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28 February

A Danish combat battalion soldier training in Jutland, Denmark

Staff Writer With AFP

Denmark Scraps Public Holiday to Boost Defense Spending

Denmark's parliament adopted a controversial bill to abolish a public holiday to put more money towards its military.

28 February

A Ukrainian soldier of an artillery unit fires towards Russian positions

Staff Writer With AFP

Ukraine Army Says Situation ‘Extremely Tense’ Around Bakhmut

Ukraine said its forces were under pressure in Bakhmut, a nearly-destroyed city in the eastern Donetsk region that Russia has been trying to seize for months.

28 February

Borsuk (Badger) infantry fighting vehicle

Inder Singh Bisht

Poland to Acquire 1,000 Indigenous Infantry Fighting Vehicles: Minister

The Polish government will purchase around 1,000 Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles this week to replace the country’s Soviet-era BWP-1.

28 February

Typhoons and engineers from Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwaver 71 "Richthofen" arrive at RAF Lossiemouth ahead of the their combined deployment to Estonia. They will be conducting in corss-training between the the German Air Force and RAF Typhoon assigned personel and to fly Qucik Reation Alert and Combined Baltic Air Policing training.

Rojoef Manuel

UK, German Air Forces Prepare for First Joint NATO Air Policing Mission

The UK and Germany are conducting exercises to prepare for their first integrated NATO air policing mission.

28 February

Inder Singh Bisht

UK Seeks Ukraine-Bound AS90 Artillery Replacement Within 12 Months

The UK Ministry of Defence seeks to deliver a medium-range land fires capability to the British Army within 12 months to plug the gap from supplying 155mm AS90 self-propelled guns to Ukraine.

27 February

Ukrainian police officers inspect a downed Russian drone after a strike in northwestern Kyiv

Staff Writer With AFP

Two Dead in Russian Drone Attack in West Ukraine

A Russian attack with Iran-made drones early Monday left two people dead and three more wounded in the western Ukraine city of Khmelnytskyi.

27 February

Staff Writer With AFP

Poland, US in Talks to Produce Ammunition for Ukraine

Polish President Duda said that during Biden's visit to Warsaw they began talks on producing much-needed ammunition for Ukraine.

27 February

A 2018 file photo shows fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) manning a roadblock in the Qandil Mountains, the groups's main rear-base in northern Iraq

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkish Drone Kills 3 PKK-Affiliated Fighters in Iraq: Kurds

A Turkish drone attack in northern Iraq killed at least three fighters from the minority Yazidi community affiliated with the rebel PKK, Iraqi Kurdish officials said.

27 February