On 26 January, Kharkiv-based National Guardsmen destroyed a Russian Mi-24 helicopter with a man-portable air-defence system [MANPADS] on the Bakhmut front. Source: Press service of National Guard of Ukraine Details: The chief of air defence service of the 3rd Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine stated that on 26 January at 10:40, a […]
Two people have been killed and five others wounded as a result of a Russian attack on the city of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, in the morning of 17 January. Source: Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: “Two people were killed and at least five were wounded during the Russian […]
Mykhailo Fedorov, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, has reported that Shahed Hunters are already in Ukraine and are protecting energy facilities from Russian drones. Source: Fedorov on Telegram Quote: “Shahed Hunters are already in Ukraine.
The EU Council decided on Friday to prolong by six months, until 31 July 2023, restrictive measures directed against certain sectors of the Russian economy. Source: Press service of the European Union Council, reports European Pravda Details: These sanctions were first introduced in 2014 in response to Russia’s actions that destabilised the situation in Ukraine.
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine expects that Russian and Belarusian joint military drills on training grounds in the Republic of Belarus will be continued repeatedly, in order to exert pressure on Defence Forces of Ukraine.
Emergency power cuts were implemented in 10 oblasts of Ukraine on Friday, 27 January, because of the significant shortage in the energy system. Source: press service of Ukrenergo, the national power regulator, on Telegram Details: Ukrenergo said that electricity consumption is the same as it was on Thursday, however, the generating capacities of power plants […]
A KamAZ truck carrying Russian soldiers has overturned in Belgorod Oblast of Russia, with six people reported injured. Source: Kremlin-aligned news outlet TASS Quote: “A military KamAZ truck rolled over in the village of Gostishchevo [Yakovlevsky District of Belgorod Oblast – ed.
A Mi-8 helicopter of the Special Flight Unit Russia, subordinated to the Russian Presidential Administration, has crashed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport. Source: Russian news outlets Interfax and Baza Quote: “A Mi-8 helicopter hit the ground with its rotor blades while landing at Vnukovo and was damaged.
Poland is planning to send another 60 modernised Soviet-made tanks, including PT-91 Twardy, to Ukraine, apart from a company [14 units – ed.] of Leopard 2 tanks. Source: Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of Poland, in an interview with the Canadian outlet CTV News, as reported by European Pravda Details: While commenting on the achieved agreement […]
The first Ukrainian soldiers have arrived in Germany to undergo training on Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFV). Source: Spiegel; European Pravda Details: The group arrived in Cologne, Germany on 26 January and is set to begin training on the IFVs shortly.
Russian invaders want to introduce a Russian time zone on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Source: The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation on Telegram Quote: “The gradual synchronisation of Russian legislation is underway after four new subjects have been admitted to the country.
Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, has dropped hints that international partners would provide Ukraine with a multifunctional F-16 light fighter. Facebook: Danilov on Facebook Quote: “Soon in Ukrainian skies.
In Lviv, doctors saved the life of 13-year-old Stas, who was injured during a shelling of the village of Hrushuvakha in Kharkiv Oblast in late June. The ceiling of the house collapsed on the boy. He was taken out barely alive from under the rubble, the First Medical Association of Lviv reports.
Despite enormous losses, Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning a new offensive in Ukraine, at the same time preparing his country for years of confrontation with the US and its allies. Source: Bloomberg Quote: “Nearly a year into an invasion that was supposed to take weeks, Vladimir Putin is preparing a new offensive in Ukraine, […]
Russian forces have attacked Myrove hromada in Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, launching about 50 munitions from multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed.
A “massive arms factory” is to be built in Poland in order to help Ukraine win the war. Source: Tobias Ellwood, Chairman of the Defence Select Committee of the British Parliament, as reported by European Pravda with a reference to The Telegraph Details: Ellwood has stated that the Western governments have shown the lack of […]
The Russians continue to suffer losses in the war of aggression against Ukraine. Ukraine’s Defence Forces killed about 850 invaders, destroyed a Russian helicopter, 33 drones and 7 tanks in the last 24 hours.
The Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom has posted a video from tank exercises showing what they are capable of and how this can help Ukraine in the war against the Russian Federation. Source: European Pravda, citing the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom Quote from the Ministry: “Why does Ukraine need main […]
Six civilians were killed and nine more sustained injuries as a result of Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast on 26 January. Source: Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: “On 26 January, the Russians killed six civilians in Donetsk Oblast: two in Ocheretyne, two in Bokoiavlenka, one in Avdiivka and one […]
The Pentagon has confirmed that they plan to transfer to Ukraine a modern modification of the Abrams M1A2 tanks, not the A1, the stocks of which are available in the American military. Source: Sabrina Singh, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary, during a press briefing, reported European Pravda Quote from Singh: “We’re working through the details right […]
Russian units have probably conducted local, probing attacks near Orikhiv and Vuhledar [the settlements that are closest to the “border” of Russian-occupied territories – ed.], but it is highly unlikely that Russia has actually achieved any substantive advances.
The Russian forces fired mortars and grenade launchers at hromadas (administrative units designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories) of Bilopillia and Velyka Pysarivka in Sumy Oblast over the past 24 hours.