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On the night of Sunday, February 25, Russian occupants struck at Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, destroying the railway station. A local resident also suffered from the shelling This was reported by Espresso with reference to the police of Donetsk region. It is noted that Russian troops launched a massive attack on Kostyantynivka after midnight. They had […]
According to information provided to The Washington Post by Stacey Pettijohn, director of the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, the war in Ukraine is indeed forcing the United States to rethink some military strategies and assumptions. He noted that the Russian-Ukrainian war has highlighted the vulnerability of certain types of […]
This weekend marks exactly two years since Russia’s illegal, unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine. Despite the enormous challenges and delays in the delivery of Western aid to counter the Russian offensive, as well as the devastation caused by the fighting, Ukraine and its tech startup ecosystem continue to set an example of resilience, TechCrunch […]
The British Evening Standard published a photo of an Armed Forces soldier with a chevron on his chest on its front page: “There is no enemy more terrible than the commander of the dolbo*ob (“idiot” or “moron”)”. “The front page of Thursday’s issue”, the publication noted. The news quickly spread across Telegram channels and social […]
The US government says it has destroyed a botnet used by Russia’s GRU military intelligence unit to conduct phishing expeditions, espionage, credential collection, and data theft against US and foreign governments and other strategic targets, The Register reports. The most recent court-ordered seizure took place in January and included the neutralization of “more than a […]
Polish radicals sponsored by the Kremlin, who recently started blocking the checkpoints between Ukraine and Poland for all vehicles entering the EU from Ukraine, have dumped grain from three Ukrainian trucks. Police in the region where it happened have launched an investigation. What happened? According to the publication RMF24, on February 11, at about 11:30 […]
From February 5 to May 5, 2024, Poland imposes restrictions on civil aviation due to increased military activity along its eastern borders. The Polish Air Navigation Service Agency has issued NOTAM N0604/2024, indicating restricted areas for civilian flights, in particular in the areas bordering Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia and the Kaliningrad region of Russia. The list […]
In the Netherlands, Mona Keizer, a member of the BBB party, suggested that refugees should be returned to parts of Ukraine where there is no active fighting. This was reported by DutchNews. “We cannot accommodate everyone,” the MP said, noting that the full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for almost 2 years, and […]
Of the fewer than 100 Leopard 2 tanks in service in Ukraine, at least 26 have been disabled. Others cannot be used by the Armed Forces due to problems with their repair and maintenance. This was reported by Foreign Affairs. “Like all tanks, the Leopard 2 and Abrams depend on close whole-of-service coordination with infantry, […]
A battery of the Skynex air defense system manufactured by Rheinmetall Italia was delivered to Ukraine. The complex was delivered on December 31 as part of a USD 174 million deal funded by the German government. This was reported by Defence News on January 26. The contract was signed in December 2022. The first battery […]