5 February, 2024 The Leleka-100 UAV from the Poroshenko Foundation for the Ukrainian military, February 2024. Photo credits: Petro Poroshenko
The Ukrainian military received two Leleka-100 unmanned aerial systems from the Poroshenko Foundation.
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The Russians launched 14 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs on the night of 2-3 February. The Ukrainian military managed to destroy nine drones.
Source: Ukraine’s Air Force on Telegram
Details: The Air Force reported that the Russians directed a significant nu…
January 25 will be a day of mourning for the victims of Russia’s mass missile attacks against Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov announced via Telegram. He also proposed renaming the city’s Pushkinska Street in the wake of the Russian attack. Russian forces …
Few people have heard of the Makove wetlands in Ukraine’s northwest; they don’t even have their own Wikipedia entry. Only those who know the forests, bogs and marshes in Rivne Oblast like the back of their hand, or perhaps those who follow environmenta…
Editor’s Note: This is issue 115 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering key events in the domain of SOEs, state-owned banks, and privatization in 2023. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission.Ukrainian SOE Weekly is an indep…
Law enforcement in Kyiv identified the individuals that intimidated prominent Ukrainian journalist Yurii Nikolov, the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office reported on Jan. 21. Authorities identified residents of Kyiv, Zhytomyr, and Cherkasy oblasts and search…
Kyiv’s law enforcement agencies identified the individuals who broke into the home of investigative journalist Yurii Nikolov in order to impede his professional duties.
Source: Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office on Telegram
Details: According to reports, a …
Over the past two months, 2,000 more residents have returned from evacuation to Donetsk Oblast than were evacuated during the same period.
Source: Ukrinform news agency, citing Dmytro Petlin, head of the department of operational duty service, communic…
An air-raid warning has been issued in Kyiv and several oblasts of Ukraine due to the threat of a Russian ballistic missile strike from the north.
Source: online air alert map; Ukraine’s Air Force on Telegram
Details: The air-raid warning is issued in …
Vladyslav Zalistovskyi, a 23-year-old MiG-29 pilot known by the call sign “Blue Helmet,” died during a combat mission, the Defense Ministry’s news channel Armiia TV reported on Jan. 8.This comes as another loss in the ranks of Ukrainian combat aviators…