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June 13, 2024 at 6:00 PM. By Andrea Shalal. BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement on ...
June 26, 2024 at 4:56 AM. KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy presented the new joint forces commander on Wednesday to troops defending the eastern frontline region of Donetsk ...
June 9, 2024 at 8:46 AM. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Sunday said its forces hit an ultra-modern Russian warplane stationed on an air base nearly 600 kilometers (370 miles) from the front ...
The International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine, [note 1] or the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, [8] is a military unit of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine composed of foreign volunteers. It was created on 27 February 2022 by the Ukrainian government at the request of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fight against the Russian ...
According to the Russian media, it is a "second line of defence in case the Ukrainian armed forces try to penetrate the area. [6] [7] In a report dated 21 November 2022, the British Ministry of Defence considered that Moscow prioritized the construction of defensive positions on the Svatove–Kreminna line .
All military and security forces, including the Armed Forces, are under the command of the President of Ukraine and subject to oversight by a permanent Verkhovna Rada parliamentary commission. They trace their lineage to 1917, while the modern armed forces were formed after Ukrainian independence in 1991.
In its eighth major attack on energy facilities overnight, Russia fired 16 missiles and 13 Shahed drones, the Ukrainian air force said. Ukraine’s air defenses intercepted 12 of the 16 missiles ...
On 25 March, the leader of the Russian military's General Staff Main Operational Directorate, Sergei Rudskoi , stated that the first stage of the operation had "generally been accomplished", and the "combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (was) considerably reduced", allowing Russia "to focus our core efforts on achieving the main goal ...