The State Police, as part of the services in the Milanese province aimed at combating drug dealing, arrested a couple of Italian citizens (a 36-year-old man with a history of drug crimes and a 34-year-old woman with precedents for property crimes) and a Moroccan citizen [...]
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The war continues. Ukraine announces its own weapons production while Putin enlists Cuban volunteers
(by Andrea Pinto) Vladimir Putin on the day of the celebrations for the annexation of the former People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk and the regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, through the Tass agency, congratulated the residents on this "truly decisive" annual anniversary , historic and fateful." Ukrainian President Zelensky, in response, participated in the International Forum [...]
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia despite warnings from Washington not to favor a deal to send weapons to Putin. Kim left Pyongyang for Russia on Sunday aboard his private train, accompanied by senior officials from the defense and military industry and the Foreign Minister.
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The Senate approved the sixth decree which extends the shipment of weapons to Kiev until 31 December 2023. With 125 votes in favor and 38 against, the decree for the transfer of military vehicles, materials and equipment to the Ukrainian government authorities was converted. The decree provides that the shipment of weapons can take place in derogation [...]
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The Pentagon, in an anti-China function, and with the approval of Congress has launched a wide-ranging campaign to supply the military arsenals of the allied countries that have supported Ukraine. The Pentagon last month created a task force (tiger team) made up of senior officials from various Departments in order to speed up sales [...]
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Yesterday Vladimir Putin in Koubinka, a town near Moscow, during an international arms fair boasted those in possession of the Russian army. Although some Western services have pointed out that Russia revealed its weaknesses during the war in Ukraine, the Russian president promised his allies "the most modern weapons of [...]
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An independent investigation found that hundreds of electronic components in Russian weapons come from Western industries. The weapons the Russians use to bomb Ukraine need a guidance system, RAM and more to achieve their goal. It is estimated that Russia has so far fired more than [...]
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Mario Draghi does not intend to deviate the course and modify international commitments. Italy, the premier is convinced, will once again respond to the requests for help coming from Volodymyr Zelensky and the people of Kiev. "If Ukraine does not defend itself, there can be no peace", the premier reiterated on more than one occasion [...]
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday sent another video to talk to his people: "the Black Sea will be safe and ours, everything will be rebuilt, Russia does not have enough missiles to break the Ukrainians' will to live". Meanwhile the Kiev Parliament has banned the import of Russian books and newspapers and [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Until yesterday, Russia has flaunted its superiority to the world in the hypersonic armaments sector. Last month, Moscow announced that it was using Kinzhal, hypersonic ballistic missiles with nuclear or conventional capability, launched from a modified Mig-31 for the first time in Ukraine. One of the six "next generation" weapons [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday from Finland a historic decision by President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin who wrote about their opinion of membership of NATO: "Finland must apply for membership of NATO without delay". On Sunday, after the parliamentary confrontation, the decision will take the expected bureaucratic process of joining the Alliance. The two […]
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In the hearing of Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini at Copasir - Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic - "the contents of the second interministerial decree authorizing the transfer of military means, materials and equipment to the governmental authorities of Ukraine, on which the Committee agreed with the Government in the affixing of the [...]
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Washington, according to the NYT, is ready to indirectly supply tanks to Ukraine. Contacts are already underway to encourage what is called an arms transfer because these are not American systems. The United States, in fact, will shop in the immense Eastern European market, where they can find material compatible with that [...]
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“According to the orientation expressed by eminent Constitutionalists, the sending of Italian defensive weapons to the Ukrainian army falls within the provisions of our Charter, since it extends aid to the attacked countries. And Ukraine, according to the UN ruling, is a country attacked by the Russian Federation. A decisive detail to define the government and parliamentary steps ". Senator Marinella declares it [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, caused by the Russian invasion with the aggression towards a sovereign and independent state, China has tried in every way to stay out of the Russian-Ukrainian war struggle. This is demonstrated by the abstention of the Chinese delegation from adopting a couple of draft resolutions (S / 2022/155 and S / RES / 2623/2022) discussed in [...]
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Important joint anti-crime activity of the 3 police forces of foggia. Arrests and seizures of drugs but also weapons, ammunition, money and other assets The State Police, the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza have conducted today - simultaneously and under the coordination of the Public Prosecutor of Foggia - a vast operation of [...]
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The State Police of Varese, as part of an investigation coordinated by the Central Directorate of the Prevention Police / UCIGOS and directed by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Busto Arsizio, arrested 4 people involved in an illegal international trade in weapons of war. The Digos policemen seized a [...]
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Luigi di Maio, speaking with a post on Facebook, referring to the provision of self-defense, wrote: “Let's put the dots on the i's for a moment: I don't want a country with the free circulation of weapons. The 5 Star Movement doesn't want it and I'm sure the Italians don't want it either. If ever a [...]
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According to a report released this week by Amnesty International, weapons supplied to the Saudi and Emirati governments by the United States and other Western nations, including machine guns, mortars and even armored vehicles, are being deliberately diverted to Sunni militia groups in Yemen. Among them are three militias that are known to be [...]
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The Foggia State Police arrested 3 people following the discovery of an arsenal of weapons in the availability of an unsuspected family. The Flying Squad, in recent days, has subjected a convicted bouncer, aged 37, to arrest for the attempted murder of a young boy from Lucera drawn from a blow [...]
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The climate of relaxation between your Koreas continues. In fact, as reported by the Seoul Ministry of Defense, North Korea, South Korea and the United Nations Command have reached an agreement to withdraw weapons and guard posts from the village on the inter-Korean border of Panmunjom . The announcement is [...]
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Donald Trump returns to defend weapons and their legitimate use against attacks. But his speech at the convention of the powerful lobby of the National Rifle Association almost becomes a show, with the American president taking as an example who has chosen to ban guns. He talks about Paris miming the Bataclan terrorists [...]
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(Adm. Giuseppe De Giorgi) The volume of international arms exports in the period between 2013 and 2017, confirming the upward trend that began in the early 2000s, was 10% higher than that of 2008-2012. These data emerge from a study published by the International Peace Research Institute of Stockholm (SIPRI), putting in [...]
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After the first political reactions to the missile attack carried out last night in Syria, to provide his authoritative more purely military point of view is the former Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy, Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi, who in a note states: "From a military point of view, the attack appeared [...]
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Singing "never again," hundreds of thousands of young Americans and their supporters responded to the appeal made by survivors of the Florida high school massacre last month and gathered yesterday in major cities in the United States to demand stricter laws on weapons. The demonstrators asked the legislators and the [...]
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An employee of the French consulate in Jerusalem was arrested for allegedly smuggling weapons from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank, French media reported, which have been confirmed by Israel. The consular employee was identified by Shin Bet, the Israeli national security agency, as Romain Franck, 23. Reportedly, [...]
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Restrict weapons in the US? BlackRock, the largest investment company in the world with assets of nearly $ 6.000 trillion, is in charge. Following the February 14 massacre in Parkland, Florida, the American giant announced that it will re-examine its shareholdings both in arms manufacturing companies and in [...]
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US President Donald Trump said yesterday that armed teachers could prevent massacres like last week's mass shooting at a Florida high school. Trump expressed his support for the idea during an emotional meeting at the White House with the students who survived the shooting and with his parent [...]
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Dozens of teenagers took to the streets to demand a close on guns after the Douglas high school massacre in Florida. Many young people lay down on the ground, with their arms crossed or wrapped in a flag like soldiers, showing placards with the words "I'll be next". Meanwhile, the White House [...]
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