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Wednesday, 11 September 2024, 09:45
The Russian Ministry of Defense says more than 1,200 paratroopers and more than 250 units of military hardware equipment were involved in live-fire exercises in the occupied Crimea and Russia’s Krasnodar Territory.
This month, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine recorded about five times more ceasefire violations on average per day compared to December 2020.
The return to a ceasefire, which was agreed upon at a meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on December 22, is a step towards de-escalation in eastern Ukraine.
Three Airbus helicopters for the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service have arrived in Ukraine from France, the State Border Guard Service has said.
Three Airbus helicopters for the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service have arrived in Ukraine from France, the State Border Guard Service has said.
The Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group (Ukraine, Russia, and the OSCE) said that at the latest meeting the parties reached a common understanding on the need to restore ceasefire in the zone of hostilities.
For the first time since obtaining Javelin portable anti-tank missile systems from the U.S. as part of lethal aid, the Ukrainian Army used this weapon in a live-fire exercise in the Joint Forces Operation zone.
Over the past day and as of 07:00, December 23, no ceasefire violations were recorded in eastern Ukraine.
For the first time since obtaining Javelin portable anti-tank missile systems from the U.S. as part of lethal aid, the Ukrainian Army used this weapon in a live-fire exercise in the Joint Forces Operation zone.
22 December 2021
The statement spread by the Russian military leadership about the allegedly “reliably established presence of more than 120 employees of American private military companies in Avdiyivka and Pryazovske in Donetsk region” is deliberate disinformation.
There are 122,000 Russian servicemen deployed at a 200-km distance to the borders of Ukraine, as well as another 143,500 at a distance of 400 km.
For the first time, NATO is responding to the deployment of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border with concrete measures.
Ukraine and Hungary intend to hold joint peacekeeping exercises.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine categorically rejects Russia's insinuations about the alleged chemical weapons, instructors with American private military companies, and shelling of residential neighborhoods in eastern Ukraine.
Over the past day, December 21, Russian-occupation troops violated the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine three times, including one attack with the use of weapons banned under the Minsk Agreements.
21 December 2021
Defense Ministers of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia Arvydas Anušauskas, Artis Pabriks, and Kalle Laanet expressed solidarity with Ukraine and their countries’ readiness to provide the country with assistance, both non-military and military, also calling for NATO to take additional steps to deter Russia.
From 600 to 800 Russian officers and generals stay permanently in certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions (CADLR).
On Monday, militants of the Russian-occupation forces denied the OSCE SMM passage to camera system in the disengagement area near Zolote, Luhansk region.
A Ukrainian serviceman was wounded in hostilities in the Joint Forces Operation zone.
20 December 2021
What would happen to Russia should it decide to launch a full-scale war with Ukraine?
Territorial defense forces will receive the required weaponry, while Russia won’t have an “easy walk” in Ukraine in case of invading the country.
Starting next year, Ukraine will start receiving from the United States a batch of Mark VI high-speed combat boats, some of which are set to be delivered to the port of Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov. In this regard, Ukraine does not rule out that the boats will sail to the said port through the Kerch Strait near the occupied Crimea.
Minister of National Defense of Lithuania Arvydas Anušauskas says that his country is ready to support Ukraine in every possible way amid a possible new Russia’s invasion and to hand over lethal weapons to Ukraine.
US Congressman Jason Crow led a U.S. Congressional delegation to Kyiv to discuss Russia's aggressive military build-up in and around Ukraine and hear assessments from Ukrainian officials and military leadership, according to the Facebook page of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine.
Over the past 24 hours, on December 19, the Russian occupation forces resorted to two ceasefire violations, one of which involved weapons proscribed by the Minsk agreements.
18 December 2021
Over the past day, December 17, Russian-occupation troops violated the ceasefire in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in eastern Ukraine four times.
17 December 2021
Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has met with a delegation of U.S. congressmen to discuss the current situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and around its borders, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's press service has reported.
In 2021, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have received more than 3,000 basic units of weapons and military equipment.
By recognizing the presence of the Russian armed forces in the occupied territory of Ukraine, the Russian court has confirmed what everyone knows.