Moscow has disbanded a law enforcement reserve unit stationed on its border with Belarus following talks between the presidents of the two countries. The force was formed last month at Minsk’s request and raised eyebrows abroad. Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko, met in Sochi on […]
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Germany’s defense minister revealed on Wednesday that a unit of the Kommando Spezialkraefte (KSK), the country’s elite commando force, would be disbanded. The dissolution follows a report published in January revealing that hundreds of soldiers may embody far-right extremist ideologies. On Wednesday, Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told the Süddeutsche Zeitung […]
Soldiers of the Command Special Forces (KSK) of the Bundeswehr are preparing to rappel from a helicopter during an exercise in 2004. Thomas Kienzle/AP hide caption toggle caption Thomas Kienzle/AP Soldiers of the Command Special Forces (KSK) of the Bundeswehr are preparing to rappel from a helicopter during an exercise […]
The New York Police Department has liquidated its anti-crime unit, reassigning some 600 plainclothes cops to neighborhood policing and detective work as protesters nationwide demand reforms in the wake of the George Floyd killing. NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea announced the disbanding of the unit in a press conference on Monday, […]