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Ukrainian media reveals how many Javelin anti-tank systems will be in the first delivery from the US
A U.S. preliminary commission to assess Ukraine’s capacities regarding the storage and use of Javelin anti-tank missile systems has already visited the country, Liga.net reports.
"The delivery date depends on the United States. The situation in Ukraine is currently being studied. A commission from the United States has already come to study the area," said one military source.
The United States will provisionally supply Ukraine with 35 launchers and 210 anti-tank missiles for $47 million. …
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister calls the meeting between US representative Volker and Putin's aide Surkov fruitless
At a joint briefing with the Italian Foreign Minister, OSCE Chairman Angelino Alfano in Kyiv, Pavlo Klimkin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, said that the last meeting of Kurt Volker, US State Department Special Representative, and Russian Presidential Assistant Vladislav Surkov was fruitless, Ukrinform reports.
"I am in constant contact with our American friends and allies. Several times I spoke with Kurt Volker before meeting with Surkov and yesterday too. Unfortunately, during …
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Ukraine conducts first successful cruise missile launch test
On January 30, Ukraine conducted the first successful flight tests of the new Ukrainian ground-based cruise missile, which is capable of destroying ground and water targets with precision.
This was reported by National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov in a statement published on NSDC website after the completion of the tests.
According to Turchynov, the missile is entirely the work of Ukrainian engineers from the state enterprise KB Luch, in collaboration with …
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Ukraine cuts off water to LPR due to debt
Luhansk has no cold water supply, LIGA.net reported with reference to sources in the city.
Yevheniy Nasedkin, press secretary of the Luhansk Energy Association (LEA), which is part of Konstantin Grigorishin’s Energy Standard holdings, confirmed that the water supply had been switched off in the former provincial center.
“It was switched off today. The reason is the Popasna Waterworks’ debt,” he said. According to him, it has been in debt to the LEA since July 2015, and today the debt amounts …
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Ukraine forms new tactical aviation brigade
At the beginning of 2018, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine formed one more tactical aviation brigade, as reported by the press service of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"On January 1, 2018, one of the oldest aviation units of the Air Force, a fighter aviation squadron, deployed in Ozerne in the Zhytomyr region was reorganized. It became a tactical aviation brigade. Earlier, the military unit had such a status, but as a result of the reduction process it was …