
Island-class patrol boats to arrive in Ukraine within six months – Navy commander
The U.S. Island-class patrol boats will arrive in Ukraine in the first half of this year, Commander of the Ukrainian Navy Oleksiy Neizhpapa has said.
04 January 2021
The U.S. Island-class patrol boats will arrive in Ukraine in the first half of this year, Commander of the Ukrainian Navy Oleksiy Neizhpapa has said.
Russian-backed forces violated the ceasefire in Donbas 48 times over the past week, with no combat losses recorded among Ukrainian defenders during this period, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's ArmyInform news agency has reported.
Over the past day, seven ceasefire violations were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation area in eastern Ukraine.
02 January 2021
Over the past day, January 1, nine ceasefire violations were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation area in eastern Ukraine.
31 December 2020
Ukraine's state defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom has fulfilled all contracts under the country's state defense order for 2020, the conglomerate's press service has reported.
The State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch, which is part of the State Concern Ukroboronprom, and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine have signed a contract for the supply of RK-360 MC Neptune coastal systems to the army in 2021.
U.S. sanctions against Turkey will not affect cooperation with Ukraine, particularly in the defense and military-technical spheres.
As of December 31, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have confirmed 1,937 COVID-19 cases, including 148 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours.
On 27 December, the OSCE SMM spotted about 400 anti-tank mines in a field near Shyroka Balka in the occupied area of Donetsk region.
Over the past day, five ceasefire violations were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation area in eastern Ukraine.
An OSCE SMM drone has spotted 23 Grad multiple rocket launchers deployed in violation of withdrawal lines in the occupied Luhansk region.
30 December 2020
As of December 30, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have reported 1,997 COVID-19 cases, including 100 new cases confirmed in the past 24 hours.
The OSCE SMM spotted a modern Russian Zhitel electronic warfare system in Donetsk region on the border with Russia.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Serhiy Kryvonos as Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC).
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) recorded 299 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and two more in Luhansk region over the past day.
Over the past day, the invaders launched seven attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
29 December 2020
The Joint Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has completed the planning of training activities for the 2021 academic year. In total, more than 50 military exercises will take place next year.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry and the Antonov State Enterprise have signed a memorandum of cooperation on the construction of aircraft for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Ukrainian president's press service has reported.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry and the Antonov State Enterprise have signed a memorandum of cooperation on the construction of aircraft for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Ukrainian president's press service has reported.
As of December 29, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have reported 2,036 COVID-19 cases, including 91 new cases confirmed in the past 24 hours.
Some 251 Ukrainians are being held captive by Russian-backed forces in the temporarily occupied territory of Donbas, Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Liudmyla Denisova has said on Facebook.
Today, December 29, no ceasefire violations have been recorded in the Joint Forces Operation area in Donbas. The ceasefire is observed along the entire contact line. Over the past day, December 28, 13 ceasefire violations were recorded in Donbas.
28 December 2020
Implementation of the agreements on four disengagement areas and 19 mine clearance sites, reached within the framework of the Trilateral Contact Group, will begin in early 2021.
A Ukrainian serviceman of a mechanized brigade sustained a gunshot wound as a result of enemy shelling in Donbas at about 10:00 on December 28.
Next year, about UAH 870 million will be allocated from the defense budget for the needs of military medicine.
A serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces sustained a combat injury in enemy shelling in Donbas at about 23:00 on December 27, the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group has reported on Facebook.
Today, December 28, one ceasefire violation has been recorded in the Joint Forces Operation area in Donbas.
26 December 2020
Over the past day, December 25, four ceasefire violations were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation area in Donbas.
25 December 2020
Over the past day, five ceasefire violations were recorded near three populated localities in the Joint Forces Operation area in Donbas. Two Ukrainian servicemen were wounded.
24 December 2020
Mykolaiv Aircraft Repair Plant NARP has transferred one more repaired Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft to the Ukrainian military, Ukroboronprom's press service has reported.
Mykolaiv Aircraft Repair Plant NARP has transferred one more repaired Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft to the Ukrainian military, Ukroboronprom's press service has reported.
Director General of Ukroboronprom Yurii Husiev has approved a new structure of Ukraine's state defense conglomerate.
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) recorded 46 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and 116 ceasefire violations in Luhansk region over the previous 24 hours.
Over the past day, invaders launched three attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbas.
23 December 2020
Defense Minister Andriy Taran says that the tasks set for the Defense Ministry and the Armed Forces of Ukraine for 2020 have been fulfilled.
Over the past day, December 22, nine ceasefire violations were recorded near three populated localities in the Joint Forces Operation area in Donbas.
22 December 2020
The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine is disturbed by reports of the capturing of a Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman by Russian-backed forces, as well as the wounding of a civilian and two Ukrainian servicemen in Donbas.
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) recorded at least 98 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and 1 ceasefire violation in Luhansk region between the evenings of 18 and 20 December.
Over the past day, invaders launched six attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbas.
21 December 2020
Representatives of illegal armed groups in Luhansk region have detained a serviceman of the Ukrainian Joint Forces from a military unit stationed in the area of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO), the press service of the JFO headquarters has reported.
Two servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were wounded near the town of Horlivka, Donetsk region, at about 08:00 on December 21, the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) has reported on Facebook.
Ukraine has prepared and sent a written note to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) over a civilian injury in Donbas – outside the village of Kamianka near Avdiivka, the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) has reported on Facebook.
Over the past day, December 20, nine ceasefire violations were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation area in Donbas.
19 December 2020
National Defense Minister of Turkey Hulusi Akar has stated that the talks in the “quadriga” format were successful and defined the previously outlined framework for bilateral cooperation.
Over the past day, December 18, five ceasefire violations were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation area in Donbas.
18 December 2020
The Russian Federation is preparing to deploy nuclear weapons in the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula.
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) has recorded new violations by Russian occupation forces in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Over the past day, invaders launched eight attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbas.
17 December 2020
Over the past day, December 16, the Russian occupation forces violated the ceasefire in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in Donbas three times.
16 December 2020
Increase in spending on security and defense sector is a principled position of the President of Ukraine.
Over the past day, December 15, the Russian occupation forces violated the ceasefire in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in Donbas eleven times.
15 December 2020
As part of the California - Ukraine State Partnership Program, a working meeting of representatives of the Defense Attaché Office (DAO) at the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States with a delegation of the California National Guard took place.
For the first time in history, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has concluded direct foreign economic agreements for military goods.
For the first time in history, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has concluded direct foreign economic agreements for military goods.
Another rotation of Ukrainian peacekeepers took off from Kyiv's Boryspil Airport to Pristina International Airport on December 14, the media liaisons office of the Command of the Ukrainian Ground Forces has reported on Facebook.
Another rotation of Ukrainian peacekeepers took off from Kyiv's Boryspil Airport to Pristina International Airport on December 14, the media liaisons office of the Command of the Ukrainian Ground Forces has reported on Facebook.
Over the past day, December 14, four ceasefire violations were recorded in the areas of responsibility of Ukrainian units in Donbas.
14 December 2020
On December 14, Russian occupation forces have fired on the Ukrainian troops near the village of Vodiane, Donetsk region.
As many as 251 Ukrainian citizens are being held captive in Russia-occupied Donbas; however, it is currently impossible to monitor the observance of their rights and conditions of detention in prisons.