Ukrainian Conflict
As Russia’s army tries to force the issue with a new counteroffensive, causing Ukrainian forces to withdraw in eastern Ukraine, its air force is increasingly paying the price.
Ukraine will also receive artillery ammunition worth 2 billion Swedish kronor ($192 million), Robotsystem 70 portable anti-aircraft weapons, anti-tank missiles, Carl Gustaf grenade launchers, hand grenades, and medical transport vehicles, the SVT public broadcaster reported.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned allies that an “artificial deficit” of weapons for his country risks giving Russia breathing space.
"We have identified at this point half a million rounds of 155 mm caliber and another 300,000 rounds of 122 mm caliber, which we will be able to deliver within weeks if we quickly find funding for that activity," Czech President Petr Pavel said at the Munich Security Conference.
This brings the total number of jets pledged to Ukraine by the Netherlands to 24.
Agreement marks first step towards potential handing over of billions of euros to Ukraine
The agreement came earlier than expected, overcoming previous opposition from Hungary's Viktor Orban.
Despite there being no money left for Ukraine aid, the Defense Department is keeping the training pipeline going, with nearly 1,600 Ukrainian troops currently in US training programs in Europe and the US.
Colonel Markus Reisner analyses and explains the causes and consequences of the Ukrainian summer offensive which, according to Ukrainian officials, ultimatel...
The move to Western calendar is seen as a further shift away from Moscow's influence.
We are pretty much becoming a de facto NATO army,” Ukraine’s foreign minister says in his first NATO-Ukraine Council meeting.
A Ukrainian missile struck the headquarters of Russia's navy in Crimea. The Russian Defense Ministry initially said one servicemember was killed in the Friday attack, but then issued a statement saying he was missing.
Some in Washington had resisted supplying the weapons system, known as “attack-ems,” out of fear that it would widen the war with Russia.
Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations on at least two sectors of the front on August 7. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces conducted offensive operations in the Berdyansk (western Donetsk-eastern Zaporizhia Oblast
Kyiv has claimed a small advance around the strategic eastern town as its forces hunt for weak spots in the Russian defensive lines.
Kyiv is launching a major effort against Russians in southern Ukraine, according to officials and analysts. This new push, which includes deployment of Western-supplied weapons and increased number…
Kyiv’s long-awaited counteroffensive is portrayed as more successful by enemy soldiers and their cheerleaders than by Western analysts
The Armed Forces of Ukraine reduce the offensive and defensive potential of the enemy very efficiently. It is increasingly difficult for invaders to defend themselves against Ukraine’s offensive. — Ukrinform.
How many vehicles were at the site at the moment of the Ukrainian strike is unclear. How many vehicles the strike destroyed also is unclear.
A fire that broke out at the military training grounds in the Kirovske district on the Crimean Peninsula has forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 people and a closure of nearby highway, the Moscow-backed governor of Crimea said on Wednesday.