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NATO activates 5,000-strong task force for first time The decision, announced after President Joe Biden and other allied heads of state met for an emergency summit on the crisis in Ukraine, means thousands of additional forces will be headed to the eastern part of the alliance, NATO said. Read more >

‘Russian warship, go f--- yourself’: Guards who died refusing to surrender will receive top honors, Ukraine says Thirteen Ukrainian personnel who died defying a Russian warship’s order to surrender a small Black Sea island were hailed posthumously, Ukrainian officials said. Read more >

Russian forces facing stiffer resistance than expected in Ukraine, Pentagon assesses The Russian advance on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv has been slowed by stiffer resistance than US intelligence officials believe the Kremlin anticipated, a top Pentagon official said Friday, even as The New York Times reported that some of Moscow’s troops had reached the northern fringe of the city. Read more >   Russian naval assault on Ukraine could mean greater control over waters shared by US allies Russian attacks on Ukraine from the Black Sea ultimately could give Moscow more control over an area transited by U.S. and allied naval ships under normal circumstances. Read more >   US ambassador visits paratroopers deployed near Poland-Ukraine border as evacuee flow starts to surge The top American diplomat in Poland traveled south Friday aboard a Black Hawk helicopter to meet with U.S. paratroopers, thousands of whom have taken up positions near the border with Ukraine to shore up NATO’s defenses. Read more >

Fort Riley brigade’s nine-month tour in Europe extended amid Russian invasion of Ukraine A US Army tank brigade’s nine-month rotation to central and Eastern Europe that was slated to end within weeks has been extended, Army officials said Friday, in a decision that comes in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read more >   Top Republican on Senate Armed Services Committee stepping down Sen. Jim Inhofe, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced Friday that he will retire at the end of the current congressional session after decades in office. Read more >   Alaska-based F-35A stealth fighters are on Okinawa to train with allies amid rising tensions An undisclosed number of F-35A Lightning IIs from the Alaska-based 354th Fighter Wing arrived in Okinawa, Japan, this month to train and support regional allies at a time when tensions are rising around the globe. Read more >   Alaska-based F-35A stealth fighters are on Okinawa to train with allies amid rising tensions An undisclosed number of F-35A Lightning IIs from the Alaska-based 354th Fighter Wing arrived in Okinawa, Japan, this month to train and support regional allies at a time when tensions are rising around the globe. Read more >   Northrop Grumman to supply Marine Corps with next-gen, handheld targeting device The Next Generation Handheld Targeting System, or NGHTS, will allow a Marine to transmit targeting information to artillery, aircraft, loitering drones, missile systems or warships waiting offshore. The system will operate even when GPS is denied or unavailable, according to the defense contractor. Read more >   US, Russian ambassadors to Japan trade sanctions threats over Ukraine invasion The U.S. ambassador to Japan and his counterpart from Russia dueled Friday over the extent their countries would punish the other over the economic penalties imposed on Russia for its war in Ukraine. Read more >

 

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