, the system’s manufacturer, said the batch – quantity unspecified – is financed by an unnamed EU nation using proceeds from frozen Russian assets.

F-16 fighter jets, provided to Ukraine as part of military aid, carry out about 80% of all combat sorties flown by the Ukrainian Air Force.

Ukrainian authorities say that Russian drone and missile strikes wounded at least 20 people in Kyiv and damaged residential buildings and caused blackouts across swathes of Ukraine.

Israel's military has said the ceasefire agreement is now in effect in Gaza. This now sets a timeline of 72 hours for Israeli hostages to be freed, according to the agreed proposal. Watch and follow t...

On October 8, 2025, Canada and Denmark convened a meeting of the Shadow Fleet Task Force.

Rostyslav Yashchyshyn, the head of communications for the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade, said this on Espreso TV.“We continue to hold Torske and Zarichne as much as possible. I’m not saying we can do it completely, but I assure you that the guys in our brigade are doing everything they can to hold back the enemy in this direction. We see advances to the north, and the occupiers are also focusing on moving south, trying to enter Lyman,” Yashchyshyn emphasized.According to the head of communications for the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade, the Russian army is focusing primarily on capturing the city of Lyman, as it is extremely important as a transport hub.“In reality, the situation is extremely difficult because the enemy is deploying a huge number of infantry — not just Russians, but also many mercenaries from other countries. These are people with legal troubles who are immediately offered contracts, allowing them to gather a massive force and push toward Torske and Zarichne,” Yashchyshyn added.On October 9, the invading Russian army lost 1,120 soldiers, 13 artillery systems, and 5 tanks in Ukraine.

Het staakt-het-vuren in de Gazastrook is om 12.00 uur lokale tijd (11.00 uur Nederlandse tijd) ingegaan. Dat meldt het Israëlische leger nadat Israël en Hamas eerder al akkoord waren gegaan met het be...

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Een nieuw kabinet wacht de komende jaren een grote uitdaging, omdat er fors meer miljarden naar defensie moeten. Uit de vrijdag gepresenteerde doorrekeningen van de verkiezingsprogrammas blijkt dat veel partijen maar niet allemaal het geld zoeken in de zorg en ontwikkelingshulp.

Russian drones and missiles pummelled Ukraine's struggling energy infrastructure early Friday, cutting power to thousands across the country and killing a seven-year-old boy.

US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Spain could be removed from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as he met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Thursday, in his latest swipe against a chronic under-spender on defense.