Moscow does not rule out that EU countries and the United States may soon decide to supply fighter jets to Kyiv.
This will not affect the course of the hostilities as Russia controls Ukraine's airspace, the head of the Russian delegation at military security and arms control talks in Vienna, Konstantin Gavrilov said, TASS reports.
Germany will not send warplanes to Ukraine
Germany has refused to send warplanes to Ukraine. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius agrees with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who said that one should not send warplanes to Ukraine.
"The Chancellor has made this clear. I share this point of view,” Pistorius said.
On Wednesday, Jan. 25, Scholz refused to send combat aircraft to Kyiv. He also refused to send soldiers to Ukraine "both now and in the future." Olaf Scholz also promised that a no-fly zone over Ukraine would not be effected.
According to Politico, Ukrainian officials initiated discussions of a plan that involves the supplies of modern Western fighter jets to Kyiv. NATO's Baltic members were the first to have supported the plan.
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US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is preparing to leave the Trump administration after what a new report has described as months of tension with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, potentially triggering another change at the army’s top echelons.
According to the Friday report by The Wall Street Journal, Driscoll is expected to step down before the end of the year and could leave his post earlier. The newspaper cited people familiar with discussions over his departure.
The Journal reported that Driscoll and his family vacated the official residence assigned to the army secretary at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall this summer, a move that could indicate he was preparing to leave the position.
The reported departure would come at a time of continuing uncertainty at the top echelons of the army.
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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warns the enemies that any act of aggression against the Islamic Republic will not go unanswered.
In a statement on Thursday, the IRGC issued a “stern warning” to the enemies after US forces launched strikes against the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
Following the US military attack on a point on the outskirts of Bandar Abbas Airport with aerial projectiles, the IRGC carried out new strikes targeting the US air base from which the attack originated in the wee hours of Thursday, it added.
“This response is a serious warning to the enemy that they should know the act of aggression will not go unanswered,” the IRGC emphasized.
The elite military force warned of a “more decisive” response if the enemy repeated any act of aggression.
It also said the responsibility for the consequences of any IRGC response lies with the aggressor.
The statement comes after the IRGC Navy on Thursday forced an American tanker to turn back. The tanker ...
