AS: What does the retreat of the Russians on the northern front mean? Is this a sign that the Ukrainian forces are winning? What has led to this success? MB: Two factors have played a role. When the Russians were in their purely...
According to military strength rankings, Russia holds the second strongest military in the world. On paper, Ukraine’s military budget is smaller than that of city-state Singapore, as approximated by The Economist. Despite these...
As fighting rages in many major Ukrainian cities and towns, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the formation of the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine. Foreigners will be allowed to enter the country, join...
This page was last updated on 17 April 2022. You can access the original 2014 version of our list “Verified ways to help Ukraine” in the Web Archive. HELP THE UKRAINIAN ARMY U24 – the official Ukrainian initiative to...
Past 24 hours in the war zone Joint Forces Headquarters report 2 attacks by Russian occupiers, namely near Svitlodarsk & Pisky. 1 civilian wounded. Between evenings of January 28-30, OSCE SMM recorded 213 violations, including 46...
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has signed a decree to bolster Ukraine’s military and complete military reform, thus allowing for the gradual transition to a professional army. On 1 February, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on...
The first local defense units emerged in Ukraine in 2015. However, these were neither part of the armed forces nor had any central headquarters. Ukraine’s Territorial Defense volunteers prepare to support army in case of Russian...
The Russo-Ukrainian war in eastern Ukraine has taken a heavy toll on both the military and civilian population of Ukraine, as well as on infrastructure, administration, utilities, and industry. Too many have died, too many have been...
Nonetheless, the UASOF still suffers from some obstacles on its road to superior combat readiness. Chief among them is a lack of financing, which is common to the entire Armed Forces. Despite its small size compared to Ukraine’s...
In November 2018, Kyiv adopted the “Strategy of the Naval Forces of Ukraine Until 2035” (Navy.mil.gov.ua, January 1, 2019). This planning document outlined the formation of a so-called “mosquito fleet” as a...
In 2014, after the first Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in the Donbas, soldiers who had lost limbs in battle were seen for the first time in public as they returned home. Since the full-on invasion by Russia in February 2022, the...
