Category Ukraine

Kharkiv. Photo: Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy Following the temporary lifting of electricity supply restrictions, Kharkiv has experienced hourly blackouts due to the unreliability of the transmission system and a lack of local generation. Source: press service of Ukraine’s Ministry of…

UPAB-1500. Stock hoto: Rosoboronexport Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence, has asserted that the Russians had repeatedly used 1,500-kilogram bombs, contradicting previous statements made by the Ukrainian military. Source: Budanov on the air of the national joint 24/7…

Pope Francis. Photo: Vatican In a traditional Easter message, Pope Francis has called for an “all for all” prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. Source: Vatican news; Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church website Details: Addressing “the city and the world,” the…

Zelenskyy in Bucha on 31 March 2024. Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy paid tribute to the memory of Ukrainians killed during the Russian occupation of the Bucha hromada on the second anniversary of the…

Kyrylo Budanov. Photo: Ukrainska Pravda Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence chief believes that the railway being built by the Russians on Ukrainian territory and connecting it with mainland Russia could be a problem, but he assumes that Ukraine will “cope with it”.…

RM-70 Vampire multiple-launch rocket system. Photo: Gagadget Russia’s Defence Ministry has claimed to have shot down rockets and drones over Belgorod and Yaroslavl oblasts in the Russian Federation on the morning of 31 March. Source: Russian Ministry of Defence Details:…

VAB armoured vehicle. Stock photo: tank-afv.com France intends to supply Ukraine with hundreds of old but “still functional” VAB armoured vehicles, as well as missiles for SAMP/T air defence systems, as part of a new assistance package. Source: Sébqstien Lecornu,…

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen. Stock photo: Getty Images Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen has not ruled out the possibility of sending foreign troops to Ukraine in the future, though she said there is no need for this at the…

Photo: Ukraine’s Air Force Ukrainian defenders shot down nine Shahed loitering munitions and nine cruise missiles on the night of 30-31 March. Source: Ukraine’s Air Force Details: Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 14 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic aircraft…

Russia lost 650 soldiers, 15 tanks, 44 artillery systems and seven air defence systems over the past day, thanks to the work of the Ukrainian military. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook Details:  The total…