North Macedonia, NATO’s newest member state, has decided to send several Soviet-designed main battle tanks to Ukraine’s armed forces as Skopje prepares to modernize its armed forces. The Balkan country intends to acquire new battle tanks to ensure interoperability with other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Ministry of Defense explained. This […]
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Ukraine ready to send grain, waiting for signal for first shipment
Ukraine is ready to start transporting grain from two Black Sea ports under a UN-brokered deal, but no date has been set for the first shipment, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Friday. He told reporters in the port of Odessa that 17 ships trapped under a five-month Russian blockade of Ukraine’s ports were […]
Russia: 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war killed by Ukrainian strike on Donetsk prison
LAST UPDATE: 14.28 Russia’s Defense Ministry said today that Ukraine struck a prison in separatist-held territory in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region with US-supplied HIMARS rocket systems, killing 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war and 75 to be injured. The Ukrainian military denied carrying out the prison attack and blamed Russian forces. “A missile strike by a […]
Ukraine: Five killed by Russian missiles in the city of Kropyvnytskyi
Five people were killed and 25 injured in a Russian missile strike on an aviation school today in the central Ukrainian city of Kropyvnytskyi, the regional governor said. Andrii Raykovic, governor of the Kirovohrad region, told a news conference that two missiles hit aircraft hangars at the National Aviation University Flight Academy around 12:20 p.m. […]
Ukraine: Military base near Kyiv destroyed by Russian missiles
Russian cruise missiles targeted a military base near Kyiv, partially destroying it, the Ukrainian General Staff of the Armed Forces announced today. “Around 05:00 in the morning (local and Greek time), the enemy launched an attack by firing six Kalibr missiles against a military unit in Lyutizi, Kyiv region,” Oleksii Gromov, a senior staff officer, […]
Ukraine: Four civilians killed by shelling by Ukrainian forces, Donetsk separatists say
Four civilians have been killed by shelling by Ukrainian forces in the past 24 hours, Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, said today. According to a message posted on the separatists’ official Telegram account, 4 people were killed and 11 others injured between 08:00 local time yesterday, Wednesday, and 08:00 today. Reuters was unable to […]
Ukraine: Russian artillery wears out and ‘self-detonates’
By David Axe Russian artillery in Ukraine appears to be running out of ammunition as Ukrainian missiles blow up more and more supply depots. And this is not the only problem facing the Russian Artillery, after five months of hostilities. Photos that have surfaced online in recent days show two Russian guns with their barrels […]
Ukraine: Two Americans were killed in the Donbas region
Two American citizens were recently killed in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine, as reported by the American network CNN citing a State Department representative. The spokesman, who was not named, did not provide further details about the victims or the circumstances in which they died, according to the same source. He said, however, that […]
Ukraine bombed bridge near occupied Kherson targeting Russian supply route
Ukraine struck a bridge in the occupied Black Sea region of Kherson on Saturday, targeting a Russian supply route, as Kyiv prepares for a major counteroffensive, a Ukrainian regional official said, according to Reuters. The strike hit the Daryivskyi Bridge on the Ingulets River used to resupply Russian troops, days after a key bridge on […]
Ukraine: The attack on Kherson continues – 3 dead from a Russian attack in a region of central Ukraine
LAST UPDATE: 12:45 p.m Heavy fighting has taken place over the past 48 hours as Ukrainian forces continue their offensive against Russia in Kherson province, west of the Dnieper River, British military intelligence said today. Russian forces are using artillery fire along the Inhulets River, a tributary of the Dnieper, the British Ministry of Defense […]
