Ukraine took several lessons from the loss of Avdiivka, namely the importance of air defenses, long-range weapons, artillery shells, and fortifications, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said on Feb. 17.Umerov made the comments the same that the Ukrainian…
Russia attacked Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast with aerial bombs on the afternoon of Feb. 17, injuring at least five people and damaging residential buildings, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported.Kupiansk, a crucial logistics juncture that was tempora…
President Volodymyr Zelensky met with a delegation of U.S. Senators at the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 17 to discuss Ukraine’s defense needs.After months of negotiations, the U.S. Senate finally approved a foreign bill that incl…
Kyiv’s partners “need outside-the-box thinking” regarding providing Ukraine with sufficient weaponry to repel Russia’s full-scale invasion, ex-NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen told reporters at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 17.”At the end of t…
Ukrainian and Russian forces clashed 63 times on the front line on Saturday (17 February), with Russian troops attempting to break through the Ukrainian defences 21 times on the Marinka front.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Fac…
The Netherlands is actively working with Kyiv on a bilateral agreement on security guarantees for Ukraine, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told a Kyiv Independent reporter on Feb. 17.“We are discussing intensely now with (President) Volodymyr Zelensky’…
Russian forces struck Zaporizhzhia on the afternoon of Feb. 17, damaging an infrastructure facility and leaving around 4,000 residents without heating, Anatolii Kurtiev, the city’s acting mayor, reported.Russia has carried out a sustained effort to att…
17 February, 2024 Russian Su-35S fighter. December 2022. Photo credits: UAC
Ukrainian air defense shot down two Su-34 fighter-bombers and one Su-35S fighter in the eastern sector.
Mykola Oleschuk, Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, announced this….
Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has reported that its officers secured an evacuation corridor after Ukrainian soldiers were ordered to leave the war-torn town of Avdiivka.
Source: a report from DIU
Quote: “Special forces of DIU, as part of Ukrain…
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umerov has outlined the lessons that Ukraine has learnt after the withdrawal of forces from the war-torn town of Avdiivka. He stressed that Ukraine’s Armed Forces need air defence systems and artillery ammunition.
Sour…