Moldova participates in the KFOR peacekeeping mission. (Photo: Moldovan MoD)
The Moldovan MoD announced on 25 August an increase of MDL14.5 million (USD750,000) for the 2022 budget, as the shadow of the Russo-Ukrainian war remains over the small country.
Moldova faces a security threat from about 1,700 Russian troops stationed in the breakaway Transnistria region that also borders southwestern Ukraine.
Citing so-called ‘facts of oppression’ against Russian-speaking civilians, Rustam Minnekayev, the commander of the Russian Central Military District, said in late April that a second phase of the Russian invasion of Ukraine would extend ‘access to Transnistria’.
This triggered a diplomatic incident between Chisinau and Moscow, and prompted calls within
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The initial document focused more on creating the right partnerships and inspiring investment in defence than on any details of how future UK Armed Forces would be armed.
The first stage of developing a new UK Defence Industrial Strategy has highlighted failings in current structures with solutions expected to be proposed in next year’s full strategy.
Romania joined NATO more than two decades ago and the country is vital to the alliance’s geographic reach and its ability to supply Ukraine with weapons.
Although Trump’s geopolitics policy for Europe remains unclear, defence analysts from the US and Europe predict how his incoming administration would attempt to handle critical issues on the continent.
The UK budget announced in Parliament on 30 October was the first by a Labour government in 14 years which has also launched a review into defence procurement programmes.
The Australian government has placed a focus on Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) which has included the purchase of additional long-range rocket systems and investments in local production of missiles.
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