• Ukrainian Presidential Spokesman: 100,000 Russian troops are stationed near Ukraine's borders

    The representative of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine on ATO issues, Colonel Andriy Lysenko stated on Radio Svoboda that Russia has gathered approximately 100,000 servicemen in the territories of the occupied Crimea, Donbas and on the eastern border with Ukraine.

    “Approximately 40,000 servicemen are stationed along the northern border in the Donbas; another fifty to sixty thousand are stationed in the east of the country. This group is constantly changing and expanding. Three …

  • Ukrainian Defense Industry develops remote controlled mini armored vehicle

    Ukrainian State Concern Ukroboronprom’s latest creation, Phantom, is a remote-controlled mini armored vehicle as reported by Ukroboronprom’s press service on its Facebook page.

    “Phantom's aiming devices allow the user to fire at any time of the day or night at a distance of more than 1 kilometer. The driving range of Phantom is up to 20 kilometers. It is controlled via a secure radio channel or via a 5-kilometer-long fiber cable,” the report says.

    Phantom is able to transport ammunition, …

  • Ukraine and India are planning to modernize T-72 tanks

    Ukraine and India are working on plans to expand military-technical cooperation. The two sides are negotiating a program to modernize the T-72 tanks from the Armed Forces of India, a source in the defense sector said to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

    “India is showing an interest in placing an order for the modernization of T-72 in Ukraine. Currently the parties are negotiating the organization of cooperation. The request from the Indian clients to upgrade the T-72’s, according to some …

  • Ukrainian MoD: US servicemen visited the front lines in the Donbas

    A delegation of US servicemen in the Donbas, who are headed by the Commander of the Land Forces of the US Armed Forces in Europe, Lieutenant General Frederick Ben Hodges, reported on the constant and grave violations of the Minsk Agreements made by separatist groups. This was reported by the press service of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine.

    The Ministry noted that delegation visited the Mariupol operational-tactical group in the Donbas in Donetsk and Luhansk on the 28th of August. The reason …

  • Ukrainian Border Guard Service continues to note Russian military activity along administrative border with Crimea

    Servicemen of the State Border Service of Ukraine continue recording the activity of Russian armed forces in the vicinity of the administrative borders with the annexed Crimea and in other areas, according to the information released by their press service.

    "Over the past day, guards in the Azov-Black Sea regional administration observed a Mi-8 helicopter flight over the temporarily occupied territory of the Crimea close to the administrative border. Also, the border agency units recorded an …