Tag: Ukraine
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Twitter censors Russian German Embassy over chemical weapon labs claim
Twitter has suspended the Russian Embassy in Germany’s account for one week, according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Friday. The U.S. social media platform took action over the account for “violating Twitter’s policies regarding the dissemination of false or misleading information” after it tweeted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s claim that Russian forces…
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Ukraine tops US military aid with $3.8 billion aid so far
Ukraine has already received $3.8 billion in military aid from the United States in the last two and a half months alone – more than any other nation for the whole of 2020. Once Senate approval comes through for the recent aid package, of $20 billion, it would take Ukraine’s American weapons funding to more…
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79th Airborne Brigade of Ukraine surrenders near Yampol
Another brigade of Ukraine has surrendered en masse. This happened in the different sectors of the front. Today a group of the 79th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered near Yampol, handed over their weapons and property. At first some people assumed that it was the Yampol on the Transnistria border, but…
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United States announces new arms supplies to Ukraine
The United States announced new arms supplies to Ukraine. This statement was made by a representative of the Pentagon. 200 units of armored personnel carriers of various modifications, 90 units of 155-millimeter howitzers, 72 vehicles for towing guns, 121 Phoenix Ghost reconnaissance drone, missile systems with laser guidance system, radar stations of counter-battery warfare, about…
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Ukrainian crisis has exposed military weakness of the USA
Ukraine is spending the weapons sent to the United States too fast and this has exposed the weakness of the American military-industrial complex, according to Bloomberg analyst Hal Brands. According to the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, Kiev has received 60,000 anti-tank and 25,000 anti-aircraft guns from the West, and…
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Latvia declares ‘May 9’ as remembrance of those killed in Ukraine
Latvia’s parliament has urgently voted for a bill that aimed at declaring May 9 as a day of remembrance for those killed in Ukraine. As follows from the amendments to the legislation, this day will be a mourning day and because of that, all entertainment and festive events will be banned. Firework displays will be…
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Germany refuses to supply Ukraine with tanks
Ukraine had asked Defense Minister Lambrecht for 100 Marder armored personnel carriers. The request was initially denied. The German government refuses to supply German armored personnel carriers, which Ukraine has asked for to ward off the Russian military operation. In a letter that was received by the Ministry of Defense on Wednesday last week and is…
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Ukrainian military equipment losses as of 1 April
The Russian Ministry of Defence has released the details of military equipment lost by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The following details provided by the minister as of 1 April. 124 aircrafts, 82 helicopters, 357 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,854 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 202 multiple launch rocket systems, 777 field artillery and mortars, and…
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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry on 30 March
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, developing an offensive, have broken through the heavily fortified defences of the enemy, crossed the Shaitanka River and are fighting with units of the 53rd Mechanised Brigade on the approaches to Velikaya Novoselka. A mop-up of nationalist formations is underway in Zolotaya Niva. The advance was 8 kilometers.…
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Russia releases details of Ukrainian military equipment losses
The Russian Ministry of Defence has released the details of military equipment lost by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The following details provided by the minister as of 28 March are as follows:- 123 Aircrafts 74 Helicopters 309 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 172 Multiple launch rocket systems 1,721 Tanks and other armored combat vehicles 721 Field Artillery…