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The contract extensions comes after Defense Minister Rustem Umerov walked back on plans to merge the Defense Procurement Agency and the State Logistics Operator into one agency, following a NATO statement said that the two agencies should be kept separate and two separate supervisory boards established "to perform their tasks and supporting their independence and anti-corruption policies."
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2 days ago · Key developments on Jan. 19: * Ukraine hits 2 oil depots in Russia overnight * Zelensky slaps sanctions on Ukraine's top pro-Russian politicians * Lack of medical treatment, problems with unit transfers most common causes of appeals, new military ombudsman says * Ukrainian troops withdraw from, launch attack on Chasiv Yar refractory plant * SBU
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2 days ago · Key developments on Jan. 20: * Commander of scandal-hit Ukrainian brigade detained, accused of failing to report desertions * Ammunition used by Russians halved following Ukrainian strikes, Syrskyi says * Ukraine Air Force specialists safe from transfer to infantry but mobilization issues remain, Syrskyi says * 'I didn't know who I'd be fighting' — North
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Dec 16, 2024 · KI Insights is the Kyiv Independent’s new research unit aimed at providing in-depth analysis of Ukraine’s political scene and business prospects.
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6 days ago · A French maritime patrol aircraft was the target of intimidation tactics over the Baltic Sea overnight on Jan. 17, after the aircraft was locked onto by the radar of a Russian ground-to-air defense system, France's Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on social media.
How will the Russia-Ukraine war end? The good, the bad, and the …
Dec 13, 2024 · Editor's note: This article is based on a publicly available research report on scenarios for the end of Russia’s war on Ukraine by KI Insights, the Kyiv Independent’s research unit.Read Francis Farrell's full report here.. After nearly three years of heavy battles and mass strikes, Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine is showing …
How Ukraine’s new drone-missile hybrids are changing long-range …
Dec 23, 2024 · Ukraine has turbo-charged its long-distance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), making “rocket-drones” to compete with cruise missiles or save the trouble of asking for more Western-made ranged weapons. President Volodymyr Zelensky’s administration has been showing off the latest results, with videos of the Peklo and Palianytsia missile-drones, which Ukrainian soldiers
Russian troops overrun Kurakhove, approach Pokrovsk east, south, …
Jan 7, 2025 · Russia keeps on advancing in eastern Donetsk Oblast, taking hold of Kurakhove, which would become the first major town to fall into Russian hands in 2025. Russian troops are continuing to push on the Lyman, Siversk, Kramatorsk, Toretsk, Pokrovsk and Kurakhove axes, Ukraine's General Staff said in its latest update.
Bulgaria supplies arms, ammunition to Ukraine in its 7th aid delivery
Dec 4, 2024 · Bulgaria is sending weapons, equipment, and ammunition to Ukraine in its already seventh package of military assistance, the BNR national broadcaster reported on Dec. 3. The exact list of supplies, provided in accordance with a decision on military support for Ukraine from late 2022, remains ...
Biden authorizes Ukraine to target Russia with US long-range …
Nov 17, 2024 · The decision comes as Russia, with the support of North Korean troops, prepares a large-scale assault on Ukrainian forces in the embattled Russian region.. While the U.S. officials do not expect this move to “change the overall course of the war,” Biden aims to help Ukraine target critical Russian and North Korean military assets and send a …