Following last week’s reported losses of several Russian SA-21 long range Surface to Air Missile (SAM) systems, new analysis suggests that, to maintain coverage over Ukraine, Russia will likely need to reallocate SAMs which are routinely protecting distant parts of Russia.
Bohdan Yermokhin, a 17-year-old orphan from Mariupol, who had been illegally deported by Russian occupiers to the territory of Russia, has requested aid from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to get back home.
In a phone call, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu discussed the extension of cooperation in the defense sector and the localization of arms production in Ukraine.
President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel does not rule out that Ukraine and Russia will be forced to start settlement negotiations as early as next year because the current battlefield situation offers no indications that Ukraine can gain a significant military advantage, while time is in Russia's favor.
The EU believes Russia's attack on a foreign civilian vessel in Odesa region is yet another proof of Moscow's deliberate strengthening of the global food security crisis.
The Government of Lithuania approved the decision to allocate EUR 2 million to Ukraine to help the nation tackle the social consequences of the ongoing war.
The demands of Polish carriers to amend the Agreement on the Liberalization of Road Freight Transport between Ukraine and the European Union (the so-called visa-free transport) are unfounded, therefore such changes are not on the table.
EU member states are considering an alternative plan to give Ukraine the assistance it needs in its fight against Russia if Hungary vetoes the current EUR 50 billion funding proposal that is on the table.
The West and the entire democratic world need to actively use the latest technologies to effectively counter the propaganda of authoritarian regimes, as well as attract a new generation of "information warriors."
The European Union has provided Ukraine with a second group of explosive and mine detection dogs trained in the EU countries, including Finland, Belgium and Luxembourg.
The only thing that the Russian invaders have achieved in the battles for Avdiivka, in the Donetsk region, is the loss of thousands of their personnel and hundreds of pieces of equipment.