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
The US assures Ukraine that support will continue under any president. State Department press secretary Matthew Miller emphasized that US aid to Ukraine will be embedded in relevant intergovernmental agreements that will remain in force regardless of who the US president... #MatthewMiller #USsupportsUkraine #WarinUkraine
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
Despite the war, 70% of the Ukrainian population remains in the country. According to results from a Rakuten Viber survey, more than two-thirds of Ukrainians are at home and have not left the country and their homes during the full-scale invasion. Another 15% of respondent... #RepatriationInUkraine #UkraineRefugees #WarinUkraine
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
Since the war, Ukraine has received a record $66.2B in aid from the US. The military and humanitarian financial aid from the US is the largest single source of aid from an ally of Ukraine. Experts see this amount as a large-scale investment in a US ally that has not been ... #USaidforUkraine #USsupportsUkraine #WarinUkraine
Consultations on the Ukrainian peace formula in Saudi Arabia has yielded their first results. On August 5 in Saudi Arabia, representatives from 40 countries, not including Russia, started two days of consultations on the Ukrainian peace formula. The meeting is part of Ukraine’s diplomati... #PeaceSummit #SaudiArabiaUkraine #UkrainianPeaceFormula #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
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
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 government has allocated UAH 40B for investment in drone production. This year, the Cabinet of Ministers supplied UAH 40B for the production of Ukrainian drones, said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a forum dedicated to the anniversary of the Army of Drones project... #DefenseTechnology #DenysShmyhal #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 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
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
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
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
The NATO summit demonstrated Moscow’s failure to achieve its goals that were set when it launched the full-scale war. According to the ISW, the summit demonstrated the extent to which the Russian invasion of Ukraine has undermined the Kremlin’s objectives that led it to start the war. One objective was to prev... #NATOsummitVilnius #NATOUkraine #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
The EU is preparing a long-term security support plan for Ukraine. The European External Affairs Service has developed a draft plan that recommends that the EU undertake a full package of obligations regarding the security of Ukraine for many years. According to Poli... #SecurityGuarantees #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
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
About 80% of Ukrainian refugees plan to return home. This survey data was made public by a representative of the UN Refugee Agency in Ukraine, Karolina Lindholm Billing. This applies to both internally displaced persons and refugees abroad. Thus, 76% of... #KarolinaLindholmBilling #RepatriationInUkraine #UkraineRefugees #WarinUkraine
Ukraine wants to shorten its path to NATO, but Germany and the US have other plans. According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, the route to the Alliance will be shortened, and some important decisions have already been made. At the same time, the minister added, the... #DmytroKuleba #JensStoltenberg #JoeBiden #NATOsummitVilnius #NATOUkraine #WarinUkraine
The US has provided Ukraine with a new $800M military aid package including cluster munitions. According to Pentagon Deputy Chairman Colin Kahl, the ammunition that will be delivered to Ukraine will include only those with a percentage of unexploded shells of less than 2.35%. According to the P... #Bradley #ClusterBombs #ColinKahl #OleksiyReznikov #Stryker #USmilitaryairforUkraine #WarinUkraine
One day of war costs Ukraine €102M in environmental damage, and the total amount has reached €51B. These estimates were shared by the Minister of Environmental Protection of Ukraine, Ruslan Strilets. He clarified that this amount does not include the damage from the Kakhovka HPP disaster. According... #EnvironmentalPollution #KakhovkaHPP #RuslanStrelets #UkraineWarDamages #WarinUkraine
The most devastating Russian attack on Lviv to date killed five people and injured 40. Russia unleashed the most devastating missile barrage to hit the city of Lviv in western Ukraine since the start of the war, said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday. The attack killed five peop... #AndriySadovyi #AttackOnLviv #LvivBombings #MissileAttackOnUkraine #WarinUkraine
The US may approve the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine this week. According to CBS News, the US is already studying the possibility of fulfilling Ukraine’s long-standing request for cluster munitions to help meet the military’s high demand for ammunition... #ClusterBombs #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Russia has withdrawn troops from all regions to contain Ukraine’s counteroffensive. British intelligence has reported that to restrain the counteroffensive of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, Russia withdrew military formations from all over the country. According to sources within Bri... #RussianTroops #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
The Parliament of Bulgaria supports Ukraine’s membership in NATO. During President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Bulgaria, the People’s Assembly of Bulgaria voted for a declaration of support for Ukraine’s membership in the North Atlantic Alliance... #AssociationwithNATO #NATOsummitVilnius #NATOUkraine #UkrainianPeaceFormula #WarinUkraine
Ukraine has caught up with Russia’s tank numbers. According to Bloomberg, new data on military aid to Ukraine highlights a significant change in the balance of heavy weapons on the nation’s battlefields after 500 days of war. The Ukraine Support Trac... #BattleTanks #HeavyWeapons #OryxGroup #WarinUkraine
German political party criticizes plans to sell fighter jets to Saudi Arabia instead of Ukraine. The German government intends to export 48 Eurofighter fighters to Saudi Arabia while refusing to supply combat aircraft to Ukraine. According to Bild, although the Bundeswehr owns 138 Eurofighter Jet... #AntonHofreiter #Eurofighter #FighterJetsToUkraine #GermanyMilitaryAid #RobinWagener #WarinUkraine
