Ukraine continues working on cryptocurrency legislation a year after Russia’s invasion. According to Yurii Boiko, commissioner of Ukraine’s National Commission on Securities and Stock Market (NCSSM), ...
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She’s The Last In Her Class. A Uniquely Ukrainian Armored Boat Whose Mission Is To Defend Kyiv.
‘Bucha’ near Kyiv. ARTE capture Kyiv shipbuilder Kuznia na Rybalskomu managed to build seven Gyurza-M patrol boats for the Ukrainian navy before Russia widened its war on Ukraine in Februa...
Biden Makes Surprise Visit To Kyiv Nearly A Year Into Russia’s Invasion
Topline President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday ahead of a planned trip to Poland, emphasizing the U.S.’s ongoing commitment to Ukraine and announcing additional military aid d...
In 1993, A Soviet Army Division Left 350 T-80 Tanks In Ukraine. Today, They Fight Against Russia.
Early T-80s in Soviet service. Soviet army photo The Soviet army’s 20th Tank Division was one of the most powerful ground-combat formations of the late Cold War. The Poland-based division had no fewer...
Ukrainian Minister And Three Children Among 18 Killed As Helicopter Crashes Into Kindergarten Outside Kyiv
Topline Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskiy, his deputy and at least three children were among 18 people who were killed on Wednesday after a helicopter carrying the minister crashed into a...
Ukraine’s Artillery Did The Most Killing Around Kyiv, Ultimately Saving The City From Russian Occupation
A Ukrainian army 2S7 howitzer in action. Ukrainian army photo The Russian army’s plan, in the early hours of its wider invasion of Ukraine back in February, was to roll straight from Belarus and south...
Russia Launches Massive Attack—9 Ukraine Power Stations Damaged
Topline Russia has launched a massive wave of missile attacks across Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said on Friday, forcing civilians to seek shelter and knocking out power, water supplies and critical ...
Ukraine Is Finally Getting More MiG-29s. Maybe.
A Slovak MiG-29 in 2014. Rob Schleiffert photo Slovakia again has pledged to Ukraine all 11 of its old Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters. The country recently placed the jets into storage in anticipation of jus...
Five Brave Ukrainian MiG Pilots Blunted the Russian Attack On Kyiv On Day One Of The War. Not All Of Them Survived.
Lt. Col. Vyacheslav Yerko. Ukrainian defense ministry photo The Kremlin had a bold—some might say reckless—plan for swiftly defeating the Ukrainian armed forces and toppling the government in Kyiv. Th...
As Russian Troops Invaded, Ukraine Scrambled To Form New Mechanized Brigades. A Few Months Later, They Were On The Front.
A 66th Mechanized Brigade M-113. Ukrainian army photo Mechanized brigades with their heavily-armed infantry, scores of armored vehicles plus organic artillery and air-defenses are the backbone of a mo...
Here’s What Lies Ahead For Ukraine’s “Teenage Democracy”
KYIV, UKRAINE – 2022/11/11: People hold a banner that says “Kherson is Ukraine” celebrating the … [+] liberation of Kherson from Russian occupiers in central Kyiv. Ukrainian ar...
How The Ukrainian Army Could Get Behind The Dnipro River And Roll Up Thousands Of Russian Troops
Ukrainian troops pass each other. Ukrainian defense ministry The Dnipro River is the biggest natural obstacle in all of Ukraine. Running north to south through major cities including the capital Kyiv,...
Russia Strikes Kyiv Using Iranian Kamikaze Drones—Amid Reports About Moscow’s Dwindling Missile Stocks
Topline Kyiv on Monday was hit by a series of Russian drone strikes in the second major attack on the Ukrainian capital in the past week, as Moscow steps up its usage of cheaper, Iranian-made suicide ...
Putin’s Vengeance Missiles Rain Down On Kyiv
KYIV, UKRAINE – OCTOBER 10: A screen grab taken from a surveillance camera shows an explosion rocked … [+] a bridge in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv on Octobe...
Kyiv Hit By Missile Strikes After Putin Blames Ukraine For Crimea Bridge Attack
Topline Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities were hit by a series of missile strikes on Monday morning in an apparent retaliatory attack by Russian forces, a day after Vladimir Putin blamed Ukraine for an ...
Spain-Portugal World Cup 2030 Bid Adds Ukraine As Running Mate In Search For Winning Ticket
General view at Olympiyskiy Stadium on November 10, 2011 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Joern … [+] Pollex/Bongarts/Getty Images) Bongarts/Getty Images Spain and Portugal this week added Ukraine to...
Ukraine Breaks Through More Occupied Territory As Moscow Attempts To Formalize Illegal Annexation
Topline Russian lawmakers pushed through the final procedural steps needed to annex seized Ukrainian territory on Tuesday, persisting despite Moscow not fully controlling any of the four regions it cl...
Ukraine’s Counteroffensives Appear To Be Part Of A Much Bigger Plan—To Divide The Russian Army
A Ukrainian army BMP fighting vehicle. Ukrainian defense ministry photo A month into Ukraine’s twin counteroffensives in southern and eastern Ukraine, Kyiv’s overall strategy is becoming clearer. Expe...
A Ukrainian Bomber Makes A Surprise Appearance—Streaking Low Over The Front Line
A Ukrainian Su-24 appears on Sept. 15, 2022. Via social media The Ukrainian air force’s aging Su-24 bomber crews continue to defy the odds. Despite heavy losses early in the war, the air force’s singl...
U.S. Sends Ukraine $600 Million In Military Supplies As Kyiv Pushes On Stunning Counter Offensive
Topline The U.S. will send an additional $600 million in military aid to Ukraine, Biden administration officials announced on Thursday, a move welcomed by Kyiv as it pushes to build on the successes o...
Vitalik Buterin makes surprise appearance at Kyiv Tech Summit
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder and face of Ethereum, made an appearance at Kyiv Tech Summit in a show of support for Ukraine amid its ongoing conflict with Russia. As reported by Coindesk, Buterin s...
The Russian Army Is Losing A Battalion Every Day As Ukrainian Counterattacks Accelerate
Abandoned Russian vehicles near Izium. Via social media The Russian army is losing at least a battalion’s worth of vehicles and men a day as twin Ukrainian counteroffensives roll back Russian territor...
Ukraine’s Southern Counteroffensive, Long Rumored, Might Finally Have Begun
Ukrainian forces reportedly in Kherson Oblast. Via social media With a flurry of rockets from American-made launchers, Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine attacked toward Russian-occupied Kherson on ...
Ukraine Celebrates Independence Day As Russian Invasion Hits Six-Month Mark
Topline Ukraine marked 31 years of independence from the Soviet Union on Wednesday, a muted celebration amid warnings that Moscow would step up attacks on civilians as Russia’s invasion hits the six-m...
Mobile Missile Teams Striking Fragile Supply Lines
Soldiers from the Ukrainian army’s 14th Mechanized Brigade with a Stugna-P anti-tank missile. Photo via social media Roaming groups of infantry hauling anti-tank missiles, working in the gaps be...
Russia ‘Stepping Up’ Civilian Strikes As Ukraine’s Independence Day Approaches, U.S. Warns
Topline The U.S. embassy in Kyiv issued an alert on Tuesday urging Americans to leave the country immediately, warning of imminent Russian attacks against civilian infrastructure as the invasion appro...
Blasts Rock Russian Bases All Around Ukraine As Kyiv Strikes With Rockets And Drones
An ammunition dump explodes in Belgorod Oblast on Aug. 18, 2022. Via social media Explosions erupted across Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine on Thursday night as Ukrainian forces escalated their we...
Russian Pilots Have More To Fear As Ukraine’s Gepard Anti-Aircraft Tanks Arrive
A Gepard. KMW photo In 1973, the West German army had a problem. Forty-nine years later, the Ukrainian army had the same problem. That problem: the Russian army and air force’s very-low-flying attack ...
Where Is Ukraine Getting Its Bombers?
A Ukrainian Su-24 in July 2022. Social media capture The Ukrainian air force apparently has lost all but one of the dozen or so Sukhoi Su-24 bombers it had in active service before Russia widened its ...
Ukraine’s Weirdest Howitzer Drove Russian Troops Off Snake Island
The 2S22 in action on the coast. Ukrainian defense ministry photo The Ukrainian army’s rarest artillery played a pivotal role in finally driving Russian troops off strategic Snake Island in the wester...
Leaders Of France, Italy And Germany Visit Kyiv
Topline The leaders of France, Germany and Italy arrived in Kyiv on Thursday, a collective show of European backing amid criticism the bloc is not doing enough for Ukraine as the country struggles to ...
Ukrainian Troops Are Pushing Back The Russians In The South
Ukrainian artillery in action. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Ukrainian troops appear to be advancing toward Russian-occupied Kherson in southern Ukraine. Their progress overall is slow, but seeming...