Ukrainian Ground Forces not ruling out Russian offensive this summer
Russia is creating a new grouping of more than 100,000 troops and the enemy will likely try to launch an offensive in one sector this summer.
22 March 2024
Russia is creating a new grouping of more than 100,000 troops and the enemy will likely try to launch an offensive in one sector this summer.
The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.
Several Russian financial, economic, and military indicators suggest that Russia is preparing for a large-scale conventional conflict with NATO, not imminently but likely on a shorter timeline than what some Western analysts have initially posited.
21 March 2024
Ukraine needs Patriots and other air defense systems to effectively protect the sky over Ukrainian cities and communities against Russian terror.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine held meetings with the military and intelligence chiefs on strengthening protection against Russian terror and pro-active efforts against the enemy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Admiral Robert Bauer, Chair of the NATO Military Committee, have discussed opportunities to strengthen the military alliance's coordination role in supporting Ukraine, notably enhancing existing defense capabilities.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi in a phone call with Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of the French Republic, Army General Thierry Burkhard discussed the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi met with a NATO delegation led by Admiral Rob Bauer, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba, during a meeting with the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Admiral Rob Bauer in Kyiv, emphasized the need for critical types of weapons and military equipment.
The lower chamber of the Czech Parliament, the House of Representatives, designated Russia as Czechia’s main security threat and declared the need for continued support for Ukraine.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have fundamentally changed many aspects of modern warfare, which gives grounds for confidence in Ukraine's ability to prevail.
The head of the Ministry of Defense of Estonia, Hanno Pevkur, during a visit to Kyiv on Thursday, announced a new military aid package for Ukraine worth EUR 20 million, which will include artillery ammunition, among other things.
Russia is desperately trying to create an image of its own might, but no amount of propaganda can hide the coffins that are being shipped back to Russia.
The Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, who arrived in Kyiv for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale war, said that the Allies are doing everything for Ukraine to become a member of NATO.
Ukraine's arms industry is now booming, but its local production is still insufficient and U.S. aid delays are causing serious problems.
20 March 2024
Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office Andriy Yermak has said he hopes that Ukraine will sign a "historic" security agreement with the United States in the near future.
Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office Andriy Yermak and U.S. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan have discussed support for Ukraine.
After EU foreign ministers adopted a decision to create an aid fund for Ukraine within the framework of the European Peace Facility, the total amount of military aid from the EU and its member states increased to EUR 33 billion, and member states pledged to allocate another EUR 20 billion before year-end for military support to Ukraine on a bilateral basis.
U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's statement that the U.S. will not protect Allies from Russian aggression if they fail to achieve defense spending at the level of 2% of GDP forces Europe and Türkiye to seriously consider "defense autonomy".
Over the past 24 hours, Ukraine has recorded 80 combat engagements with Russian invasion forces as the largest number of enemy assaults was reported in the Novopavlivka direction.
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni rejected French President Emmanuel Macron’s suggestion that NATO troops could be deployed in Ukraine saying the move risked unacceptable escalation in the conflict with Russia.
19 March 2024
Ukraine has started negotiations with Estonia on a bilateral security agreement.
On March 26, Warsaw and Berlin will launch a "coalition of armoured vehicles" for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18 March 2024
Delegates from NATO and Ukraine will meet at a conference in Luxembourg this week to discuss modernizing Ukraine's defense procurement processes to make them faster, more sustainable and more transparent.
NATO Secretary General Gens Stoltenberg has said that Russia's organization of "elections" in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and Georgia is illegal and the so-called presidential elections in Russia, in his opinion, were neither free nor fair.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has approved the training of about 50 Ukrainian pilots on F-16 aircraft on Romanian territory.
At a meeting of the EU Council of Foreign Ministers, which was attended by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, a final decision was made to allocate an additional €5 billion for military support to Ukraine under the European Peace Fund.
17 March 2024
Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles has addressed her nation in connection with Russian President Vladimir Putin's threats to use nuclear weapons.
Estonia Prime Minister Kaja Kallas believes Russian leader Vladimir Putin is trying to intimidate Western audiences to restrain their governments but, in fact, he is afraid of the actual war with NATO Allies.
The Foreign Minister of Latvia, Krišjānis Kariņš, believes that even after Vladimir Putin comes off the political scene, Russia’s imperial claims, which are now being manifested in Ukraine, will still threaten European nations.