Crypto exchange Binance will stop processing transactions with Ukrainian hryvnia through two payment platforms later in March. The move follows an earlier suspension of deposits and withdrawals using ...
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The Ukrainian Army’s Ex-French Recon Vehicles Are Fast And Reliable—And Just The Thing For A Southern Counteroffensive
French army AMX-10RCs in the Middle East in 1990 or 1991. Wikimedia Commons Back in January, France pledged to Ukraine an unspecified number—perhaps 50—of the French army’s soon-to-be-surplus AMX-10RC...
Did the Ukrainian Army Kill 1,100 Russians In A Single Day? It’s Certainly Possible.
A Russian officer’s notebook detailing his unit’s losses. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Ukrainian forces recently killed 1,090 Russian troops in a single day, the general staff in Kyiv ...
To Keep Open Its Supply Line Into Bakhmut, The Ukrainian Army Rolled In One Of Its Armored Bridgelayers
A U.S. Army bridgelayer in 1985. Wikimedia Commons Ukraine’s foreign allies have pledged to the war effort potentially dozens of armored bridgelayers. And the ongoing battle for Bakhmut has illustrate...
The Ukrainian 4th Tank Brigade Was Running Out Of Tanks. Then It Got Leopard 2s.
Ukrainian tankers train on a Leopard 2A4. Via social media It appears the 4th Tank Brigade will be the first Ukrainian army unit to operate those Leopard 2 tanks Kyiv’s allies have pledged to the war ...
6 Ukrainian Civilians Dead After Russian Missile Strikes—Overnight Attack Means Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant Is On Emergency Power
Topline At least six Ukrainian civilians are dead following overnight missile strikes across Ukraine Thursday, with the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant—Europe’s largest—shifting to emergency power as...
Swedish Missiles. Emirati Armored Trucks. The Ukrainian Army’s Newest Mechanized Brigade Has A Weird Mix Of Weapons.
An 88th Mechanized Brigade Panthera F9 armored truck. 88th Mechanized Brigade photo The Ukrainian army has been forming new mechanized brigades as fast as it can recruit, train and equip the troops. I...
Who Could Train Ukrainian Pilots To Fly Those F-16s They’re Not Supposed To Be Getting?
Arizona Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcons with the 162nd Wing fly in formation during an air … [+] refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 161st Air Refueling Wing during a local so...
‘Hero Of Ukraine’ Dies In Battle As Russian Advance Continues
Topline The commander of a Ukrainian volunteer force who had earned the highest Ukrainian award—the so-called Hero of Ukraine—and was featured on Forbes’ Under 30 list in Ukraine last year died in bat...
Coinbase, Ukrainian official discuss crypto use amid the war
On March. 7, Coinbase held a live Twitter space to discuss crypto’s role in Ukraine amid the ongoing invasion by Russia. The Coinbase Twitter Space Over the past year, Ukraine has suffered a severe a...
Binance, Kuna Confirm Ukrainian Bank Cards Transaction Suspension In Hryvnia
The Central Bank of Ukraine banned crypto transactions via bank cards to prevent its national currency, the hryvnia, from being used on crypto exchanges. Similarly, Binance and the country’s leading e...
The Ukrainian Army’s Speedy M-113 Ambulances Help It Save More Wounded Troops
M-113 ambulance. Wikimedia Commons The 1960s-vintage M-113 armored personnel carrier is thinly armored and lightly armed. In a serious firefight, it’s a poor substitute for tougher, more modern infant...
Crypto Exchanges Binance and Kuna Suspend Card Transactions in Ukrainian Hryvnia – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Major cryptocurrency exchanges operating in Ukraine have temporarily suspended operations with hryvnia bank cards. The measure stems from restrictions imposed by the country’s central bank, Binance an...
As Russian Forces Push Toward Bakhmut, Ukrainian Crews In Upgraded T-64 Tanks Push Back
17th Tank Brigade. Via social media The Russian army and its mercenary allies are shoving many of their best remaining forces into the sector around the ruins of Bakhmut, a ruined town in eastern Ukra...
To Win With Their Leopard 1 Tanks, Ukrainian Crews Need To Think Like Snipers
Brazilian army Leopard 1A5s. Wikimedia Commons Ukraine is getting at least 100, and as many as 237, surplus Leopard 1A5 tanks from Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark and potentially Belgium. The Leopar...
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...
Ukrainian Pilots Could Toss Their New GPS-Guided Bombs 50 Miles Behind Russian Lines
Via Quora The United States is supplying Ukraine with winged, GPS-guided bombs, Bloomberg reported. The Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range lends itself to a special bombing method—one that ad...
Zelensky Urges Support For Ukraine At Berlin Film Festival—Here Are His Other Surprise Appearances At Big-Name Cultural Events
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky opened the Berlin International Film Festival Thursday night with a call for artists to take a stand against Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, complemen...
The Ukrainian Army Just Blew Up One Of The Russian Army’s 10 Terminator Fighting Vehicles
The BMP-T explodes. Ukrainian army capture The single company of unique BMP-T Terminator fighting vehicles that the Russian army deployed to eastern Ukraine last spring was, for many months, pretty lu...
Smashed By Ukrainian Mines And Artillery, Russia’s Winter Offensive Just Ground To A Halt Outside Vuhledar
Russian armor outside Vuhledar. Ukrainian army capture Russia’s widely-anticipated winter offensive has begun. Aiming to extend its control over eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, Russian troops are att...
Zelensky Meets King Charles III And Addresses British Parliament In Surprise Visit To UK
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and spoke to members of Parliament ahead of a meeting with King Charles III Wednesday, in Zelensky’s second trip...
The Ukrainian Army Is Getting Leopard 1 Tanks
A Danish Leopard 1A5 in 1996. Wikimedia Commons Germany has pledged to Ukraine 88 Leopard 1A5 tanks. The ex-German Leopard 1s, combined with another 20 tanks of the same model that Denmark plans to do...
Ukraine Uses Camouflage Nets To Snare Russian Drones Attacking Its Artillery
VERKHNOTORETSKE, DONETSK, UKRAINE – 2021/12/27: Ukrainian army vehicle seen under the masking net in … [+] the Verkhnotoretske village that is situated on the very frontline between Ukrain...
Ukrainian Company AgroGloryTime Introduces Innovative Solutions for Enhanced Crypto Investments
As the company that is now in the driver’s seat in the cryptocurrency industry, AgroGloryTime is ecstatic to announce the launch of their innovative new solutions, which have been designed to boost bo...
Russian Marines Just Attempted Another Frontal Assault On Ukrainian Positions Around Pavlivka. The Result Was Predictably Bloody.
An M-109 howitzer reportedly belonging to the Ukrainian army’s 72nd Mechanized Brigade. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Three months after it got wrecked trying and failing to punch through Ukr...
Russians Claim To Develop Smartphone App To Locate Ukrainian Artillery
The Russian military has developed software for networked smartphones to locate Ukrainian artillery, reviving a technology first used over a century ago in WW1. Artillery duels have become an importan...
Senior Ukrainian Officials Fired Over Corruption Allegations Amid EU Membership Push
Topline Several senior Ukrainian officials were dismissed or resigned in recent days after being accused of corruption, according to multiple reports, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vows to...
The Ukrainian Navy Is Ready To Rescue People Again As Ex-British Helicopters Arrive
A Royal Navy Sea King in 2013. Crown Copyright Just two months after the United Kingdom announced it would donate to Ukraine three ex-Royal Navy Westland Sea King helicopters, the first of the classic...
The Ukrainian Army’s Fast, Lightly-Armed Stryker Vehicles Are Best At Fighting In Cities
U.S. Army Strykers train in Hawaii in 2012. U.S. Army photo The 90 Stryker armored vehicles the United States has pledged to Ukraine could constitute the main equipment of an entire brigade. That brig...
Ukrainian Paratroopers Prefer Their Speedy T-80BV Tanks
A Ukrainian 25th Airborne Brigade T-80BV in combat around Kharkiv. Ukrainian army capture Pressure is mounting on the German government to sign off on various European countries’ proposals to donate G...