The consequences of the latest Russian attacks: An Epicentr and a printing house in Kharkiv. On May 25, Russia struck the Epicentr shopping center in Kharkiv with two guided aerial bombs (KABs). As a result, at least 16 people died and 43 were injured. According to the mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor ... #EpicentrK #FaktorDruk #IgorTerekhov #Kharkiv #MissileAttackOnUkraine #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Ukraine has stopped the Russian offensive in the Kharkiv region and is planning a counteroffensive. Ukrainian troops stopped the Russian offensive in the northern Kharkiv region and are already inflicting fire damage on enemy forces. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are planning offensive actions, said D... #Kharkiv #RussianAggression #RussianOffensive #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The US is readying a $275M defense package, and the Netherlands and its partners will purchase weapons worth €175M. The US is preparing another $275M military aid package for Ukraine, which will probably be announced on May 24. It is noted that this will be the fourth tranche of military aid to Ukraine since Congre... #ArtilleryShells #HimarsForUkraine #KajsaOllongren #Netherlands #SupportUkraine #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
Ukraine has a $5B deficit in its budget for weapon purchases, so the government is preparing to raise taxes. Ukraine’s state budget has an approximate $5B shortfall of what is needed to purchase weapons, Minister of Finance Serhiy Marchenko said, because over the past six months, Ukraine has received minimal... #SerhiyMarchenko #TaxesinUkraine #UkraineBudget2024 #UkraineDefensePurchases #WarinUkraine
Ukraine is waiting for positive news from the US regarding attacks inside Russia. The Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, believes that American authorities will permit Ukraine to use US weapons in strikes on targets in Russian territory. “The other day, ... #AnthonyBlinken #RuslanStefanchuk #RussianMilitaryTargets #USweapons #WarinUkraine
Sweden will provide Ukraine with $7B in military support over three years. The government of Sweden has reached an agreement with the pro-government party, Sweden Democrats on a program that will provide a total of SEK 75B ($7.01B) in additional military support to Ukraine o... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #RussianAggression #SupportUkraine #Sweden #WarinUkraine
Germany believes in Ukraine’s victory and has already collected almost €1B to strengthen its air defense. During a visit to Kyiv on May 21, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said: “Our support is based on a deep belief that Ukraine will win this war. Germany, along with many other countries ... #AirDefenseSystems #AnnalenaBaerbock #EuropeanIntegration #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEU #VictoryUkraine #WarinUkraine
What has Ukraine achieved from its strikes on targets in Russian Federation territory? Experts note that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is increasing the number of strikes on Russian territory, and the primary targets for these drone attacks are the enemy’s oil refineries and air... #AttackOnRussia #OilRefineryRussia #RussianAircraft #RussianMilitaryTargets #SBU #WarinUkraine
Allies at Ramstein pledged to provide Ukraine with additional Leopard tanks, IFVs, Patriot missiles, and ammunition. Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles said during a meeting of the Contact Group on Aid to Ukraine that Madrid will hand over another batch of Leopard tanks to Kyiv in June. She also promised to s... #HimarsForUkraine #LeopardBattleTanks #LloydAustin #MargaritaRobles #NASAMS #Netherlands #PatriotSystems #Ramstein #WarinUkraine
During the Ramstein meeting, Lloyd Austin announced the crucial months for Ukraine and announced more aid. The coming months and weeks will be decisive in determining the course of Russia’s war against Ukraine, according to the head of the US Pentagon, Lloyd Austin. At the opening of the 22nd Ukraine... #LloydAustin #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Pentagon #Ramstein #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Kyiv is hoping to receive Patriot air defense systems and permission to strike targets in Russia using US weapons. Ukraine’s ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, hopes for “bold decisions” from the US in anticipation of receiving the much-needed Patriot air defense system to protect Ukraine fr... #AirDefenseSystems #OksanaMarkarova #PatriotSystems #USweapons #WarinUkraine
The US has not changed its position on Ukraine using American weapons to strike Russian territory, but support among senators to remove this restriction is growing. The Pentagon said that it has not changed its position regarding Ukraine’s use of US-supplied weapons against targets in Russian territory. US Department of Defense Deputy Pentagon Press Secreta... #LongRangeWeapons #Pentagon #RussianOffensive #SabrinaSingh #USweapons #WarinUkraine
The restrictions on the use of Western weapons prevents Ukraine from defending the Kharkiv region. Bans on targets in Russia from the US and other Western countries on the use of the weapons they have supplied Ukraine significantly undermines Kyiv’s ability to defend itself against the curren... #GrantShapps #LongRangeWeapons #RussianOffensive #Vovchansk #WarinUkraine
Ukraine hits the enemy hard: Drones attack Russian refineries, facilities in Sevastopol, and the fleet in Novorossiysk. On May 17, Ukrainian drones successfully attacked the Rosneft oil refinery in Tuapse for the third time this year. The first attack in January stopping production for a month and a half. This attack f... #AttackOnRussia #Crimea #Kovrovets #RussianMilitaryShips #RussiaOilRefineryDamages #TuapseOilRefinery #WarinUkraine
Britain will provide Ukraine with 100 missiles for air defense during May, and Germany will increase its military aid funding by €3.8B. British Defense Minister Grant Shapps said that Ukraine will receive 100 missiles from Britain for air defense in May. “Warm words are not enough. Every state that values its freedom should in... #AirDefenseSystems #GermanyMilitaryAid #GrantShapps #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine destroyed three Russian MiG-31s at the Belbek airfield in Crimea along with a military warehouse that was full of rockets. On May 15 and 16, Ukraine carried out attacks on the Belbek airfield in Crimea. The destruction of three MiG-31 aircraft and a warehouse containing fuel and lubricants has been reported. Shortly after... #BelbekAirfield #Crimea #MIG-31 #RussianAircraft #S-400 #WarinUkraine
Ukraine wants to get US permission to strike Russia with American weapons. Since the beginning of the new offensive from the Russian Federation in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine has been trying to convince the Biden administration to lift its ban on the use of US-provided weapo... #ATACMS #RussianAggression #RussianOffensive #USweapons #WarinUkraine
The US is considering the transfer of another Patriot system, France is providing additional missiles for SAMP/T, and Latvia has allocated €10M for ammunition. The Biden administration plans to send an additional Patriot battery and radars to Ukraine. France has also prepared a new batch of Aster 30 surface-to-air missiles to be sent to Ukraine. The addition... #ArtilleryShells #AsterMissiles #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PatriotMissiles #SAMP/T #WarinUkraine
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on May 14 to demonstrate US solidarity with Ukraine, which continues to suffer under massive Russian shelling. During a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Antony Blinken discussed Kharkiv’s need for air defense systems and new military ai... #AirDefenseSystems #AnthonyBlinken #PatriotSystems #PeaceSummit #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
New American military aid is already in Ukraine, and the White House is preparing a new package. American military aid allocated through the $60.8B package approved in April by the US Congress is already in Ukraine, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said. “Some of that technology i... #JakeSullivan #SupportUkraine #USmilitaryAid #VedantPatel #WarinUkraine
NATO considers Ukraine’s victory in the war against the Russian Federation its main task. NATO countries will participate in Ukraine’s reconstruction and development of its security and defense infrastructure, but for now, the most urgent task is to support Ukraine in its fight again... #JensStoltenberg #NATOUkraine #SupportUkraine #UkraineReconstruction #WarinUkraine
What does Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine and the Russian Federation envisage? The America First Policy Institute, a pro-Donald Trump organization, has released a book outlining a national security strategy aimed at Trump winning the US presidential election. The book offers som... #DonaldTrump #PeaceInUkraine #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SanctionsAgainstRussia #UkraineNATO #WarinUkraine
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirm the enemy’s tactical success in the Kharkiv region. Russia has mobilized “significant forces” to conduct an offensive against Vovchansk in the Kharkiv Region, consisting of up to five battalions, the General Staff said in a statement. In ad... #Kharkiv #RussianAggression #RussianOffensive #Vovchansk #WarinUkraine
EU ambassadors have agreed on a draft security agreement with Ukraine, and Belgium has already started negotiations. EU ambassadors are believed to have already agreed on a draft bilateral security agreement between Ukraine and the EU to continue the G7 declaration on security guarantees. The draft text contains pro... #Belgium #EUambassadors #SecurityAgreement #SecurityGuarantees #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine continues to bleed out the Russian Federation’s oil depots. On the night of May 11, Ukrainian drones attacked the Lukoil Volgograd Oil Refinery in the Russian Federation, according to Defence Intelligence of Ukraine. Lukoil-Volgogradnaftoperobka is the largest... #AttackOnRussia #LukOil #OilRefineryRussia #RussiaOilRefineryDamages #WarinUkraine
Ukraine predicts a “critical phase” at the front in May-June, but the White House does not expect a Russian breakthrough. According to the Ukrainian Ground Forces Commander, Oleksandr Pavliuk, the next two months are a critical phase at the front. Military aid from the US has only just begun to arrive on the contact line... #F16 #OleksandrPavliuk #RussianOffensive #Vovchansk #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Canada will strengthen Ukrainian air defense and localize the production of armored vehicles, and Germany will buy three HIMARS for Ukraine. Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair has confirmed the allocation of CAD76M ($55.7M) to a German-led initiative to supply air defense systems to Ukraine rapidly. At the same time, the US State Departm... #BillBlair #HimarsForUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Roshel #SCALPmissiles #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine’s strikes on Russian refineries have proved more effective than Western sanctions. Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries are now doing what the Western sanctions regime has failed to achieve. Foreign affairs analysts state that one of the world’s largest oil producers is... #AttackOnRussia #OilRefineryRussia #RussianOil #RussiaOilRefineryDamages #SanctionsAgainstRussia #WarinUkraine
The head of the EC admits that Putin wants to dominate the European continent, and the Russian war against Ukraine is also a war with the EU. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that Europe understands the threat from Russia, which is trying to establish its control over the European continent by any means. ... #DefenseIndustryEU #EUdefense #Putin #RussianAggression #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarinUkraine
After Putin’s inauguration on the Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation, Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine with missiles and drones. On May 8, the Russian military attacked Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities in six regions. There is also damage to gas infrastructure in the western part of Ukraine. Private energy company DTE... #DTEK #EnergyInfrastructure #Kherson #MissileAttackOnUkraine #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine #WarLosses
Lithuania is ready to send its troops to Ukraine for training, and Latvia has handed over communication equipment. According to the Prime Minister of Lithuania, Ingrida Šimonyte, her country is ready to send its troops to Ukraine to conduct exercises, but Kyiv has not sent a request. According to Šimonyte, she has... #IngridaŠimonyte #Latvia #Lithuania #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATOsoldiers #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
The EU will buy weapons for Ukraine’s military from Ukrainian manufacturers. EU states will purchase weapons for the Defense Forces of Ukraine from Ukrainian manufacturers through the European Peace Facility, said Minister of Strategic Industry Oleksandr Kamyshin after the Ukr... #AlexanderKamyshin #DefenseIndustryUkraine #EDIP #EuropeanPeaceFund #Kosovo #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Poland proposes to spend €422B from the EU’s Covid fund for defense. Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said at the Defence24 Days conference, “You can’t get used to war.” He believes the arms industry should become the foundation of the EU’s efforts ove... #DefenseIndustryEU #DonaldTusk #EUdefense #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine #WładysławKosiniakKamysz
The US is considering the transfer of urgently needed MQ-9 Reaper drones to Ukraine. As Politico points out, it is now a priority for Ukraine to acquire MQ-9 Reaper spy drones from the US. However, Washington is still debating whether to hand them over, fearing that the Russian occupi... #dronestoUkraine #MilitaryOperationsUkraine #MQ9Reaper #USweapons #WarinUkraine
Ukraine and Britain: 100-year partnership, $3.7B in annual military support and permission to strike targets in the Russian Federation. During his visit to Kyiv, the head of the British Foreign Ministry, David Cameron, started negotiations with Ukraine regarding a 100-year partnership. This completely new agreement would deepen relati... #DavidCameron #NATOsoldiers #SupportUkraine #UKaidforUkraine #UkraineBritainPartnership #WarinUkraine
What other defense support from its partners can Ukraine count on in the near future? Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba discussed the progress of the Czech initiative to purchase shells for Ukraine with his Czech colleague Jan Lipavský. The first shells from the Czech initiativ... #ArtilleryShells #DmytroKuleba #FighterBombers #JanLipavsky #SAMP/T #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
US aid will help Ukraine to launch a counteroffensive in 2025, but for now, Ukraine continues to lose settlements. The White House is convinced that the military aid recently provided by the US will contribute to Ukraine’s transition to a counteroffensive, which will be possible in 2025. US National Security... #JakeSullivan #RussianAggression #UkraineCounteroffensive #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
Despite US warnings, Ukraine continues attacking Russian refineries, disrupting the export of oil products and increasing its price. As Politico writes, a wave of strikes by Ukrainian drones on oil refineries in the Russian Federation have led the world’s largest oil country to begin to run out of fuel. As a result, diesel fu... #DroneAttacksOnRussia #OilRefineryRussia #RussianFuel #RussiaOilRefineryDamages #UkrainianDrone #WarinUkraine
Norway allocates an additional $600M in military aid to Ukraine, and F-16s will arrive after Easter. Norway will allocate an additional NOK 7B (over $600M) to support Ukraine in 2024. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced that NOK 6B would go primarily to air defense assets and NOK 1B to other su... #F16 #FighterJetsToUkraine #IlyaYevlash #JonasGahrStore #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Norway #WarinUkraine
Ukraine has already received weapons from the new US aid package and negotiations for long-term security guarantees are ongoing. The administration of US President Joe Biden has reported that Ukraine is already receiving weapons from the new aid package announced last week following its approval by Congress. However, White Hous... #KarineJeanPierre #SecurityAgreement #SecurityGuarantees #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Russia is producing weapons at a record pace, and Ukraine’s partners are trying to increase support. Over the past year, Russia has learned to develop new weapons and ammunition faster than at any time in its modern history, including during the Cold War, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. Ac... #AnthonyBlinken #DefenseIndustryRussia #Russianweapons #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine is increasing long-range drone production to 500 units per month, and the state is increasing funding by ₴15.5B. Ukraine is increasing its production of long-range drones, which should help the Armed Forces bypass restrictions on the use of weapons obtained from Western countries for strikes on Russian territory... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneProduction #UkrainianDrone #UkrainianWeapons #WarinUkraine
Stoltenberg announces the creation of a €100B fund for Ukraine’s financial support and dispels Ukraine’s expectations regarding NATO membership. During his visit to Kyiv, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg initiated the creation of a special €100B fund for the support of Ukraine’s military over five years, said President Volodymyr Zelensk... #JensStoltenberg #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATOsummit #NATOUkraine #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The confiscation of Russian assets will help Ukraine to finance the war at least until the end of 2028. Despite the support from the US, Ukraine needs a medium-term financing plan to repel Russian aggression, and the main source of this financing must be Russia’s frozen assets. There is a high chance th... #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation #UkraineBudget2024 #UkraineDefensePurchases #WarinUkraine
The US will provide Ukraine with another $1B defense package and will order another $6B worth of weapons. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced at the beginning of a virtual meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine that another $1B military aid package will be allocated to Ukraine. It will... #LloydAustin #PatrickRyder #PatriotSystems #Pentagon #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine will be allowed to use US-supplied long-range missiles at targets in Crimea, but experts do not believe the recent US aid package will change the war. According to the Pentagon, the US approved the Armed Forces of Ukraine striking targets in Crimea with ATACMS missiles, which Kyiv received recently. Currently, occupied Crimea is the center of Russia... #ATACMS #Crimea #LongRangeMissiles #Pentagon #RussianMilitaryBase #RussianMilitaryTargets #WarinUkraine
Britain transfers Paveway guided aerial bombs to Ukraine as it continues to purchase oil products produced from Russian raw materials. As part of its largest package of military aid, the UK will hand over Paveway IV high-precision to Ukraine. These aerial bombs are guided to their target with increased accuracy by using a laser guida... #GreatBritain #GuidedAerialBombs #PavewayIV #RussianOilExport #UKmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
How is Russia able to earn billions to fund its war through oil, gas, and metal? Russia’s revenues from the sale of oil and gas in April will almost double compared to the previous year and amount to $14B, thanks to rising prices. According to Reuters, revenues from the sale... #Rosneft #RussiaMilitaryExpenditures #RussianEconomy #RussiaProfits #SanctionsAgainstRussia #WarinUkraine
Ukraine secretly received long-range ATACMS and used them last week, while Scholz once again has refused to provide Taurus missiles. A few weeks ago, the US secretly supplied Kyiv with long-range ATACMS, and last week, Ukraine used them for the first time, the AP writes. The missiles were included in the $300M military aid package ... #ATACMS #CrimeaAttack #LongRangeMissiles #OlafScholz #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The US president signed the $61B Ukraine bill, and the Pentagon has announced a $1B weapon package. Both houses of the US Congress have approved a bill that will provide almost $61B in aid to Ukraine. US President Joe Biden welcomed the Senate’s decision and, with his signature, cleared the wa... #ATACMS #Bradley #HimarsForUkraine #Javelin #JoeBiden #Stinger #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
