Contents tagged with War in Ukraine
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France to provide long-range missiles to Ukraine
France has decided to deliver long-range missiles to Ukraine to support the counteroffensive, said French President Emmanuel Macron at the NATO summit in Vilnius.
These will most likely be the Franco-British Storm Shadow cruise missiles (the French name is SCALP EG), which were previously delivered to Ukraine by the United Kingdom.
Germany, in turn, will deliver Leopard 1 battle tanks, Marder infantry fighting vehicles, Patriot air defense missile launchers and missiles to Ukraine. A new aid …
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Another Russian general killed in Ukraine
Russian Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov was killed in Ukrainian missile strike on Russia occupied Berdyansk, reported the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andryushchenko.
Andryushchenko recalled that Tsokov was injured in September 2022, but survived. "Now, as they say, the graveyard ceremony has been carried out to the end," Andryushchenko said.
Tsokov was reportedly in the command center of the Russian 58th Army when it was hit by Ukrainian missiles.
51-year-old Major General Tsokov …
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Russian submarine commander responsible for missile strikes on Ukrainian cities shot dead in Krasnodar
Stanislav Rzhitsky, deputy head of the city department for conscription work, was shot dead in Krasnodar, reports the news outlet Shot. The information was also confirmed by the news agencies TASS and RBC.
According to Shot, 42-year-old Rzhitsky went for a morning run. He was killed by 4 shots in the back and chest near the sports arena Olympus. The killer then fled the scene. Rzhitsky died at the scene. A criminal case has been opened and the authorities are looking for the killer.
The …
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Kyiv: Ukrainian Forces have taken control of dominant heights around Bakhmut
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have carried out successful attacks in the south and east of Ukraine.
According to Malyar, over the past week, the Russians launched 39 missile and 334 air strikes on Ukraine. At the same time, in a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated another 4 sq. km of the Ukrainian territory in the east.
Malyar said that in the east, over the past week, there has been an increase in the number of enemy artillery …
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Ukrainian military: Russians are trapped in Bakhmut
The Ukrainian military continues to successfully advance in the Bakhmut area of the Donetsk region, said was the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi.
"Bakhmut direction. There are successes. The defense forces continue to move forward, and the enemy is trapped in places," Syrskyi said, publishing a video of the work of Ukrainian snipers.
"The video shows the excellent work of the Ghost group of the separate presidential brigade named after Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky. A …
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U.S. to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine
The new aid package, which will be provided from the US Army's stockpiles, includes 155-mm caliber ammunition, including DPICM, 105-mm shells, as well as ammunition for the Patriot and HIMARS systems, said US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan at a press briefing.
At the same time, he noted that Kyiv "provided written assurances" that Ukraine would use these weapons "very carefully, in order to minimize any risk to the civilian population."
According to Sullivan, these guarantees made …
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Ukrainian commander: our forces have broken through Russian defense lines and are advancing towards Tokmak
The commander of a Ukrainian reconnaissance unit, Denis Yaroslavsky, said that the 47th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is doing real miracles at the front. According to him, Ukrainian soldiers from have broken through the first line of Russian defense and are advancing towards Tokmak.
"Tokmak will be next. As soon as we take Tokmak, we will get under our control the most important logistics routes. But again, it is always more difficult to take something back than to lose it," the …
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Czech Republic to send combat helicopters and ammunition to Ukraine
The Czech Republic will send additional attack helicopters and ammunition to Ukraine. It will also help with the training of pilots on Western fighter jets, said Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Supporting Ukraine is a foreign policy priority for me and my government. We will continue to support and participate in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. We must continue with this assistance. The Czech Republic is sending …
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Prigozhin breaks silence, promises 'more victories ahead'
The head of Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, for the first time in a week recorded an audio message, which was published on the Telegram channel Grey Zone.
"I want you to understand that our "march of justice" was aimed at fighting traitors and mobilizing our society. And I think that we managed to do a lot of this," Prigozhin said.
He promised that in the near future everyone will see "our next victories at the front." It is not known exactly when the audio was recorded. Prigozhin also did not …
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Kyiv: Ukrainian Forces are advancing towards Berdyansk
Units of the Ukrainian army continue to advance in the southern direction of the front. They have wedged into the Russian defense lines to a depth of 2 km in the Berdyansk direction, reported the speaker of the joint press center of the Defense Forces of the Tavrichesky direction, Valery Shershen.
According to him, after the liberation of new territories, units of the Ukrainian army established foothold there. They continue to carry out aerial reconnaissance and launch artillery strikes on the …