Etiket: armies
Even after Prigozhin’s death, mercenary armies continue to exist: ‘They are too valuable’
Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin (Putin’s chef) is dead, but that does not mean his organization has disappeared. In fact, new, improved versions of the mercenary army are coming. This is…
Moscow wants control of private armies: Wagner refuses, contract signed with troops of Chechen leader Kadyrov
The Russian Ministry of Defense wants to bring all Russian volunteer units under its command. Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Wagner’s well-known private army, is formal: his armed forces refuse to…
LIVE. Moscow wants control over private armies, but Wagner refuses – Atomic agency wants to check cooling water level Zaporizhia after dam burst | War Ukraine and Russia
Ukraine’s long-awaited counter-offensive has begun. Attempts have already been made in several places to break through the Russian lines, and they seem to be succeeding. Meanwhile, Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin…
the armored backbone of the armies in Ukraine
10/20/2022 at 12:05 EST The T-72 is one of the most manufactured battle tanks in history: 25,000 units Its unit cost in 2011 was set at just over $500,000, making…
Small armies holding out against bigger armies, as in Ukraine: how unique is that?
Statue Annabel Miedema ‘You cannot be neutral about it’, warns professor of conflict studies Jolle Demmers. Anyone who dares to compare the war in Ukraine with previous wars will inevitably…
With AI and killer robots in our armies, a new, terrifying era is upon us
An unmanned drone flies over Ukraine in September 2022, looking for enemy activity from Russia.Image Getty Images During a visit to the United Nations, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra recently called…
Hikers walk 110 kilometers in the footsteps of the armies and heroes of 1672
People with felt hats, good walking shoes and well-filled backpacks are filling the Reformed Church of Coevorden this morning. Today and tomorrow the historic route of Bommen Berend will be…
Limburg was a granary for Roman armies | 1Limburg
In the Limburgs Museum in Venlo, the exhibition Banks full of Romans shows relics of everyday life in the Southern Netherlands in the first centuries of our era. Roman army…