Ukrainian forces continue to stubbornly defend the pocket around Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, despite relentless Russian assaults in and around the two cities, leading to an ever-increasing threat of encirclement. Over two weeks since Russian soldiers were filmed breaking into the urban area of the mining city in Donetsk Oblast en – https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukraine/rss/ This article appeared […]
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Ukraine unites Unmanned Systems Forces with top ‘Drone Line’ units under new command group
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) announced on June 20 the establishment of a new command group that will unite the branch with other top drone units in the country’s military. Drones have become one of the defining tools of the full-scale war, used extensively by both Ukraine and Russia for surveillance, long-range strikes, and tactical […]
As Ukraine’s fate hangs in the balance, ‘Soviet’ command culture damages war effort
Last February, a Ukrainian company commander going by his callsign Veter was ordered to send his people to reinforce another unit’s position over the next few hours. He was told that four National Guardsmen were holding the position on the other side of the village they were defending in Ukraine’s east. But when Veter’s own […]
Ukraine’s Southern Operational Command chief steps down after being appointed NATO liaison
Brigadier General Hennadii Shapovalov, Ukraine’s Southern Operational Command chief, announced his resignation on Feb. 4 after he was appointed to the NATO military aid coordination center in Germany. “It was an honor to be the commander of the troops of the Southern Operational Command chief — a powerful military team that has been courageously and […]
Ukraine attacks Russian oil depot, aviation plant, command post overnight, military says
Ukrainian forces struck the Liskinskaya oil depot in Russia’s Voronezh Oblast, the Smolensk Aviation Plant, and a Russian command post in Donetsk Oblast overnight on Jan. 21, Ukraine’s General Staff said. The announcement comes as Russia‘s Defense Ministry reported intercepting 55 Ukrainian drones in a large-scale overnight strike, including 10 over Smolensk Oblast and six […]
Ukraine war latest: Ukraine strikes Russian oil depot, command post; Moscow bombs civilians in Zaporizhzhia
Key developments on Jan. 8: Ukraine strikes Russian oil depot supplying fuel to Engels-2 airbase, military confirms Ukraine strikes Russian command post in Donetsk Oblast, military reports Russian airstrike on Zaporizhzhia industrial site kills 13, injures at least 63 French-trained brigade had ‘systematic shortcomings,’ Ukraine’s top general reports to Zelensky Zelensky addresses Trump’s comments on […]
Ukraine war latest: Kyiv strikes Russian command post in Kursk Oblast, General Staff claims
Key developments on Jan. 2: Ukraine strikes Russian command post in Kursk Oblast, General Staff claims Ukraine downed 2 Russian helicopters in sea drone attack, HUR says Kyiv to conduct review of Ground Forces command, defense minister announces Russian attacks against Ukraine injure at least 6, kill 4 over past day The Ukrainian Armed Forces […]