Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected the idea of Ukrainian forces withdrawing from the Donbas as a potential compromise, warning it would hand Russia a strategic advantage and endanger major cities. Zelenskyy’s remarks come amid ongoing discussions among Ukraine’s partners about possible pathways to negotiations with Russia, including ideas ofContinue Reading
Ukrainian forces struck an oil-pumping station in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai overnight on 9 April, triggering a fire at a key piece of pipeline infrastructure, according to the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces and Russian local reports. Ukraine has been increasing strikes on Russian energy and logistics infrastructure in recentContinue Reading
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine will continue striking Russian energy infrastructure unless Moscow stops targeting Ukraine’s own energy system, framing the campaign as a direct response to ongoing attacks, Novyny.LIVE reports. Ukraine has been increasing strikes on Russian energy and export facilities in recent months, using drones and otherContinue Reading
Moldova has taken a formal step toward leaving the Russia-led Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), with President Maia Sandu signing decrees to withdraw from the bloc’s founding agreements, according to Newsmaker. The CIS is a loose regional grouping created after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, bringing togetherContinue Reading
Ukraine has intelligence indicating that Russia is intentionally redirecting drones toward the Baltic states and Finland in order to stage information provocations, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday, according to Ukrinform. His comments come after several recent drone incursions into neighboring countries, including incidents in southeastern Finland onContinue Reading
Ukraine has intelligence indicating that Russia is intentionally redirecting drones toward the Baltic states and Finland in order to stage information provocations, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday, according to Ukrinform. His comments come after several recent drone incursions into neighboring countries, including incidents in southeastern Finland onContinue Reading
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian forces carried out more than 3,000 drone strikes across Ukrainian cities and communities in the past week, including a significant number of Shahed-type drones. In addition, he reported that over 1,450 guided aerial bombs and at least 40 missiles of various types wereContinue Reading
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with King Abdullah II of Jordan on 29 March to discuss potential security partnerships and ways to counter regional threats, including drone and missile attacks, the president reported. Zelenskyy framed the talks as part of Ukraine’s broader effort to share expertise in defending critical infrastructureContinue Reading
Russia is reportedly sending drones, food, and medicine to Iran in a phased delivery, according to the Financial Times, citing western intelligence. The shipments, which began in early March and are expected to conclude by the end of the month, would mark Moscow’s first known provision of lethal support toContinue Reading
A Ukrainian special forces unit said it had carried out a strike on Russian military equipment inside Russia’s Belgorod Oblast, targeting tanks and heavy vehicles prepared for future combat operations. According to a statement published on Facebook by Lasar’s Group of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU) on 25 March,Continue Reading
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has ruled out supplying Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, arguing that Kyiv no longer needs them due to its own increasingly capable strike systems, according to NV. The Taurus missile, a German-Swedish air-launched cruise missile with a range exceeding 500 kilometers, has been a subjectContinue Reading
The Netherlands will become the first NATO member to integrate drone and counter-drone units across all combat formations, marking a structural shift in how its military prepares for modern warfare, according to the country’s top military commander as cited by NL Times. By integrating drone capabilities across all combat units,Continue Reading
Russia will deploy all mobilized personnel from occupied Crimea into combat operations against Ukraine starting April 1, according to Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces. Russia’s growing reliance on mobilized personnel, alongside ongoing redeployments in response to Ukrainian counterattacks in the south, likely reflects mounting battlefield losses and is complicating its abilityContinue Reading