The Swedish government has proposed a new military aid package for Ukraine worth 3.4 billion Swedish Krona ($314 million), Defense Minister Pål Jonson said on Aug. 15, cited[1] by national broadcaster SVT.The package reportedly includes ammuniti…
Ukraine is ready for any large-scale offensives that Russia could potentially launch in the near future, military intelligence (HUR) General Vadym Skibitskyi said[1] on Aug. 14, commenting on recent rumors about such attacks in Western media.Mos…
Ukraine has become the world’s most heavily mined nation, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told[1] the Guardian in an interview on Aug. 13. Reznikov urged allies to speed up their efforts to aid Ukraine’s demining[2] project.“Today, Ukraine is …
The serviceman with nom de guerre Shatun is a member of the National Guard of Ukraine. He was born in Sumy Oblast. Today he takes an active part in the battles near Kreminna, where he performs many important tasks.
The National Guardsman of Ukraine tol…
Service member Andrii Marchuk is returning to service after undergoing amputation and getting a prosthetic leg. The soldier has been defending Ukraine since 2014.
Source: Ministry of Health of Ukraine
Andrii comes from the Kherson Oblast. He joined the…
Azerbaijan’s demining experts will train Ukrainian sappers, the Interior Ministry reported[1] on Aug. 10, citing Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Ukraine Seymour Mardaliev.At a meeting in Kyiv, the Mardaliev-led delegation discussed the organization of such…
The number of Russians killed and wounded on the Svatove-Kreminna front of Luhansk Oblast has increased significantly; in the first week of August, about 500 wounded invaders were transported to the Russian city of Belgorod.
Source: General Staff of th…
Since the beginning of the all-out war, 78 Ukrainian first responders were killed in Russian attacks while doing their job, the State Emergency Service’s spokesman Oleksandr Khorunzhyi said[1] on Aug. 8.An additional 280 emergency workers have s…
Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said[1] on Aug. 7 that over the last week, the eastern front became the “epicenter of hostilities.”She reported[2] that Russian forces are “desperately trying to surround Avdiivka” in Donetsk Oblast and attempting t…
Endless Russian assaults near Kreminna test Ukraine’s defensesEditor’s note: The Kyiv Independent is not disclosing the full names or deployed positions of the Ukrainian soldiers interviewed in the story due to security concerns amid the ongoing war. D…