The Russian Federation continues to block Ukrainian trade in the Black Sea. A Russian warship has forcibly stopped and inspected a civilian cargo ship bound for the port of Izmail as part of the Kremlin’s attempt to limit maritime transport to Ukrainian ports without an... #BlackSeaBlockage #MissileAttackOnUkraine #Odesa #RussianMilitaryShips #UkraineTrade
Rheinmetall will supply Ukraine with the latest Luna NG aerial reconnaissance systems, and ATACMS negotiations with the US are ongoing. As reported by Bild, the “unmanned package” consists of a ground control station with several drones, a launch catapult, and military trucks. According to the manufacturer, the Luna NG dro... #ATACMS #dronestoUkraine #LunaNG #OksanaMarkarova #Rheinmetall
Over the weekend, a series of explosions occurred on the Crimean Bridge. On August 12, explosions and shots rang out in occupied Kerch. The Russian-appointed Crimean authorities announced a temporary stop to traffic on the Crimean Bridge due to attempts by the Ukrainian mi... #CrimeanBridge #CrimeanBridgeDamage #WarinUkraine #YuriyIgnat
Ukraine and Russia intensify their mutual air attacks. On August 9 and the night of August 10, Russian troops shelled 10 regions of Ukraine. The Russians destroyed an oil depot in the Rivne region at night with drones. Sumy, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizh... #DronesInMoscow #MissileAttackOnUkraine #SerhiySobyanin #WarinUkraine
Berlin is working on transferring Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, and Estonia is providing small arms. The German chancellor’s office is coordinating with the US on the missile transfer issue. According to T-online, the German Air Force has already approved the transfer of the missiles, which hav... #LongRangeMissiles #MilitaryAidforUkraine #TaurusMissile #WeaponsforUkraine
Biden has given the green light for training Ukrainian pilots on the F-16. Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said the agency had no additional data on the program. Last week, Politico wrote that the first group of Ukrainian pilots who will participate in F-16 training have... #F16 #F16training #SabrinaSingh
Ukraine’s monthly war expenses are one-third of Russia’s. Ukraine spends $3.8B a month on the war, less than a third of what the Russian Federation spends. At the same time, there is no actual data on Russia’s spending because Russia is hiding the true... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #UkraineBudget #WarExpensesUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will receive another $200M package from the US. US President Joe Biden’s administration plans to announce the provision of a new $200M arms package to Ukraine. It will include demining equipment, TOW and AT4 anti-tank weapons, guns and muniti... #Javelin #JoeBiden #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Pentagon #USmilitaryAid
A few German politicians insist on providing Ukraine with Taurus missiles. Several influential politicians from the Social Democratic Party of Germany, which is part of the ruling coalition, called on the German government to provide long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine, th... #GermanyMilitaryAid #LongRangeMissiles #TaurusMissile #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
New battle front: Ukraine seeks to disrupt the export of Russian oil. The attack on the Olenegorsky Gornyak, a Russian landing ship, in Novorossiysk Bay puts the Russian oil export infrastructure at risk for the first time. As the FT points out, naval drones attacked th... #DroneAttacksOnRussia #OlenegorskyGornyak #RussianOilExport #RussianShips #WarinUkraine
The war costs Ukraine about UAH 2T per year. “Supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine and confronting Russia in the war it unleashed costs our state about 2 trillion hryvnias,” said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a conference of Ukra... #DenysShmyhal #UkraineEconomy #WarinUkraine
The damage to Ukraine’s infrastructure from the war has exceeded $150B. The amount of direct damage caused to Ukraine’s infrastructure due to the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation is estimated at $150.5B, of which $55.9B represents housing loss, reported... #InfrastructureLosses #infrastructureUkraine #KakhovkaHPP #UkraineWarDamages #WarinUkraine
Russia attacked and damaged the Danube River port in Ukraine. Russian forces struck the southern part of the Odesa region on Tuesday night with drones, said regional governor Oleh Kiper. According to the statement some port and industrial infrastructure objects ... #AgroLossesUkraine #DroneAttackOnUkraine #GrainExportUkraine #IzmailSeaPort #OlehKiper
Ukraine has expanded its drone army by adding another drone model. Ukraine’s military has added another drone model to its arsenal, said defense minister Oleksiy Reznikov. He announced on Wednesday that the Ukrainian military is adopting a new model of First Pe... #DefenseTechnology #FPVdrones #OleksiyReznikov #UkrainianDrone #ValeriyBorovyk
The first Ukrainian demining machine is ready for mass production. The first piece of domestic demining equipment, which was developed by a Kharkiv manufacturer, has passed certification. The manufacturing company received a certificate and declaration of conformity,... #DefenseTechnology #DeminingMachine #DeminingUkraine #YuliyaSvyridenko
More than 12,500 objects have been restored in the Kyiv region. Almost half of the facilities damaged by Russia’s aggression have already been fully or partially restored in the Kyiv region – more than 12,500 out of 27,700 facilities, said Ruslan Kravc... #HousingDamagesUkraine #KyivRestoration #RuslanKravchenko #UkraineRestoration
On Monday, Russia struck Kherson and Kryviy Rih, killing nine people. Russian missiles slammed into an apartment complex and a university building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih Monday, killing six people and wounding scores of others as the blasts trapped ... #Kherson #KryvyiRih #MissileAttackOnUkraine #WarinUkraine
The US confirms negotiations with Ukraine on bilateral security guarantees. The US State Department confirmed on Monday that talks between Kyiv and Washington on long-term security commitments, which were announced at the NATO summit in Vilnius, will begin this week, said the... #MatthewMiller #SecurityGuarantees #USUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukrainian drones successfully attacked the business center in Moscow. Russia says that Ukraine targeted the capital of Russia with several drones on July 30, the latest in a series of attacks that have brought the Ukraine war to Russia’s capital. The Russian Defense Min... #DroneAttacksOnRussia #DronesInMoscow #WarinUkraine #YuriyIgnat
Saudi Arabia to host Ukraine peace talks with 30 countries. The summit will be held in the Red Sea port of Jeddah, said the official, who spoke anonymously as no authorization had been given to discuss the summit publicly. The official said those participating... #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SaudiArabiaUkraine #UkrainePeacePlan #WarinUkraine
Ukraine’s special forces are being trained in the UK for the Crimean invasion. The Crimea operation will involve air, land, and sea strikes with Ukrainian commandos using technology to undermine and paralyze Russian troops. More than 2,000 soldiers have arrived at a remote Dartm... #CrimeaLiberation #KyryloBudanov #trainingforUAF #UkraineSpecialForces #WarinUkraine
German politicians from the opposition and coalition parties call on their government to supply cruise missiles to Ukraine. Berlin should “immediately” provide long-range Taurus missiles to Kyiv, said Roderich Kiesewetter, a member of the Bundestag from the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He noted ... #GermanyMilitaryAid #LongRangeMissiles #MarkusFaber #RoderichKiesewetter #TaurusMissile
Ukraine’s counteroffensive is going according to plan, and the military is showing due caution. Britain’s Ministry of Defense has dismissed concerns about the slow pace of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, saying operations are proceeding according to plan, stated the UK Minister of Defense,... #JamesHeappey #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
Training for Ukrainians on the F-16 is postponed; the planes will not be available this year. Western partners have yet to even agree on a plan to train Ukrainian pilots to fly the promised jets, according to three U.S. officials, reports Politico. Denmark and the Netherlands are leading a coa... #F16 #F16training #FighterJetsToUkraine #WarinUkraine
The war has transformed Ukraine from a farming country to a defense tech nation. Ukraine, known for agriculture and other heavy industry, is not an obvious setting for drone innovation. The necessities of war, however, have turned the country into a kind of super lab of invention,... #Brave1 #DefenseTechnology #EricSchmidt #UkrainianDrone #WarinUkraine
The United States announces a new $400M assistance package for Ukraine. On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a new $400M tranche of security assistance for Ukraine, including air defense munitions and armored vehicles. The aid includes “air defense m... #AnthonyBlinken #GrainAgreement #Stryker #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will receive $244M to purchase demining equipment. Several donor countries will provide $244M to Ukraine for the purchase of special equipment for demining liberated territories, said Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko. The donors committed to helpi... #demining #DeminingUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #YuliyaSvyridenko
Ukraine drones struck two non-residential buildings in Moscow. On Monday morning, one of the drones that were spotted in Moscow was brought down near a Russian Ministry of Defense complex. Russian media footage showed damage to one of its buildings. Russia report... #AttackOnRussia #Crimea #DronesInMoscow #WarinUkraine
Ukraine plans to become the largest European arms producer. Ukraine has ambitions to become the largest arms manufacturer in Europe and can already talk about its first successes as a missile manufacturer, said Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamysh... #AlexanderKamyshin #ArmsProductionUkraine #Brave1 #WeaponsProduction
The Russians attacked the Danube port of Reni on Monday night. The port of Reni was damaged as a result of another Russian attack on Odesa’s infrastructure during the night of July 24, said Reni regional official Ihor Plekhov. According to him, about 15 Sha... #DroneAttackOnUkraine #PortInfrastructureUkraine #ReniPort #WarinUkraine
The EU’s plan to expand the production of ammunition and missiles has come into effect. The Act to Support Ammunition Production (ASAP), legislation developed in the EU to increase ammunition and missile production, became effective on Monday, 23 July. ASAP is designed to increase the EU... #ASAP #EUmilitaryAid #WeaponsforUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Russia has attacked Odesa for the third time in a week and destroyed an iconic cathedral protected by UNESCO. At least 25 architectural monuments in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa have been damaged by Russian missiles overnight. The most famous church in Odesa is an Orthodox cathedral known as the Transfigu... #AirDefenseSystems #AttackOnOdesa #WarinUkraine #YuriyIgnat
Ukraine responds to Russian threats by warning it may attack Russian ships. Ukraine stated that any ships heading to Russian ports might be military targets, a tit-for-tat response to a threat from Moscow that escalates the war’s risk to global food markets. Ukraine has previ... #blacksea #RussianMilitaryShips #WarinUkraine
The Pentagon has officially provided Ukraine with a new $1.3B aid package and is preparing an additional package for $400M. On July 19, the United States officially announced the allocation of an additional $1.3B for a new defensive aid package for Ukraine. It contains NASAMS air defense systems and munitions, artillery sh... #HimarsForUkraine #NASAMS #TOWantiTankMissiles #USmilitaryairforUkraine #WarinUkraine
The Mykolaiv Nika-Tera Seaport has suffered UAH 1B in losses during the war. Russian troops have attacked the port more than 10 times, Group DF reported. The amount of damages is a preliminary estimate and may be much higher. One of the most significant strikes by the Russians... #MykolaivSeaPort #NikaTera #UkraineExport #WarinUkraine #WarLosses
Ramstein results: M113 armored personnel carriers from Benelux, Leopard tanks from Spain, and €24M in defense support from Lithuania. According to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, the Ukraine Defense Contact Group demonstrated strong support for Ukraine through its partners. The priority for the July 18 meeting ... #M113 #MilitaryAidforUkraine #OleksiyReznikov #Ramsteinmeeting #WarinUkraine
Moscow has declared all vessels bound for Ukrainian ports to be military cargo carriers; Zelenskyy wants negotiations on convoys to export grain by sea. From July 20, all ships bound for Ukrainian ports will be considered potential military cargo carriers. And the countries under whose flags these vessels will be regarded as “involved” in ... #GrainAgreement #GrainExportUkraine #RecepTayyipErdoğan #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Russia has damaged the grain initiative infrastructure: 60,000 tons of grain was destroyed, and recovery will take at least a year. During the attack on the Odesa region that took place on July 19, Russian missiles hit a grain and oil terminal, damaging tanks and loading equipment in the ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk. The grain i... #ChornomorskSeaPort #MissileAttackOnUkraine #OdesaSeaport #UkraineWarDamages #WarinUkraine
The EU launches another €20B special fund for Ukraine. The EU is working on creating a special fund to help the Ukrainian army over the next four years, worth up to €20B, reported Politico. This proposal would not involve direct payments to the EU for arm... #EUsupportforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The United States will provide Ukraine with a new $1.3B military aid package. According to a US official, the weapons package includes anti-aircraft defense systems, anti-drone systems, attack drones, and ammunition, reported Reuters. The US is using funds under the Ukraine Sec... #USAI #USmilitaryairforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Exports of Bulgarian weapons have increased by 200% due to help for Ukraine. It is noted that last year the export of weapons amounted to €1.7B, which is equal to 2% of the country’s GDP. According to the Minister of Economy, Bohdan Bohdanov, the Bulgarian defense indust... #BohdanBohdanov #BulgariaMilitaryAid #RumenRadev #WeaponsforUkraine
The first group of Ukrainian pilots is ready for F-16 training after US approval. The spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Yuriy Ignat, announced the readiness of Ukrainian pilots. He clarified that these aviators know English and have mastered foreign ... #F16 #F16training #LockheedMartin #WarinUkraine #YuriyIgnat
Due to the attack on the Crimea Bridge, the Russians have logistical problems. Andriy Yusov, the spokesman of the State Administration of Ukraine, noted that the Russians use Crimea as a large logistics hub. From there, enemy personnel and equipment are moved deep into Ukrainian... #AndriyYusov #CrimeanBridge #CrimeanBridgeDamage #GeorgeBarros #WarinUkraine
Most Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced people still plan to return home. More than 75% of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) still hope to return home. However, the UN reported that only about 15% of them plan to do so soon, the UN reported. At the same time,... #RefugeesFromUkraine #RepatriationInUkraine #UkrainiansAbroad #WarinUkraine
Reznikov summed up the “weapons” results from the NATO summit: Ukraine will receive €1.5B in support. According to the Minister of Defense, the aid consists of seven packages. The largest is from Germany for €700M, which includes 25 Leopard 1A5 tanks, 40 Marder 1A3 BMPs, 2two Patriot air defense syste... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATOsummitVilnius #OleksiyReznikov #WarinUkraine
Ukrainians are not ready to negotiate with Russia and are against territorial concessions. According to survey results from the Razumkov Center, 86.6% of Ukrainians believe that negotiations on the cessation of hostilities cannot begin until the results of the major counteroffensive are kno... #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SociologicalSurvey #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
Training of Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 will start at the end of summer, and the planes will arrive in 2024. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, announced that during a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, Rutte agreed to start training Ukrainian pilots on Western-style ... #DmytroKuleba #F16 #F16training #MarkRutte #NATOsummitVilnius #Zelenskyy
Germany has decided against creating a repair center for Ukrainian Leopard tanks in Poland. The Ministry of Defense of Germany reported that the Leopard 2 tanks damaged in Ukraine will now be repaired in Germany and perhaps in Lithuania. This applies to the Leopard 2 tanks that have been sup... #LeopardBattleTanks #MilitaryEquipmentRepair #TanksRepair
NATO summit: Ukraine will receive long-range missiles, non-lethal weapons, more support, and training of F-16 pilots. France has decided to transfer long-range missiles to Ukraine. Specifically, these weapons are 50 SCALP missiles, an upgrade from the Storm Shadow already provided by Britain. South Korea has sent a p... #F16training #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATOsummitVilnius #OleksiyReznikov #WarinUkraine
Germany agreed to allocate a $770M weapons package to Ukraine. On Tuesday Germany pledged to send Ukraine a weapons and military package worth €700M ($769.9M), according to the Germany’s Ministry of Defense. In a statement, the country’s defense minis... #BorisPistorius #GermanyMilitaryAid #PatriotSystems #WeaponsforUkraine
