Contents tagged with Armed Forces of Ukraine
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Poroshenko: Ukraine begins technical re-equipment of the army
President Petro Poroshenko has said that Ukraine is launching a program of technical modernization for the army.
"We must bring our weapons to the level of the 21st century," the president said at the opening of an arms show in the center of Kyiv on Wednesday.
"Scientists, instructors, [and] heads of defense enterprises face important tasks in developing and setting up the production of new missile weapons, cruise missile systems, modern artillery systems, precision munitions, unmanned aerial …
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Ukrainian military command: Ukrainian Armed Forces do not capture territories specified in the Minsk Agreements
Information about the alleged advancement of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbas is false, according to the statement of press center of the Ukrainian military command in the Donbass, posted on Facebook.
"In social networks, false information continues to be spread, alleging that the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving forward and occupying new positions along the front line," the press center noted.
Thus, the information has been circulated that the military …
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Ukrainian military command: Ukrainian military advised not to visit Crimea
Work is being done among Ukrainian military personnel, including those who have been placed in reserve, to explain the undesirability of traveling to the occupied territories, including the Crimea. This was announced on August 17 by Vladislav Seleznev, spokesperson for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in a broadcast of the Ukrainian Radio Svoboda’s program “Your Freedom”, while commenting on the arrests of former Ukrainian soldiers whom the Russian law enforcement officials …
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Ukrainian Ministry of Defense: Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive more than 10,000 units of military equipment in 2017
According to the needs determined by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, plans have been made to supply more than ten thousand weapons and units of military equipment to the troops in 2017, as stated by Major-General Oleg Shevchuk, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
He noted that the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense expects to purchase new and modernized weapons and military equipment from the Ukrainian military manufacturers and, in particular, …
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Ukrainian Ministry of Defense introduces a new unified system of logistics support
In an attempt to ensure the reliable provision of resource needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other defense components, the Ministry of Defense has introduced a unified system of logistics support.
The Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Major-General Oleg Shevchuk said that the Main Logistics Directorate is currently being formed in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The next stage would be the formation of the Logistics Forces Command out of Armament, Logistics and …
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Ukrainian Ministry of Defense: 28 combat units have been trained according to advanced NATO standards
The press service of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense reported that 28 military units from its Armed Forces were trained according to NATO standards by instructors from Canada, Great Britain, the USA, Lithuania and Poland.
The report said that, “in 2017, 297 instructors were trained to Alliance standards. Overall, since the beginning of the military reform, about 1,200 military instructors have been trained, 600 of which had the benefit of foreign coaches’ participation.”
The Ministry also …
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Poland to supply optics for Ukrainian Armed Forces armored vehicles
The Polish state-owned company PCO S.A. will help modernize the optoelectronic equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to a press release by Ukroboronprom, the contract states that Poland will supply modern optical and electronic equipment to Ukraine – including optical sights, periscopes and night vision devices – in order to re-equip more than 30 armored vehicles, including the BMP-1, BMP-1KSH, and BRM-1K.
The report notes that the signing of the contract was preceded by almost …
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Ukrainian Defense Ministry: Armed forces’ ammunition supply situation is critical
The Ministry of Defense considers the armed forces’ ammunition supply situation critical for a number of types of weaponry, writes Dmitry Mendeleev in his article for ZN.UA.
In his discussion of problems relating to the national defense industry, the author refers specifically to document No. 220/3650, which Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak sent to NSDC (National Security and Defense Council) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov in May this year. According to Mendeleev, until recently, …
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Ukrainian media: Separatists continue attacking Ukrainian military's positions
On the demarcation line in eastern Ukraine zone, separatist militia fighters are becoming increasingly active at nighttime, specifically in the southern front sector. Over the past days, the Ukrainian military has been under attack by submachine and machine gun fire, RPG shells, and mines, TSN reports.
Along the line of defense in the Lebedynske area, heavy 120-meter caliber guns were fired, and in the area of the forward defense posts near Shyrokyne, the combatants fired cannons and from …
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Turchynov: Ukraine must transition to a new format of defense against Russia’s hybrid aggression
Secretary of the Defense and Security Council of Ukraine (NSDC), Oleksandr Turchynov believes that Ukraine needs to end the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) and transition to a new format of national defense against Russia’s hybrid war.
“Military actions have been going on in the east of our country for three years already, and they have escalated both in duration and in the massive format of the military operation (ATO). At the same time, it must be pointed out that the anti-terrorist operation …