The US Pentagon announced an increased readiness of 8.500 troops that will be ready to be headed to Eastern Europe.Photo by The U.S. ArmyMore specifically, the US Pentagon announced a few hours ago that U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has put 8.500 US armed forces troops on increased readiness to deploy to…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to a meeting in the war zone of eastern Ukraine.The Ukrainian President also stated:"Does Ukraine want war? No. Is it ready for this? Yes,", Zelensky said in a televised address to his nation on April 20. "Ukraine does not start the war first, but Ukraine will be the last…
Russia's defense minister has ordered Russian troops to return to their permanent bases following the massive exercises on the Ukrainian border that have taken place to a greater extent in the Crimea region."I believe that the goals of the early readiness check have been met," Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said."The troops have shown their defensive…
At a press conference on Monday, Josep Borrell said that more than 150,000 Russian troops are on the border with Ukraine. His office later corrected the number to more than 100,000 troops.More than 100,000 Russian troops have been moved to Ukraine's border with Russia, the press office of the EU diplomat Josep Borrell said…
The UK informed Turkish authorities that British navy ships will enter the Black Sea via the Bosphorus in May, the Turkish channel NTV reported.Earlier, British newspaper The Times citing Royal Navy sources reported that a destroyer and an Anti-Submarine frigate of the British fleet will enter Black Sea waters in May to show London's solidarity…
"Ukraine is ready to repel Russian aggression, politically and diplomatically as well as militarily," said the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, according to RBC-Ukraine."Unlike in 2014, now in 2021, Ukraine and the world are ready and will not allow themselves to be caught off guard, regardless of what the Kremlin can come up with,"…
Turkey will continue to support Ukraine's territorial integrity, Turkish President Erdogan said on Saturday after his meeting with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky.At a press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart, the Turkish President called for an end to the tension in eastern Ukraine - with "a peaceful and diplomatic" solution, according to the Turkish news agency…
A Ukrainian soldier was killed amid shelling by Russian mercenaries in Donbass on Tuesday, and another was killed by an explosion.Specifically, the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced:"Today, on April 6th... the armed formations of the Russian Federation once again violated the ceasefire regime and hit Ukrainian army positions near the village of Nevelske.As a result of enemy fire,…
The Russian Armed Forces have begun routine combat readiness checks, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday, according to Russian media RIA."Troops have gone to the training sites for regular, special tactics and bilateral exercises," the Russian defense minister told a conference at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation.The exercises…
Russian separatist forces carried out 11 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbass on March 27, according to the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN.Russian troops used banned weapons near the village of Sumy, according to a source quoted by the agency.Grenade launchers, large-caliber machine guns and rifles were used near the villages of Zaitseve and…