President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Russia deliberately targeted the grain deal infrastructure on the night of 18-19 July, adding that he has instructed the military to step up the protection of people and port infrastructure.
Source: Zelensk…
Russian Shahed attack drones damaged an infrastructure facility and several private residential houses in an attack on Zhytomyr Oblast early on 19 July.
Source: Vitalii Bunechko, Head of the Zhytomyr Oblast Military Administration
Quote from Bunechko: …
Kyiv’s law enforcement officers exposed the businessmen who carried out the re-routing of international calls to Ukraine: their services allowed anyone from abroad to make anonymous calls in this country.
Source: Security Service of Ukraine, Nati…
On 1 July, Ukraine’s border guards met ultramarathon participants, who were delivering the flag from Bakhmut to the NATO Summit in Vilnius, on the Ukrainian-Polish border.
Source: the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine; European Pravda
At the Ustylu…
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9 June, 2023 S-300PT SAM launchers. September 2021. Photo credits: Ukrainian Air Force
Ukrainian air defense forces have shot down missiles and drones used by the Russians to attack Ukraine.
Overall, 4 Russian cruise missiles, 10 kamikaze drones and …
Ukrainian air defenses shot down four of six cruise missiles and ten of 16 drones that Russia used to attack military facilities and critical infrastructure overnight on June 9, the Air Force of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported[1].The missiles we…
One person was killed, even more wounded, and 6 houses were destroyed as a result of the Russian missile attack on Zhytomyr Oblast.
Source: Zviahel City Council; Vitalii Bunechko, Head of the Zhytomyr Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he held several meetings to discuss Ukraine’s policies, and announced that Diia, a digital governance and administrative services platform, will be used to help other countries develop their state s…
When the 29-year-old Dmytro Finashin, who goes by the alias Fin, was given a shockproof shield and a rubber club in the National Guard, he was not happy.
Since early childhood, Dmytro, born in Koziatyn, had dreamt of becoming a soldier. But after the M…