The professor at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management in Belgium and senior researcher at the Belgian think tank Bruegel, Guntram Wolff, named limited competition in the European arms market and the slow placement of large orders as the main reasons for the EU’s slow rearmament. In an interview with The Insider, he also said that uncertainty over future orders remains an additional brake.

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The United States has officially completed Operation «Inherent Resolve» in Iraq, according to a statement from the U.S. Pentagon press secretary. The organized withdrawal of coalition forces and equipment from the Erbil air base in Iraq marked the end of the 12-year mission.

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Yemen’s Parliament approved general mobilization and the introduction of a state of emergency in response to the increased attacks by the Houthis from the Ansar Allah movement. The resolution takes effect immediately and will remain in force until the reasons for its adoption are eliminated.

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Polish combat aircraft took to the air after Russian strikes on western Ukraine. The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces said that ground-based air defense and radar reconnaissance systems were also put on alert.

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