America's Subway fast food chain is supporting Russia's economy and capacity to wage war by keeping over 500 locations open in Russia, Ukraine's anti-corruption agency said.
Since the liberation of the western bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast by Ukrainian forces in November 2022, Russian troops have been firing at the liberated territories from the eastern bank of the river, regularly resulting in civilian deaths and injuries.
With the Japanese assistance, five mobile gas turbine power generators and seven transformers were delivered to Ukraine, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa announced during the press conference in Kyiv.
After Russia's massive strikes on Ukrainian cities, "I look with concern at what we are doing and ask whether our support is sufficient," Joachim Gauck said in an interview with Bild
According to UK intel, upgrading Rosgvardia with heavier weaponry along with experienced veterans from other groups will likely represent a significant increase in the combat effectiveness of Russia's offensive against Ukraine.
Yoko Kamikawa arrived in Ukraine by train from Poland to reiterate that Japan's support for Ukraine "remains unchanged." She'll also meet with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
Ukraine's multiple successful strikes on Russian military targets across Russian-occupied Crimea demonstrated Ukraine's growing ability to penetrate Russian defenses. The strikes aimed to degrade the Russian military’s ability to use Crimea as a base for further offensive operations in southern Ukraine
In total, Ukraine’s Air Defence shot down 21 out of 28 Russian Shahed drones overnight into 7 January, which were launched from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area, Russia.
Ukrainian Tavriisk Group Commander Oleksandr Tarnavskyi confirmed on 3 January that Russian forces intensified air strikes and shelling on Ukrainian positions with artillery in the Avdiivka and Mariinka sectors.
In October 2023, the US agreed to head up a coalition of countries, including the Netherlands and Denmark, to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, which could potentially be the main combat aircraft for Ukraine.