DIU special forces attack Russian drone base in Syria
On Sunday, September 15, DIU special forces from the “Chemist” group attacked a Russian base in Syria near Aleppo, where Russians were manufacturing and testing attack UAVs.
16 September 2024
On Sunday, September 15, DIU special forces from the “Chemist” group attacked a Russian base in Syria near Aleppo, where Russians were manufacturing and testing attack UAVs.
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said that by the end of this year Ukraine will receive another batch of F-16 fighters from Denmark.
Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov discussed with his Estonian counterpart Hanno Pevkur ways of supporting Ukrainian defense industry, in particular, purchases of Ukrainian long-range drones and missiles.
The Italian Ministry of Defense is currently preparing to send the second SAMP/T air defense system to Ukraine to help protect the Ukrainian population.
The United States has announced an aid package for Ukraine, which will include air defense systems and missiles.
A Russian Kh-22 missile hit a civilian ship carrying a cargo of wheat to Egypt outside the Ukrainian grain corridor.
Russia is likely to face increasing problems in production and procurement of the weapons it needs to wage war against Ukraine, so the Kremlin will increasingly rely on its foreign partners to meet its materiel needs.
On September 15, a total of 173 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and the Russian invaders were recorded.
An estimated combat casualty toll Russia has suffered in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion stands at 634,860 as of September 16.
In the Black Sea, the Russian Navy keeps a single Kalibr missile carrier.
That’s just one more reason for the Allies to lift restrictions on supplying long-range munitions and permitting Ukraine to use them against military targets on Russian soil
The United States and the United Kingdom are increasingly concerned that Russia is sharing with Iran secret information and technology that could bring it closer to being able to build nuclear weapons, in exchange for Tehran providing Moscow with ballistic missiles for its war in Ukraine.
15 September 2024
Ukraine is subjected to devastating missile and drone attacks from deep inside Russia every day, which destroy civilian infrastructure and kill civilians, so it must be able to hit airfields and launch sites on Russian territory.
Ukraine tried to convince the U.S. leadership of the need to strike deep into Russia using U.S.-provided weapons, but Kyiv has not received such permission so far.
Five former British defense secretaries and former Prime Minister Boris Johnson have urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to allow Ukraine to use its long-range Storm Shadow missiles to strike inside Russia — even without US backing.
This week, Russia has launched nearly 30 missiles of various types, more than 800 guided aerial bombs, and almost 300 strike drones against Ukraine.
On September 14, 164 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders occurred on the front lines, with almost half of them in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove sectors.
On September 14, Russian forces killed one civilian and injured three more in the Donetsk region.
Ukraine’s air defense forces shot down one Kh-59 guided missile and ten Russian Shahed attack drones on the night of September 15.
The Russian army’s combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to September 15, 2024 amount to nearly 633,800 invaders, including another 1,170 troops killed or wounded in action in the past day.
There are 16 enemy ships in the Black Sea, of which seven are carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles with a total volley of up to 48 missiles.
Several explosions were heard during the air raid in Kharkiv.
14 September 2024
A married couple was killed, one person was wounded, and residential buildings and outbuildings were damaged as a result of a Russian missile attack on the Odesa district.
Soldiers from the Air Command East intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile in the sky over the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk met with a delegation of members of the U.S. Congress.
An explosion rocked Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, amid an air raid alert, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.
Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has discussed the acceleration and increase of military assistance and other ways to counter the Russian threat with representatives of allied countries.
The US Department of State has approved the possible sale of F-35 fighters and related equipment to Romania.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine a "turning point" and believes the alliance could have done more to prevent the war.
On the night of September 14, the Air Defense Forces shot down 72 Shahed attack drones launched by Russia at Ukraine.