Next UDCG meeting to be held on June 4 in Brussels
The member countries of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Ramstein Format) will meet on June 4 in Brussels to coordinate further assistance to Ukraine.
29 May 2025
The member countries of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Ramstein Format) will meet on June 4 in Brussels to coordinate further assistance to Ukraine.
The supply of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine remains "within the realm of possibility".
The enemy is currently actively rotating and replacing personnel, pulling up and amassing reserves in the border areas adjacent to Kharkiv region. However, this is not happening on a scale that poses a threat of breaching Ukrainian defenses.
The Russian army has accumulated significant personnel and equipment in the Kursk region, potentially preparing for an offensive against Ukraine’s Sumy region.
Ukraine’s Air Defense Forces destroyed 56 of 90 Russian drones launched against the country since the evening of May 28.
For the first time, a delegation from Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense and representatives from six Ukrainian defense industry enterprises participated in the DSEI Japan 2025, an international arms and defense equipment exhibition in Tokyo.
As part of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative led by the President of Ukraine, 11 more Ukrainian children have been returned from territories temporarily occupied by Russia.
On May 28, Russian troops killed one civilian and wounded 13 others in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, according to Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration.
Ukrainian forces engaged in 205 combat clashes with Russian invaders on May 28, with the heaviest fighting concentrated in the Pokrovsk sector.
Russia suffered approximately 984,940 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and May 29, 2025, with 1,050 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
Renowned Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk, during an online lesson organized by the National Police in cooperation with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), called on teenagers to report any attempts by Russians to recruit them.
Operators from the Prime strike unmanned aerial systems unit, part of the 5th detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, successfully destroyed a Russian UAV takeoff position, seven hideouts, two artillery positions, a dugout, a firing post, a truck, and two telecommunications towers in the Kursk sector.
Soldiers from the Phoenix reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle unit of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine destroyed a Russian tank, a cannon, and a hideout in a strategically important frontline sector.
In the Kyiv region, bomb disposal experts from Ukraine's State Emergency Service have recovered the warhead of a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile found in a field.
The first group of instructors for operating the DELTA combat system has been trained for the Ukrainian Ground Forces.
Russia responds only to force, which is why continued military assistance and strengthening Ukraine's defense capabilities are critically important.
More than half of the Azovstal garrison have been freed from Russian captivity through prisoner exchange efforts, according to Andrii Yusov, deputy head of Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has called on Russia to immediately hand over its proposed "memorandum" on a ceasefire to Ukraine, rather than waiting until Monday.
In order to launch the production of Ukrainian-made weapons at full pace, an additional USD 30 billion is needed.
There are certain similarities between Russia’s hybrid operations in Ukraine and Estonia: lacking trust among the populations of both countries, Moscow tries to sow chaos through disinformation.
Due to escalating security situation, authorities in the Zaporizhzhia region have ordered the mandatory evacuation of families with children from the village of Mahdalynivka in the Komyshuvakha territorial community.
Operators from the Prime strike unmanned aerial systems unit, part of the 5th detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, successfully destroyed a Russian UAV takeoff position, seven hideouts, two artillery positions, a dugout, a firing post, a truck, and two telecommunications towers in the Kursk sector.
Belarus has decided to “reduce the parameters” of the joint West-2025 exercise with Russia and move the main maneuvers inland from the western borders.
Russia is experiencing a decline in rail freight transportation volumes.
28 May 2025
Soldiers from the Phoenix reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle unit of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine destroyed a Russian tank, a cannon, and a hideout in a strategically important frontline sector.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov handed over a document outlining Ukraine’s position on the ceasefire to Vladimir Medinsky, the head of the Russian delegation.
During his visit to Germany, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with the President of the German Bundestag, Julia Klöckner, to discuss defense assistance and broader support for Ukraine.
Ukraine and Finland have signed several bilateral agreements aimed at expanding cooperation in the areas of energy, education, and security.
U.S. President Donald Trump said that within two weeks it will become clear whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin really wants to end the war against Ukraine.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal held a meeting with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in Kyiv.