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Ukrainian border guards repelled three Russian attacks in Donetsk region. The State Border Guard Service wrote this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "Despite the extremely difficult situation in the city, Ukrainian defenders continue to restrain the enemy's offensive. Yesterday, the enemy's attempts to storm the positions of our soldiers were also unsuccessful, the invaders were eliminated in a shootout," the report says. Two more attempts by Russian troops to break through were stopped by a State Border Guard Service unit in a positional battle in another sector in Donetsk region. In total, over the course of defensive operations, border guards neutralized…

Finland has announced plans to send military equipment to the Ukrainian military, taking part in exercises within the framework of the European Union Military Assistance Mission Ukraine (EUMAM-Ukraine). That's according to the Ministry of Defense of Finland, citing Yle, Ukrinform reports. It is noted that the country's President Sauli Niinistö approved the deployment on Friday. This is the 15th batch of Finnish military aid to Ukraine. "Ukraine needs various types of support. We're participating in the EU's training mission by training Ukrainian soldiers, along with necessary material assistance," said Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen. The ministry clarified that the decision on…

Israel will begin testing its civilian alert system that warns of incoming missiles in Kyiv next month. This is reported by The Algemeiner with reference to Israeli media outlets, according to Ukrinform. The test of the system will be conducted by Israel’s Home Front Command. “The system will be connected to Ukraine’s radar monitoring, enabling faster and more accurate alerts to be delivered to mobile phone users, as well as activating air raid sirens only in those areas affected by the ongoing Russian onslaught,” the report says. Read also: Ukrainian Air Force: Air defense forces destroyed 8 out of 12…

NATO allies have already supplied certain types of combat aircraft to Ukraine, such as the Mig-29s provided by Poland, but discussions are underway among NATO allies and their partners to provide Ukraine with other types of aircraft. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this today in Germany, at the Ramstein military base, before the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "On jets: well Allies have delivered. Poland, Slovakia has delivered MiG-29s. There is an ongoing discussion about also other types of jets. I will leave that to the meeting here, and also the ongoing discussion…

Russian invaders shelled the border and frontline settlements of the Kharkiv, Kupiansk, and Chuhuiv districts of the Kharkiv region yesterday. The head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. In particular, Kozacha Lopan, Hoptivka, Kupiansk, Dvorichna, Vovchansk, and other settlements were under Russian fire. Read also: Three border districts come under enemy fire in Kharkiv region "At least two private households were damaged as a result of shelling in Kupiansk, and fires broke out. In addition, the enemy fired artillery and mortars at Dvorichna and Kucherivka villages in the Kupiansk district. Fortunately,…

The members of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group will focus on three key issues during a meeting on Friday: air defense, ammunition and logistics. The U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said this at the opening of a regular meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Austin said that during today's meeting of the Contact Group members will focus on three key issues: air defense, ammunition and logistics.  Read also: Weapons for Ukraine, their maintenance to be discussed in Ramstein - Stoltenberg As Ukrinform reported, the 11th meeting…

Soldiers of Ukraine's State Border Guard Service have repelled two attacks by Russian troops in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and neutralized at least nine invaders. That's according to the State Border Guard Service, Ukrinform reports. Last night one of the border units twice engaged in a battle with groups of Russian shock forces who were trying to approach the positions of the Ukrainian defenders in the dark. Using a thermal imager, the border guards detected the movement of enemy soldiers among the ruins, allowed them to reach an optimal distance and opened fire on them using small arms and grenade launchers.…

As part of the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defense meeting in the Ramstein format, a meeting of defense ministers of the countries that are members of the so-called tank coalition will be held on Friday, April 21. This statement was published by the Ministry of National Defense of Poland, Ukrinform reports. "The conference will be devoted to assessing the current military situation in Ukraine, discussing the scope of support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as plans and new military capabilities in this regard," the statement said. It is noted that a meeting of defense ministers of the…

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, and NATO's supreme allied commander and commander of U.S. forces in Europe, General Christopher Cavoli, have discussed priority areas regarding weapons, equipment and ammunition. According to Ukrinform, Zaluzhnyi said this in a post on Telegram. Among other things, Zaluzhnyi informed Cavoli about the operational situation at the front. Both parties agreed to continue the dialogue and actively interact in the future. Zaluzhnyi thanked the general for his constant support and assistance. Another meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format will be held on April 21. NATO…

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that the inability of the European Union to implement its own decisions on the joint purchase of ammunition for Ukraine is frustrating. Ukraine's foreign policy chief said this on his Twitter account, according to Ukrinform. "The inability of the EU to implement its own decision on the joint procurement of ammunition for Ukraine is frustrating. This is a test of whether the EU has strategic autonomy in making new crucial security decisions. For Ukraine, the cost of inaction is measured in human lives," said Kuleba. The EU earlier approved the decision on the…