War

The Canadian Armed Forces showed how Canadian infanteers teach Ukrainian defenders tactical urban warfare. "Canadian Army infanteers from the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment deployed on Operation UNIFIER demonstrate tactical urban warfare drills to Ukrainian recruits in the southeast of England during Rotation 16," reads the post of the Operation UNIFIER on X. 🇨🇦@CanadianArmy infanteers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (3 RCR) deployed on #OpUNIFIER demonstrate tactical urban warfare drills to Ukrainian recruits in the southeast of England during Rotation 16. pic.twitter.com/wu7pEnHq8C — CAF with Ukraine (@CAFwithUkraine) October 3, 2023 As reported, Canadian service members…

U.S. President Joe Biden stated that everything requested by President Zelensky regarding the transfer of ATACMS long-range missiles to Ukraine had been worked out. Biden said this after his speech on the Administration’s efforts to cancel student debt, Ukrinform reports. "I have spoken with Zelensky, and everything he asked for, we worked out," Biden noted. In this way, he answered the reporter's question about whether he promised the President of Ukraine to deliver ATACMS missiles. As reported, U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Douglas Bush said that the U.S. Department of Defense was ready to…

Ukraine starts working on the production of howitzers with a British company, cooperation with a German company has already been launched, and a Turkish company has already started building a factory. "We start working on the production of howitzers with a British company, it will be a licensed production and it will be launched next year. We started working on a joint venture with a German company, and a Turkish company has already started building a plant," Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine Oleksandr Kamyshin told the Voice of America in an interview during a recent visit to Washington as…

The United States has transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces more than a million seized rounds for Soviet types of small arms in order to strengthen the Ukrainian military on the front line. The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said this in a press release on Wednesday, Ukrinform reports. "On Oct. 2, 2023, the U.S. government transferred approximately 1.1 million 7.62mm rounds to the Ukrainian armed forces," the press release reads. The government obtained ownership of these munitions on July 20, 2023, through the Department of Justice's civil forfeiture claims against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Read also: U.S.…

In Irpin, a damaged house with more than 140 families is being repaired at the expense of the Fund for the Elimination of the Consequences of Armed Aggression. This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Ukrinform reported.  "The reconstruction of residential facilities at the expense of the Fund for the Elimination of the Consequences of Armed Aggression continues in the Kyiv region. One of them is an apartment building in Irpin on Kotlyarevsky Street. The building has 149 apartments and 380 people lived there before the full-scale invasion," the statement said. It is noted…

During the full-scale war unleashed by Russia, about 9,000 charitable foundations and 6,000 public organizations were officially registered in Ukraine. This was stated by Vyacheslav Hardikov, Deputy Director of the State Registration Department of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, during a presentation at Ukrinform of the results of the international forum 'InterUAction. Positive Scenario of Ukraine's Recovery and Development' organized by the NGO 'League of Business and Professional Women of Ukraine' (BPW of UA) and the NGO 'Melitopol Business Women's Club'. "During this period, many newly created organizations appeared. About nine thousand charitable foundations were registered in Ukraine, although…

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Margus Tsahkna on Tuesday opened a bridge in Ukraine which has been rebuilt with Estonia's support after it was partially destroyed in March 2022. That's according to Estonia's public broadcaster ERR, Ukrinform reports. Estonia contributed EUR 1 million to the project, a third of the total cost. This is already the second object built in the Zhytomyr region with Estonia's support. A new kindergarten was opened with Estonia's assistance in Ovruch in June this year. The second reconstruction project in 🇺🇦 by 🇪🇪 is ready and we won’t stop!Today I was very honored to…

Western countries must be ready for long-term support for Ukraine, and Poland intends to do so in the future. Jacek Siewiera, head of Poland's National Security Bureau (BBN), said this during the Warsaw Security Forum, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. "First of all, we must support the Ukrainians until their victory, as they see it," Siewiera said. According to him, Russian aggression against Ukraine is entering a "new phase of a protracted war of attrition." After one-and-a-half years of intense fighting, the war is far from over. Siewiera said that Russia had not achieved its strategic goals, but is determined…

In Zhytomyr, an unknown man attacked Iryna Kotsiuba-Patseva, a volunteer and lecturer at the Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University, after which she was hospitalized. The volunteer reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.  "Yes. I was attacked, I am in the hospital," Kotsiuba-Patseva wrote. The fact of the attack on the volunteer was confirmed to an Ukrinform correspondent by the Zhytomyr District Police Department. "In the evening on October 2, the police received a report from a 39-year-old resident of Zhytomyr about a criminal offense committed against her. The woman said that an unknown man had attacked her for no reason…