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For the first time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine showed the French rocket launcher unitaire Lance-roquettes unitaire (LRU) at the front. France sent two rocket launchers to Ukraine at the end of autumn. They kept company with almost three dozen M142 HIMARS, M270 MLRS and MARS II. The photo of LRU was published on Facebook […]
Ukrainian engineers managed to develop systems for UAVs that allow dropping various munitions from the air. They are already being used by servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the occupiers. Forbes journalists devoted an article to ammunition disposal systems. In December, servicemen of the 224th battalion of the 123rd maintenance brigade showed off […]
Ukrainian artillery successfully destroys the positions of the Russian Armed Forces, but the occupiers do not stop shelling civilian infrastructure. In the last day, on December 16, Ukrainian troops hit seven major positions of the Russian army. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on this in a summary on the official […]
The Russian BMP-1AM ‘Basurmanin’ was captured by soldiers of the 1st battalion of the 95th separate assault brigade. The 95th Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told about the trophy car. The military showed a video of the tests. Ukrainian fighters emphasize that the trophy combat vehicle ‘Basurmanyn’ turned out […]
The Pentagon handed over to the Armed Forces special equipment designed to mislead the pilots of combat aircraft. General Charles Brown, who holds the position of Chief of Staff of the US Armed Forces, told Aviation Week journalists about this. The military noted that the Ukrainian army received Threat Emitters from the Ministry of Defense. […]
The Ukrainian company AeroDrone offered the Ministry of Defense commercial UAVs suitable for combat missions. The Ministry of Defense approved the use of two models of drones by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is about E-300 Enterprise and D-80 Discovery. Company representative Dmytro Shimkiv reported this on Facebook. AeroDrone has been on the Ukrainian […]
The USA is considering providing the Armed Forces of Ukraine with cluster munitions. CNN writes about it. It is noted that cluster weapons are prohibited by the international convention, which came into effect in 2010, but neither Ukraine, nor the USA, nor Russia joined it. American officials see the transfer of these weapons only as […]
In the last 30 days, 7 samples of Ukrainian-made drones were admitted to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov. According to him, on September 30, at the initiative of the Ministry of Defense, the Government adopted Resolution No. 1097, which simplified the procedure for […]
Oryx military analysts have calculated how much Russian equipment was captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a full-scale war with Russia. So, since February 24, the Armed Forces captured 525 tanks worth $813 million, 1,070 armored vehicles worth $639 million, 188 artillery pieces worth $150 million, 46 rocket launchers worth $46 million, 25 […]
To resist Russian aggression, the Ukrainian army uses various types of weapons. They are supplied to the country by allies. The anti-Putin coalition includes more than 50 countries. For example, the Ukrainian army received M270 and HIMARS complexes from the USA. For its part, Germany transferred the MARS II, which are an upgraded version of […]