Zelensky: We will have another Patriot battery and powerful armored vehicles
Ukraine will have another Patriot battery and powerful armored vehicles to defend itself against the Russian aggressor.
05 January 2023
Ukraine will have another Patriot battery and powerful armored vehicles to defend itself against the Russian aggressor.
Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov advocates developing the Ukrainian military-industrial complex and believes that the weapons tested during the war unleashed by Russia will be highly valued in the markets in the future.
Germany announced a decision to send Marder IFVs and a Patriot battery to Ukraine. This became known after telephone conversations between U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on January 5.
The Biden administration plans to announce in the near future a multibillion-dollar security assistance package to Ukraine, which will include Bradley armored fighting vehicles.
The overall line of threats and the front in Ukraine is 2,500 km, including potential threats from the Belarusian border, of which 1,200 km are tensest, and 800 km are particularly tense.
Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov believes that there is no need to announce a new wave of mobilization in Ukraine yet, although the situation may change depending on the situation at the front.
The Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, has described Russia's call to cease fire and establish a Christmas truce as "lies and hypocrisy."
The supply of missiles from Iran to Russia will be a "red line," the crossing of which will cause the use of the entire toolkit of pressure on Tehran.
The aircraft of the Defense Forces of Ukraine launched 18 strikes on the enemy on January 5, three of them on the positions of anti-aircraft missile systems. Ukrainian defenders also shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft and helicopter.
NATO Allies will continue to support Ukraine and supply it with more weapons because there can be no lasting peace if tyranny prevails over freedom.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has said that a "temporary truce" is possible for Russia after its withdrawal from the temporarily occupied territories, because Ukraine does not attack foreign territory and does not kill civilians, but only destroys invaders.
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink during a meeting in Germany with the commander of the U.S. Army in Europe and Africa, Darryl Williams, discussed further actions to help Ukraine to fight off Russian aggression.
On the border with Belarus, Ukraine’s Defense Forces have created a grouping that is ready to confront the enemy. The multi-level system of defense will not allow the enemy to go beyond the Belarusian border.
Two major vessels of the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet – the heavy nuclear cruiser Admiral Nakhimov and heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov of the Soviet Union Fleet – are deemed inoperable.
Local carriers refuse to drive along the so-called "land corridor" to Crimea, as it is in the line of Ukrainian Army fire. Due to this fact, prices are on the rise on the occupied peninsula.
Russian President Vladimir Putin considers the temporarily occupied Crimea as a territory where he could pursue acts of nuclear provocation.
The head of the Defense Committee of the German Bundestag, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, has called on the government to reconsider its position regarding the supply of tanks to Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held another meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.
Russian forces have shelled the Stepnohirsk community in the Zaporizhzhia region, killing two people and wounding three others.
A new package of military aid transferred by Germany to Ukraine includes rocket launchers, vehicles, and drones.
Russian troops hit the settlements of Chornobaivka and Komyshany in the Kherson region with massive artillery fire early on January 5, injuring four people.
Russian invaders have shelled the center of Kherson, killing a 20-year-old man.
Five civilians were killed and eight more wounded in Ukraine on January 4 due to Russia's armed aggression.
Border guards destroyed a Russian drone in Kharkiv region.
The Russian invaders were shelling intensely Donetsk region along the entire front line last night and this morning, damaging hospitals, shops, and apartment blocks. Civilian casualties have been reported.
Over the past day, the Russian military shelled the territory of Kherson region 41 times, injuring four people.
In Ukraine, 452 children have been killed and 877 more have been injured as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation.
Norway sent another 10,000 artillery shells to Ukraine.
Last evening and night, the enemy shelled Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk region.
From 24 February 2022 to 5 January 2023, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 109,720 Russian invaders, including 810 soldiers over the past day.