A member of the company tactical group "Steppe Wolves" of the Voluntary Formation of the Zaporizhzhia Territorial Community fires a handmade small multiple rocket launch system toward Russian troops near
Russia has moved some troops onto an airbase in Niger where a small number of U.S. forces remain after most American troops left the base in the nation’s capital, Niamey, a U.S. official said Thursday. The arrival of Russian trainers in the West African country about three weeks ago came in the wake of Niger’s […]
Russian military personnel are operating out of an air base in Niger that is still hosting a small number of American troops, two U.S. officials tell ABC News. The officials said the presence of Russians at Niger's "Airport 101" near the capital of Niamey did not present an immediate security concern to U.S. troops. The Russian troops were operating out of a hangar at a location far away from U.S. forces and not on any property owned or being used by the United States, the officials said...
The Russians are said to be sharing a wing of Niger's main airport, but not
Russian and US troops have been operating out of the same military base in Niger for at least several weeks, a US defense official and another source familiar with the matter told CNN, putting the two militaries in close proximity to each other at a time of heightened tensions over the war in Ukraine and as the country’s ruling junta has made clear it wants US forces to leave. The Russians have been using a separate hangar on the base, known as Air Base 101, the sources said, and are not...
Russian military personnel have been staying at an air base in Niger that also hosts U.S. troops and equipment, a U.S. official confirmed to The Hill Thursday. The news comes as roughly 1,000 American service members are expected to withdraw from Niger following deteriorating relations with the African nation after a military coup there last
Proximity of the two countries' forces follows request by junta ruling west
Six Georgian opposition parties appealed on Thursday for mass protests against a government bill on "foreign agents" which they say aims to block the South Caucasus country's path towards the European Union and NATO. The bill, which critics compare to legislation that Russia has used extensively to crack down on dissent, has already prompted three straight nights of demonstrations this week in the capital Tbilisi. POLAND 'READY' TO HOST NATO MEMBERS’ NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO COUNTER RUSSIA, PRESIDENT...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed on Friday that American troops are sharing space in Niger with Russian military forces.
WASHINGTON >> Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger’s junta to expel U.S. forces.
Nazar Voloshyn, the spokesperson for the operational-strategic troop grouping Khortytsia, believes that Russian troops are attempting to encircle the town of Chasiv Yar. They are actively assaulting surrounding villages in their bid to occupy it. However, during a national news broadcast, he noted that there are no Russian troops in the town itself. "The adversary continues to put pressure on Chasiv Yar, trying to meet certain deadlines. The defense forces maintain control of the situation for...
Russians in separate compound and do not have access to US forces or equipment, says defence secretaryUkraine war – live updatesThe US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, has confirmed Russian security forces have been deployed to the same airbase as American troops in the Nigerien capital, Niamey.It remains unclear when the Russian troops, who have been in Niger for weeks, were deployed to Airbase 101, which is next to Diori Hamani international airport in Niamey. It is also unclear how many...