Category Ukraine

Arson attack on military enlistment office in Nizhnevartovsk. Screenshot: video on social media UK Defence Intelligence believes that the upsurge in attacks on military enlistment offices and similar institutions in Russia may indicate a lack of confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s promise…

Ukrainian soldier. Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ukraine’s defence forces killed 740 Russian soldiers and destroyed nine Russian tanks and 12 artillery systems over the past day. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine…

KYIV — Ukrainian officials on January 27 said Russia had intensified attacks in the past 24 hours, with a commander saying the sides had battled through “50 combat clashes” in the past day near Ukraine’s Tavria region. Meanwhile, Kyiv and…

Ukrainian defenders repelled 20 Russian attacks on the Avdiivka front on 27 January. A total of 64 combat clashes occurred in the combat zone over the past day. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday claimed that a military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war was shot down by Ukraine. But Ukrainian officials say there’s no evidence to support Russia’s story. The Russian Defense Ministry said a plane…

Ukraine’s SBU security service said on Saturday it had uncovered a corruption scheme in the purchase of arms by the country’s military totalling the equivalent of about $40 million. The announcement of mass procurement fraud, confirmed by Ukraine’s Defense…

Skip next section Ukraine exposes military procurement corruption scheme 01/28/2024January 28, 2024 Ukraine exposes military procurement corruption scheme Ukrainian authorities uncovered corruption in the defense sector amounting to about $40 million (€37 million), Ukraine’s SBU security service said. The SBU…

A Russian “reconnaissance and sabotage group” shot dead two people – a brother and sister – in a Ukrainian village on Saturday during a cross-border incursion, local officials said. The attack in Andriivka occurred in Ukraine’s Sumy region inside a…

Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times/Redux A Ukrainian artillery crew fires on a Russian position in the Luhansk region of Ukraine, Jan. 13, 2024. Kyiv CNN  —  A series of comments by Ukrainian military officials and spokespeople on Saturday provided an…

A bit more from our interview with ex-Nato chief Lord Robertson now.  Earlier this week, the outgoing head of the British Army, General Sir Patrick Saunders, suggested British men and women could face a call-up to the army in the…