Ben Wallace, Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom, has said that on 11 February, at a meeting with a Russian counterpart in Moscow, he received false assurances from Sergei Shoigu that Russia was not going to attack Ukraine.
Source: Wal…
Russian authorities are likely keeping open the option of another round of call-ups under the “partial mobilisation”.
Source: British Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine as of 30 January 2023; European Pravda
Report states that on 2…
Denys Shmyhal, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, has declared an ambitious plan to join the European Union within the next two years.
Source: Shmyhal in the interview with Politico, reported by European Pravda
Quote: “We have a very ambitious plan to join…
Kyrylo Budanov, the Head of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence, has said that Ukraine must systematically weaken Russia, for this aim it is necessary to actively integrate into Euro-Atlantic and European structures.
Source: Budanov in an interview with Pol…
29 January, 2023 BATT UMG armored vehicle of the Ukrainian military. January 2023. Ukraine. Photo credits: @Naalsio
The Ukrainian military received new BATT UMG armored vehicles.
Photos of these armored vehicles in Ukraine were published on social me…
Christoph Heusgen, former advisor to Angela Merkel on foreign policy and current chairman of the Munich Security Conference, supports the provision of fighter jets to Ukraine to protect it against Russian attacks.
Source: Heusgen on air of ARD; Europea…
On Sunday 29 January, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with Petr Pavel, former Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, who has recently won the presidential elections in Czechia.
Zelenskyy himself confirmed that on Twitter,…
Oleksii Reznikov, Minister of Defence of Ukraine, has said that his country hopes to receive military aircraft that could be a “game changer” in its fight against Russia after receiving tanks from allies.
Source: Reznikov in an interview with CBC
Detai…
A contingent of military officials is quietly pushing the Pentagon to approve sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to help the country defend itself from Russian missile and drone attacks.
Source: Politico, citing sources “with knowledge of the discuss…
Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, said on the eve of next week’s Ukraine-EU summit that Ukraine has the EU’s unconditional support and that it must win the war to protect European values.
Source: Ursula von der Leyen, repo…