Ukraine

During the day, Ukrainian defenders eliminated 133 invaders near Bakhmut, another 176 were wounded. the Russians use outdated technology, which indicates the depletion of potential. "Bakhmut today is the main target of the enemy, the concentration of all his attacking efforts. During this day, he attacked our positions in this direction 19 times, shelled our positions 229 times with various systems and calibers of barrel and rocket artillery, carried out 2 air raids. We, on the other hand, under during the repulse of these attacks, 133 occupiers were destroyed, 176 were wounded. Also, the Zhytel electronic warfare station and two…

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of Netherlands Mark Rutte issued a joint statement following their meeting on May 4. In particular, it states that Special Tribunal for Russia should be held in Hague. The parties welcomed the commitments of the 36 countries that have so far joined the Core Group for the establishment of a special tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine. "We call on other states to join these efforts to ensure justice and end impunity. We firmly believe that The Hague, as a city of peace and justice, is the right place…

Ukraine's much-anticipated counteroffensive appears imminent — and the way each side is preparing speaks volumes about their readiness. Kyiv’s frontlines are abuzz with vehicle movement and artillery strikes, with regular explosions hitting vital Russian targets in occupied areas. Its defense minister has said preparations are "coming to an end" and President Volodymyr Zelensky has assured a counteroffensive "will happen," while demurring on any exact start date. It may have already started; it may be weeks away. We don’t know — and that fact is a strong measure of Ukraine’s success as this begins. Moscow, on the other hand, is in the…

Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government’s funds for security capacity building. The Federal Government supports the Ukrainian military in close coordination with its partners and allies. This list provides an overview of lethal and non-lethal German military support for Ukraine. It includes deliveries from the Federal Armed Forces, as well as supplies from German industry financed from the Federal Government’s funds for so-called security capacity building. Funding for the security capacity building initiative amounts to a total…

By Sanya Mansoor April 13, 2023 12:46 PM EDT Ukraine’s air defense system may not be able to withhold the threat of Russian warplanes as early as next month because of dwindling arms, according to newly-leaked Pentagon documents. Russia has fired several hundred cruise missiles and launched hundreds of drones targeting Ukraine’s power grid since October. But while Ukraine largely kept its power sector running it has severely depleted its air-defense capacity in the process. Now, the country needs urgent assistance from Western allies to prevent an aerial onslaught from Russia. “If Ukrainian air defense starts getting eroded to the…

Russia assumed the presidency of the U.N. Security Council, even as its invasion of Ukraine escalates. The last time Moscow presided over the body tasked with the “maintenance of international peace and security” was February 2022, the month it invaded Ukraine. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called the situation “a bad joke.” Vasily Nebenzya, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations gives a speech during a UN Security Council meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States on April 5, 2018. Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Russia assumed the presidency of the United Nations Security Council…

Russia's UN ambassador on Monday dismissed U.S. and European Union descriptions of its presidency of the Security Council this month as an April Fool's joke and announced a meeting to be chaired by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on defending the principles of the UN Charter, which Moscow is widely accused of breaking by invading Ukraine. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters earlier Monday that the U.S. expects the Russians will use their presiding seat "to spread disinformation and promote their own agenda as it relates to Ukraine, and we will stand ready to call them out at every single moment…

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been stressing the need to reform the UN Security Council, where Russia has assumed the presidency. Source: President's evening address "Unfortunately, we also have some news that is obviously absurd and destructive. Today, the terrorist state began to chair the UN Security Council. Yesterday, the Russian army killed another Ukrainian child – a five-month-old boy, his name was Danylo... And at the same time, Russia is presiding over the UN Security Council. It is difficult to imagine anything that better underlines the complete bankruptcy of such institutions. There is no form of terror that has not…

Bucha marks one year since liberation https://youtu.be/DEw-bxp5770?t=12 Ukraine on Friday marked one year since its forces liberated the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, with Russian troops leaving behind them the bodies of executed civilians strewn among burnt-out military vehicles in the streets. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended a ceremony in Bucha alongside Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, Moldovan President Maia Sandu and Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger. "The battle for the foundation of the free world is taking place on Ukrainian land. We will definitely win. Russian evil will fall, right here in Ukraine and will not be able to rise again," Zelenskyy said at the…

BBUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians marked the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha Friday with calls for remembrance and justice after a brutal Russian occupation that left hundreds of civilians dead in the streets and in mass graves, establishing the town near Kyiv as an epicenter of the war’s atrocities. “We will not let it be forgotten,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at a ceremony in Bucha, vowing to punish those who committed outrages there that are still raw. “Human dignity will not let it be forgotten. On the streets of Bucha, the world has seen Russian evil. Evil unmasked.” Bucha’s…