Ukraine
The Pentagon announces an additional $2.1 billion for Ukraine
According to the Pentagon, Ukraine will receive an additional $2.1 billion, in military aid, over the long run. This funding will help Ukraine secure additional Patriot rounds, air defense systems, drones that could be launched by hand, etc. This funding falls under the “Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.” From the military Times: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon […]
Russia’s Belgorod experiences cross border raid from Ukraine
Russian volunteers manning one of the foreign legion forces conducted a raid into border towns in Belgorod. One of the side effects of this action involved the need to move additional reserves from the frontline to Belgorod. The Russians initially expected to do this movement mainly for Bakhmut to counter Ukrainian operations on the flanks. […]
Ukraine uses American Patriot Defense System to knock a Russian hypersonic missile out of the sky
The Russians boasted about how they had hypersonic missiles, and that the United States did not have anything that could shoot these missiles out of the sky. The Ukrainians proved the Russians wrong with the announcement that they successfully shot down a Russian Kh-47 missile using the American Patriot Defense System. The Russian hypersonic missile […]
Ukraine received 98% of the promised combat vehicles ahead of its anticipated counteroffensive
Ukraine announced that it received over 1,550 armored vehicles, 230 tanks, and vast amounts of ammunition. These are just among military related equipment and ammunition that NATO and NATO partner countries promised to provide Ukraine. The Ukrainians are continuing to slug it out with the Russians and are expected to conduct a counteroffensive in the near future. […]
New Russian Main Battle Tank to Ukraine
Russian T-14 Armata MBT The T-14 Armata main battle tanks (MBT) debuted during the May Day 2015 Victory Parade in Moscow. “Armata” is Hellenic for “weapon” and is an old Russian term for 14th century guns. Russian Lieutenant-General Yuri Kovalenko stated that the Armata combat platform utilized many features of the T-95 tank, with improvements. […]
Russian air force accidentally dropped a bomb on a Russian city
One of Russia’s warplanes, headed to Ukraine, accidentally dropped a bomb as it flew over the Russian city of Belgorod. People heard a hissing noise followed by the most powerful explosion that the city’s residents have heard during the current war. The Ukrainians had deployed drones to attack targets in this city, but the explosions […]
Ukraine to receive $325 million in military aid, includes HIMARS rounds
Team Joe Biden announced $325 million worth of military aid for Ukraine as it continues to wage war against the Russian invaders. This new wave of military aid includes High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) rounds, anti-tank mines, and advanced missiles. The $325 million brings the total aid to Ukraine up to $35.4 billion since […]
Ukraine related updates – Egypt, Finland, Poland, France
The Washington Post and others are reporting that Egypt changed course on its armament sales. We knew they decided not to supply 40,000 122mm rockets to Russia per documents released by Airman (soon to be ‘inmate’, hopefully) Texeira. Egypt was planning to manufacture rockets for Russia but then suspended that effort and decided to supply […]
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