Section: News & Summaries

      Lithuania announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine
      Mar17

      Lithuania announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine

      The Minister of Defense of Lithuania Arvydas Anušauskas announced on March 16, 2023, on Twitter, that Lithuania plans to transfer to Ukraine an additional package of defense support to resist the invasion of Russia, which will include 155-mm artillery shells, vehicles and rations for Ukrainian troops. Source: The Minister of Defense of Lithuania...

      Russians hit the yard of a medical facility in Kherson with drones: photo
      Mar17

      Russians hit the yard of a medical facility in Kherson with drones: photo

      Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration reported that Russian drones fired at the yard of one of the medical facilities in Kherson (a city in the south of Ukraine) on March 16, 2023. Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration “Just now, the Russian army attacked...

      Russians shelled the Donetsk region, 6 civilians were injured, including a foreign volunteer: photos
      Mar17

      Russians shelled the Donetsk region, 6 civilians were injured, including a foreign volunteer: photos

      Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration reported that on March 16, Russian troops shelled Kostiantynivka (Donetsk region, east of Ukraine) twice. As a result, 6 people were injured, including a foreign volunteer. Source: Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, the Office of the...

      General Staff operational report March 16, 2023 on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
      Mar16

      General Staff operational report March 16, 2023 on the Russian invasion of Ukraine

      The 386th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 16.03.2023. During the day of March 16, the Russian army launched 2x missile and 16x air strikes, launched 25x MLRS attacks. The threat of missile attacks remains high across Ukraine. All maps provided by War Mapper...

      Ukraine will receive MiG-29 fighters from Poland in the coming days
      Mar16

      Ukraine will receive MiG-29 fighters from Poland in the coming days

      The President of Poland Andrzej Duda said on March 16, 2023, at a joint press conference with the newly elected president of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel that Ukraine would be provided with four MiG-29 aircraft from Poland soon. Source: The President of Poland Andrzej Duda “In the coming days, we are handing over four aircraft to Ukraine...

      Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 225 Russian soldiers and injured over 300 near Bakhmut
      Mar16

      Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 225 Russian soldiers and injured over 300 near Bakhmut

      The Spokesman of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevatyy informed on March 16, 2023, that Ukrainian troops killed 225 Russian servicemen, and wounded 306, as well as destroyed 2 Russian T-72 tanks, 5 infantry fighting vehicles, an anti-aircraft missile system and 3 drones in the Lyman-Kupyansk direction (east of...

      Russians fired at city in the Donetsk region, 6 civilians were injured: photos
      Mar16

      Russians fired at city in the Donetsk region, 6 civilians were injured: photos

      Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration informed that Russian soldiers shelled Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region (east of Ukraine) with Tornado-S multiple rocket launchers on March 15, 2023, as a result of which six civilians were injured. Source: Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk regional military...

      Canada will provide Ukraine with thousands of artillery shells and missiles for air defense
      Mar16

      Canada will provide Ukraine with thousands of artillery shells and missiles for air defense

      The Ministry of Defense of Canada said on March 15, 2023, that in the coming weeks, Canada would send approximately 8,000 rounds of ammunition, as well as 12 anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine. Source: The Ministry of Defense of Canada  “During this meeting [Ukraine Defense Contact Group – ed.], the Minister announced that Canada will...

      Largest mass burials of killed Ukrainians were found in the Kharkiv and Kyiv regions
      Mar16

      Largest mass burials of killed Ukrainians were found in the Kharkiv and Kyiv regions

      The deputy head of the National Police of Ukraine, the head of the Main Investigative Department of the National Police of Ukraine noted on March 15, 2023, that the largest mass burials of Ukrainian citizens killed by Russian troops during the full-scale war were discovered in the Kharkiv region, namely in Izium (east of Ukraine), and in the Kyiv...

      NATO countries will provide Ukraine with more air defense systems, armored vehicles and ammunition
      Mar16

      NATO countries will provide Ukraine with more air defense systems, armored vehicles and ammunition

      The website of NATO informed on March 15, 2023, that NATO allies are ready to supply Ukraine with more air defense systems, ammunition, as well as armored vehicles. Source: The website of NATO “NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on Wednesday (15 March 2023), chaired...