Arms Archives

Protestors in Cape Town demonstrated in February against South Africa's joint drills with Russia and China

World

US accuses S.Africa of having supplied weapons to Russia

The US envoy to South Africa on Thursday accused the country of having covertly provided arms to Russia despite its professed neutrality in the...

AFPMay 11, 2023

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has identified a Slovakian man Washington says has been brokering deals to ship weapons from North Korea to Russia to help Moscow's war effort in Ukraine

World

US says Russia seeking more NKorean arms, names broker

The White House said Thursday that Russia is seeking more arms from North Korea for the Ukraine war, revealing the identity of a Slovakian...

AFPMarch 30, 2023

Rocket propelled grenades and refiles made by Bulgarian arms makers Arsenal

World

‘Guns and Roses’: Bulgaria arms trade booms on Ukraine war

With its huge munitions factories and endless rose fields, Kazanlak in central Bulgaria has been really living up to its “Guns and Roses” nickname...

AFPMarch 22, 2023

Myanmar's military has used force to try and crush the opposition, sparking international calls to stop arms supplies to the junta

World

Indian state-owned firm sold artillery barrels to Myanmar: activists

An Indian state-owned arms manufacturer has shipped artillery barrels to military-ruled Myanmar, an activist group said Wednesday, warning they could be used by the...

AFPFebruary 28, 2023

'It is the United States and not China that is endlessly shipping weapons to the battlefield,' China's foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said

World

China rejects US claim it may arm Russia

Beijing strongly denied on Monday US claims that China was considering arming Russia in its war against Ukraine, as it reiterated a call for...

AFPFebruary 20, 2023

Artillery usage in the Ukraine war is depleting Western stockpiles of ammunition

World

Western arms production to ramp up as Ukraine burns through stockpiles

Western governments are mobilizing their arms manufacturers to ramp up production and replenish stockpiles heavily diminished by supplying Ukraine’s six-month-old battle against Russia’s invasion....

AFPSeptember 11, 2022

Local residents stand amid the rubble of an apartment after it was hit by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

World

Russia buying N. Korean munitions for Ukraine: US

Russia is buying large amounts of ammunition from North Korea to replenish stocks depleted by months of intense fighting in Ukraine, a US official said...

AFPSeptember 6, 2022