The Netherlands signed a €111 million contract with Belgian firm FN Herstal for MAG machine guns for Ukraine. These are medium machine guns that can be used against ground and air targets.
The Netherlands signed a €111 million contract with Belgian firm FN Herstal for MAG machine guns for Ukraine. These are medium machine guns that can be used against ground and air targets.
Russia summarily executed 77 civilians being held in arbitrary detention during its invasion of Ukraine -- killings which constitute war crimes, the United Nations said on Tuesday
Two #US senators call for transferring Iron Dome systems to a third country and then sending them to #Ukraine if #Israel continues to block the allocation of the air defense batteries to Kyiv.
Russian forces stuck a popular shopping center beside Hotel Kramatorsk in the city’s center.
It housed RIA Pizza, where every correspondent covering the war has probably dined, and businesses including Adidas, Reebok and more.
Local authorities say casualties but number unclear.
️NATO must give a very strong answer to the deployment of Wagner troops to Belarus — Polish President Andrzej Duda
Pentagon says Wagner troops are back inside Ukraine after the weekend mutiny. "But in terms of their specific disposition and whether they may or may not move be moving, I'm not going to speculate on that,” said Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder.
️The number of dead as a result of the missile attack on Kramatorsk has increased to 4, among them is a 17-year-old girl - Office of the Prosecutor General.
Among the 42 injured is an eight-month-old baby. People may be under the rubble. The final number of victims is still being determined.
Ukraine said rescuers continued to clear rubble from the site and search for survivors. Russia, recently shaken up by an armed rebellion by mercenary group Wagner, has stepped up its air campaign in Ukraine while the fighting continues along the front.
️Lithuanian President arrives in Kyiv.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda arrived on June 28 for an unannounced visit to Kyiv, where he will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of Ukraine's Constitution Day, Nauseda's press service wrote.
️UK Defense Ministry: Attack on Chonhar bridge disrupts Russian logistics.
The route closure after an alleged Ukrainian attack on the Chonhar bridges between Ukraine's mainland and occupied Crimea on June 22 caused vital Russian logistics convoys to take at least 50% longer to reach the front, the U.K. Defense Ministry said on June 28.
Lithuania buys 2 NASAMS launchers for Ukraine,'s President Gitanas Nauseda says
"Looking forward to more collective decisions on support forat the NATO summit in Vilnius," Nauseda said.
has 2 batteries of NASAMS air defense systems.
Ukraine’s main troop reserves, including most brigades recently trained in the west and equipped with modern Nato tanks have yet to be used in the operation, Reznikov says
"When it happens, you will all see it...Everyone will see everything"
Ukraine's defence minuster Reznikov says that Ukrainian forces had made “certain gains” that the general staff had not made public to avoid exposing troops - FT
Reznikov adds that the ‘main event’ in the counteroffensive is still to come
NATO Warns Not to Underestimate Russian Forces, and Tells Moscow It Has Increased PreparednessNATO Warns Not to Underestimate Russian Forces, and Tells Moscow It Has Increased Preparedness
NATO’s chief said Tuesday that the power of Russia’s military shouldn't be underestimated following the weekend mutiny against it by Wagner Group mercenaries, and said the alliance has increased its readiness to confront Russia in recent days.
Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance may decide to further boost its strength and readiness to face Russia and its ally Belarus when NATO leaders meet in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius on July 11-12.
”So, no misunderstanding and no room for misunderstanding in Moscow or Minsk about our ability to defend our allies against any potential threat," Stoltenberg said.
Ukraine needs a signal that the country will join NATO after the Russo-Ukrainian war ends, and security guarantees until the accession - Zelenskyy
81% of Democrats, 56% of Republicans and 57% of independents favor supplying U.S. weapons to Ukraine, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll
Media: Poland supports easing restrictions on Ukrainian agricultural products.
"I hope these decisions will be scaled down as quickly as possible to allow the freest possible trade," Polish President Andrzej Duda said, referring to the EU's imports of Ukraine's agricultural products
The aborted mutiny in Russia weakened Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Joe Biden said, and demonstrated he's losing the war against Ukraine.
Congress is calling on the Biden administration to send cluster munitions to Ukraine in a move that could help Kyiv overcome Russian lines.
