Baltimore Council
on Foreign Affairs
To BCFA members:
This special Website feature offers BCFA members timely updates to help illuminate the battle for Ukraine. A major component is official briefings by the Ukraine and Russian governments, which are not always available in the mainstream news media. We’ll also have special features such as letters from the war zone and analyses not available elsewhere.
We welcome comments and suggestions on the content of the feature. Write: president@bcfausa.org
Roy Gutman, BCFA President
Institute for the Study of War: Russian forces make modest gains around Severodonetsk
May 20, 2022
Russian forces are focusing on digging in and reinforcing defensive positions in Kharkiv and along the Southern Axis in preparation for Ukrainian counteroffensives...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian forces step up artillery attacks on Ukraine military
May 20, 2022
The 86th day of the Russian invasion
russian enemy does not stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Russian troops withdrawn from Kharkiv city are redeployed to western Donetsk
May 19, 2022
Ukrainian military officials reported that some Russian troops withdrawn from the Kharkiv City axis have redeployed to western Donetsk Oblast on May 19...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian forces lob shells at Ukanians but fail to advance on the ground
May 19, 2022
Day 85 of the Russian invasion
The main focus of russian enemy was on the Donetsk direction, where it used aircraft, artillery and mortars...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Russia plans to level Mariupol, turn it into a tourist resort
May 18, 2022
Russian occupation authorities announced plans to destroy the Azovstal Steel Plant and turn Mariupol into a resort city, depriving Russia of some of the most important economic benefits it hoped to reap by taking the city in the first place...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russsian forces bombard Ukraine defenders but fail to capture territory
May 18, 2022
russian enemy continues its offensive in the Eastern Operational Zone. It inflates fire along the entire line of contact and in the depths of the defence of our troops in the Donetsk operational area and in the Slovyansk direction, takes measures to strengthen the offensive group...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Ukrainian defenders abandon the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol, arrested by Russia
May 17, 2022
Mariupol defenders trapped in the Azovstal Steel Plant likely surrendered after Ukrainian officials negotiated evacuation measures with the Kremlin...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian SU-35 aircraft fire missiles to support military operation near Donetsk
May 17, 2022
The 83rd day.
russian enemy does not stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Russia and Ukraine negotiate evacuation of wounded at Azovstal Steel Plant
May 16, 2022
Russian forces conducted limited and largely unsuccessful ground offensives along the front line in Ukraine on May 16. The Russian grouping around Kharkiv City...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian forces use cluster munitions near Avdiivka
May 16, 2022
The eighty-second day.
russian enemy continues to conduct offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone...MORE
Russian Embassy in Washington: Putin to Russian allies: Neo-Nazism 'on the rise' in Ukraine
May 16, 2022
The Kremlin hosted a meeting of the heads of state of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.
Taking part in the meeting, timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the organisation...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Russian forces put priority on capturing Severodonetsk
May 15, 2022
Russian forces have likely abandoned the objective of completing a large-scale encirclement of Ukrainian units from Donetsk City to Izyum in favor of completing the seizure of Luhansk Oblast...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian forces suffer heavy manpower losses, training new recruits to replenish them
May 15, 2022
The eight-first day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a Russian military invasion continues...MORE
Ukraine Ministry of Defense: Russian forces advance in Avdiyivka
May 14, 2022
The eightieth day of the heroic stand-off of the Ukrainian nation against russian military invasion continues.
The adversary continues its offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Ukraine appears to have won the Battle of Kharkiv
May 13, 2022
The Russian military has likely decided to withdraw fully from its positions around Kharkiv City in the face of Ukrainian counteroffensives and the limited availability of reinforcements...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian forces press artillery assault but fail to advance on the ground
May 13, 2022
The seventy-ninth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
russian occupiers did not stop the offensive in the Eastern Operational Zone...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Ukraine pushes Russian forces away from from Kharkiv; Russians advance toward Severodonetsk
May 12, 2022
Russian forces may be abandoning efforts at a wide encirclement of Ukrainian troops along the Izyum-Slovyansk-Debaltseve line in favor of shallower encirclements of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russia forces shell Ukrainian troops from Russian territory
May 12, 2022
The seventy-eighth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
russian enemy is trying to continue a full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine and does not stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 9
May 9, 2022
Russian forces continue to face widespread force generation challenges. A senior US defense official stated on May 9 that the US has not observed any indicators of a “new major Russian mobilization”...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Putin fails to announce progress or any expansion of Ukraine war
May 9, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin used his May 9 speech to praise ongoing Russian efforts in Ukraine and reinforce existing Kremlin framing rather than announce a change...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian forces fail to advance
May 9, 2022
The seventy-fifth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
russian enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Putin, in VE Day speech, calls invasion of Ukraine a preemptive strike against ‘absolutely unacceptable threats’
May 9, 2022
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Fellow Russian citizens,
Dear veterans,
Comrade soldiers and seamen, sergeants and sergeant majors, midshipmen and warrant officers,
Comrade officers, generals and admirals,
I congratulate you on the Day of Great Victory!...MORE
Zelinskyy’s V-E Day speech: "We won then and we will win Now"
May 9, 2022
Great people of great Ukraine!
On August 24, 2021, the whole country celebrated the 30th anniversary of our independence! Our soldiers, our defenders, our equipment were moving along the Khreshchatyk, our "Mriya" was flying in the sky!...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Russia amasses troops to head off Ukraine counteroffensive northeast of Kharkiv
May 8, 2022
Russian forces did not make any significant advances on any axis of advance on May 8...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian forces bombard Ukraine airports but are unable to advance on the ground
May 8, 2022
The seventy-fourth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
russian enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry claims more than 25,000 Russian troops killed since February 24
May 7, 2022
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 07.05 were approximately...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian forces sustain ‘significant losses’, fail to gain ground
May 7, 2022
The seventy-third day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
russian enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Ukraine recaptures territory north and east of Kharkiv
May 6, 2022
The Ukrainian counteroffensive north and east of Kharkiv city secured further gains in the last 24 hours and may successfully push Russian forces out of artillery range of Kharkiv in the coming days...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Ukraine forces capture five villages near Kharkiv and inflict heavy losses on Russian forces
May 6, 2022
The seventy-second day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
russian enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine....MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Ukraine goes on the Offensive
May 5, 2022
The Ukrainian counteroffensive out of Kharkiv city may disrupt Russian forces northeast of Kharkiv and will likely force Russian forces to decide whether to reinforce positions near Kharkiv or risk losing most or all of their positions within artillery range of the city...MORE
Ukrainian Defense Ministry: Russian shelling continue but ground advances are blocked by Ukraine forces
May 5, 2022
The seventy-first day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
russian enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Ukrainian forces have largely stalled Russian advances in Eastern Ukraine
May 4, 2022
Ukrainian defenses have largely stalled Russian advances in Eastern Ukraine. Russian troops conducted a number of unsuccessful attacks in Eastern Ukraine on May 4...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian attempts to capture territory in East Ukraine are ‘Unsuccessful'
May 4, 2022
The seventieth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
russian enemy continues to conduct offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Ukrainian forces take the offensive as Russian forces continue regrouping
May 3, 2022
Ukrainian officials reported with increasing confidence that the Kremlin will announce mobilization on May 9...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian forces in Transnistria at full combat readiness amid signs an operation will soon begin
May 3, 2022
The sixty-ninths day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Russian forces did not conduct any confirmed ground attacks in Ukraine
May 2, 2022
The April 30 Ukrainian artillery strike on the Russian command post in Izyum may be continuing to disrupt Russian efforts on the Izyum axis...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian forces fire missiles at Ukraine infrastructure as ground forces regroup
May 2, 2022
The sixty-eights day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues...MORE
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy assails Russian Minister for saying Hitler was part Jewish
May 2, 2022
The 68th day of our strong defense is coming to an end. The 68th day of self-destruction of Russia. Self-destruction in every sense of the word...MORE
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Italian TV interview. ‘Adolf Hitler had Jewish blood’
May 2, 2022
Institute for the Study of War: Russia introduces Ruble in areas it occupies
May 1, 2022
Russian forces are setting conditions to establish permanent control over the areas of southern Ukraine they currently occupy, either as nominally independent “People’s Republics” or by annexing them to Russia...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russia sends another 1,000 troops and 300 weapons to the Izyum front
May 1, 2022
The sixty-seventh day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
russian enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine and offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone...MORE
Ukraine president Zelenskyy: Escape Corridor from Mariupol’s Azovstal Plant opens and Evacuations begin
May 1, 2022
Today we finally managed to start the evacuation of people from Azovstal. After many weeks of negotiations, after many attempts, different meetings, people, calls, countries, proposals...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Russian forces stall on the crucial Isyum front, and reinforcements may not help
April 30, 2022
Further Russian reinforcements to the Izyum axis are unlikely to enable stalled Russian forces to achieve substantial advances...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Ukrainian forces regain control of four villages in Kharkiv region
April 30, 2022
The sixty-sixth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues...MORE
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov tells China’s Xinhua News Agency Russia’s ‘Special Military Operation' will ‘definitely achieve all its goals
April 30, 2022
Institute for the Study of War: Ukrainian forces succeed in slowing Russian offensive in Eastern Ukraine
April 29, 2022
Russian forces made limited advances west of Severodonetsk on April 29 but remain stalled south of Izyum...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian force install pontoon bridges across Siversky Donets River to funnel more troops to the Izyum front
April 29, 2022
The sixty-fifth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Institute for Study of War, Ukraine reports that chief of Russian general staff to take command of the Izyum offensive in eastern Ukraine
April 28, 2022
Russian offensive operations in eastern Ukraine made minor advances on April 28. Russian forces attacking southwest from Izyum likely seek to bypass Ukrainian defenses on the direct road to Slovyansk...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian ground forces fire artillery and rockets at Ukraine forces, as Black Sea fleet fires missile
April 28, 2022
The sixty-fourth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Institute for the Study of War, More on the false flag attack Russia is said to be preparing for Moldova, Ukraine’s western neighbor
April 27, 2022
Russian forces made minor but steady advances both from Izyum and in continued assaults along the line of contact in eastern Ukraine on April 27. Russian forces took several small towns directly west of Izyum in the past 24 hours...MORE
Putin, addressing parliamentarians, warns of “lightning fast retaliation" if outside countries create a “strategic threat"
April 27, 2022
On the Day of Russian Parliamentarism, the President met with members of the Council of Lawmakers at the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. The meeting was held in the Tauride Palace, per tradition...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian soldiers are demoralized, looking for ways to avoid combat
April 27, 2022
The sixty-third day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Russian forces make slow, steady advance near Izium amid false flag attacks in Moldova
April 26, 2022
Russian forces have adopted a sounder pattern of operational movement in eastern Ukraine, at least along the line from Izyum to Rubizhne...MORE
Russian Defense Ministry: Precision missiles target Ukrainian military facilities
April 26, 2022
During the night, high-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 4 military facilities of Ukraine. Including 2 areas of manpower and military equipment concentration of the enemy...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian force advances in direction of Izium, eastern Ukraine, as threat grows of Russian military action in neighboring Moldova
April 26, 2022
The sixty-second day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Institute for Study of War: Russian missiles strike five Ukraine rail stations but lose territory to Ukraine forces
April 25, 2022
Russian forces conducted precision missile strikes against five Ukrainian railway stations in central and western Ukraine on April 25 in a likely effort to disrupt Ukrainian reinforcements to eastern Ukraine and Western aid shipments...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian missile strikes aim at halting Western Resupply of Weapons to Ukraine
April 25, 2022
The sixy-first day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues...MORE
Russian Defense Ministry: Russian missiles attack rail junctions in bid to slow NATO Weapons Shipments
April 25, 2022
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine...MORE
Institute for the Study of War: Russian forces achieve minor advances around Severodonetsk
April 24, 2022
Russian offensive operations in eastern Ukraine made minor advances around Severodonetsk on April 24, seizing several small towns and establishing a pontoon bridge across the Krasna River west of Severodonetsk...MORE
Russian Ministry of Defense: Russian missiles and artillery target Ukrainian defense installations
April 24, 2022
The workshop of an explosive substances and powders for the Ukrainian armed forces was destroyed by high-point ground-based rockets in the area of Pavlograd...MORE
President Putin’s Easter Greeting: “...The Triumph of Life, Goodness and Justice."
April 24, 2022
President Vladimir Putin: This Feast of feasts, Easter brings Orthodox Christians and all Russians celebrating Easter Sunday together around high moral ideals and values...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian forces make minor advances but run into fierce resistance by Ukraine forces
April 24, 2022
The sixtieth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Zelenskyy’s Easter Message to the people of Ukraine. “Our Dawn is Coming Soon."
April 24, 2022
Great people of great Ukraine!
Today is a great holiday. And I'm in a great place...MORE
Institute for Study of War: Russia Troop Redeployment in East Ukraine: no Pausing, no Massing, no Reorganization
April 23, 2022
Russian forces continued offensive operations along multiple axes even as they completed moving reinforcements drawn from the retreat from Kyiv into the east and continued redeploying some forces from Mariupol to the north...MORE
Russian Defense Ministry: Russian missile and artillery forces attack Ukrainian military installations
April 23, 2022
This afternoon, a logistics terminal at a military airport near Odessa was launched with high-precision missiles of large range of air-based air-based missiles from the United States and European countries were launched. early armour...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian Forces advance on Towns inear Donetsk, Tavriya in Eastern Ukraine
April 23, 2022
The fifty-ninth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Russian hopes to capture southern Ukraine unlikely to succeed, says Institue for Study of War
April 22, 2022
A briefing by the Russian Deputy Commander of the Central Military District on April 22 reiterated standing Russian objectives in eastern and southern Ukraine and did not announce any new operations...MORE
Ukraine Defense Ministry: Despite multiple assault operations Russian forces fail to advance
April 22, 2022
The fifty-eighth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine and launches missile and bomb strikes on military and civilian infrastructure...MORE
Russia claims its missiles destroy Ukrainian missiles and armor
April 22, 2022
During the day, 13 Ukrainian military facilities were struck by high-pensity air-base missiles of the Russian Federation of Russia. Including two control points, 11 support points and focal points of life force and Ukrainian military equipment...MORE
Russian forces, making minor advances, announce victory parade in Mariupol on May 9
April 20, 2022
Russian forces made minor advances in the ongoing offensive in eastern Ukraine on April 19, seizing several small towns and advancing into the key frontline towns of Rubizhne and Popasna...MORE
Russian forces continue regrouping, make minor territorial gains, says Ukraine Defense Ministry
April 20, 2022
The fifty-sixth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Russian missiles target Ukrainian military equipment, says Russian Defense Ministry
April 20, 2022
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine.
High-intensity air-based missiles of the Russian Federation of Russia attacked 12 Ukrainian military objects...MORE
Russia steps up artillery and air attacks but makes little progress on the ground
April 19, 2022
Russian and Ukrainian officials announced that the next phase of the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on April 19...MORE
Russia fires missiles at Ukrainian military
April 19, 2022
As a result of a strike with high-speed air-base missiles, two support points in the Kalinovo-Popasno district and six live force and military equipment of the enemy in the districts of Mirnoe, Slavyansk and Popasnoy...MORE
Russia suffers growing personnel losses and recruiting problems, Ukraine says
April 19, 2022
The fifty-fifth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Russian forces begin new wide-scale offensive in Eastern Ukraine
April 18, 2022 - Institute for the Study of War
Russian forces began a new phase of large-scale offensive operations in eastern Ukraine on April 18 likely intended to capture the entirety of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts...MORE
Russia fires missile at Ukrainian
April 18, 2022
On the morning of April 18, high-performance missiles of the Russian CCC in the area of Lviv, a strike on the 124th joint center for ensuring the back of the command of the logistics forces of Ukrainian troops...MORE
Russian forces storm Mariupol seaport
April 18, 2022
The fifty-fourth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Russian forces destroy Ukrainian ammunition factory in Brovary, near Kyiv
April 17, 2022
During the night, high-precision air-based missiles destroyed an ammunition factory near Brovary in Kiev region.
Operational-tactical and army aviation hit 68 military assets of Ukraine...MORE
Russia planning illegal referendum in captured city of Kherson. —Ukraine defence ministry
April 17, 2022
The fifty-third day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Mariupol appears under Russian control
Apr 17, 2022 - Press ISW
Russian forces likely captured the Port of Mariupol on April 16 despite Ukrainian General Staff denials, reducing organized Ukrainian resistance in the city to the Azovstal factory in eastern Mariupol...MORE
Russia concentrates ground forces around Izium in Eastern Ukraine
April 16, 2022
The fifty-second day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Russia claims Ukraine lost 23,000 soldiers, 10 times Zelenskyy’s estimate
April 16, 2022
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine.
During the day, 15 opponent objects were struck by high-speed air-based missiles...MORE
In the coming land battle, muddy terrain may offset Russia's numerical edge
Apr 16, 2022 - Press ISW
Ukraine’s sinking of the Moskva was a significant event that has likely triggered intensified Russian air and missile attacks in retaliation, but the decisive operations of this phase of the war will still be conducted on the ground in eastern Ukraine...MORE
Russia claims it averted Ukraine attack on a key Dnieper river dam
April 15, 2022
On the morning of April 15, the Russian armed forces prevented an attempt of the Kiev nationalist regime with a missile strike to defeat the Kakhovskaya GES dam...MORE
Russia fires missiles at civilian targets but fails to advance on the ground, Ukraine says
April 15, 2022
The fifty-first day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Russia continues unsuccessful small scale attacks against Ukraine forces
April 15, 2022
Russian forces continued small-scale, tactical attacks on the Izyum and Severodonetsk axes; additional reinforcements to date have not enabled any breakthroughs of Ukrainian defenses...MORE
Russia continues bombarding Ukrainian military positions, says Defense Ministry says
April 14, 2022
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine.
During the day, 7 military units of Ukraine were affected by operational and tactical aviation...MORE
Russia carries out stealth mobilization of able-bodied men, Ukraine says
April 14, 2022
The fiftieth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Russia continues to launch airstrikes against Mariupol
April 13, 2022
The forty- ninth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Russia claims Mariupol ‘completely liberated’ from ’Nazi formation'
April 13, 2022
Armed forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine.
In the city of Mariupol, completely liberated from the militants of the Nazist formation "Azov" maritime trade port...MORE
Russian forces capture more of Mariupol, but two pockets hold out
Apr 13, 2022 - Press ISW
Russian claims of a mass Ukrainian surrender in Mariupol are likely false, but Russian forces forced Ukrainian troops to abandon the Ilyich metal plant in northern Mariupol on April 13, further constricting the two remaining pockets of Ukrainian defenders...MORE
Ukraine Defense ministry publishes Russian military losses
April 12, 2022
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 12.04 were approximatel
personnel ‒ about 19600...MORE
Russian Defense Ministry claims to destroy much of a Ukraine mechanized brigade’
April 12, 2022
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine...MORE
Russia conducting small-scale limited operations as it rebuilds its forces
Apr 12, 2022 - Press ISW
Russia continued offensive operations in eastern Ukraine on a limited basis as it worked to reconstitute forces withdrawn from the Battle of Kyiv and to establish necessary logistical bases for increased offensive operations in the Donbas area...MORE
Russian missiles destroy Ukrainian command posts, “Nazi terrorist organization“ base camp, Russia says
April 11, 2022
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine.
On April 11, in the area of the Chasov Yar Donetsk region, a deepened, well-defended command point of the group of Ukrainian troops in Donbass was destroyed by the Kinzhal air missile complex...MORE
Russian troops desert in S. Buh amid forced conscription in Luhansk, Ukraine says
April 11, 2022
The forty-seventh day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Russian army still plagued by logistics problems, Ukraine says
April 10, 2022
The forty-sixth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Russian forces continue firing missiles at Ukraine from land and sea
April 10, 2022
During the night, high-precision sea-based missiles destroyed the headquarters and base of Dnepr nationalist battalion in Zvonetskoe, Dnepropetrovsk Region, where foreign mercenaries had recently arrived...MORE
Russian forces have now divided Mariupol
Apr 10, 2022 - Press ISW
Russian forces made territorial gains in Mariupol in the past 24 hours and continued to reinforce operations along the Izyum-Slovyansk axis but did not make other territorial gains...MORE
Ukraine seaborne attempt to rescue troops in Mariupol foiled, Russia claims
April 9, 2022
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine...MORE
Russian forces continue offensive agaisnt Mariupol and Izyum
April 9, 2022
The forty-fifth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
The russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine...MORE
Devastating morale problem plagues Rus military massing in E. Ukraine
Apr 9, 2022
The Russian military is attempting to generate sufficient combat power to seize and hold the portions of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts that it does not currently control after it completes the seizure of Mariupol...MORE
Missile that targeted railway station ‘launched from Ukraine-held territory’, Russia claims
April 8, 2022
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine...MORE
Russian forces continue to regroup, prepare new offensive in Donbas, Ukraine says
April 8, 2022
The forty-fourth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
The armed forces of the russian federation continue their armed aggression against Ukraine. The enemy is being prepared for the offensive in eastern Ukraine...MORE
Ukraine forces still holding Mariupol port and steel plant
Apr 8, 2022 - Press ISW
Ukraine asks NATO to send western, not Soviet-era weapons
April 7, 2022
Statement by the Ukraine Defense Minister, Oleksii Reznikow to partner states
It has been 42 days since Russia's large-scale attack on Ukraine.
Today I want to address all the friends and partners of our people...MORE
Russia claims to destroy Ukrainian fuel depots, other military targets
April 7, 2022
Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry
Units of Donetsk People's Republic troops, continuing their offensive, have completely cleared Sladkoe of nationalists...MORE
Russian proxy forces claim capture of central Mariupol
April 7, 2022
Russian proxy forces claimed to have captured central Mariupol on April 7, but Ukrainian forces retain positions in the southwest of the city...MORE
Russian forces continue redeployment but make no major advances
April 6, 2022
Russian forces continued to redeploy forces to the Izyum-Slovyansk axis and eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours and did not secure any major advances...MORE
Russia claims Ukraine preparing a ‘provocation’ using chlorine gas
April 6, 2022
Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (06.04.2022 )
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine...MORE
Zelenskyy’s address to Irish parliament: Russia is using hunger as a weapon
April 6, 2022
Dear people of Ireland!
Tonight Russian missiles again struck the territory of our state. Foully hitting the ordinary civilian infrastructure. In particular, the new depot with fuel...MORE
Russian forces regroup and prepare to relocate eastwards by rail, Ukraine says
April 6, 2022
The forty-second day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
A russian enemy continues to prepare for an offensive operation in eastern Ukraine in order to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts...MORE
Russian Foreign Minister label war crimes charges as ‘blatant lies'
April 5, 2022
In the past few days, the propaganda machine of the West and Ukraine has focused exclusively on fueling hysteria over video taken, as we understand, by the military and security service of Ukraine in the city of Bucha, Kiev Region...MORE
Zelenskyy: Russian ‘turns UN veto into right to kill'
April 5, 2022
Dear Mrs. President!
Dear Mr. Secretary General!
Dear members of the Security Council and other participants of the meeting!...MORE
Russia ‘fabricating evidence’ of Ukraine war crimes, Ukraine charges
April 5, 2022
Measures to regroup the troops of the russian federation continue. The enemy did not abandon the purpose of the operation to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions...MORE
Russian army advances two kilometers daily in eastern Ukraine, Defense Ministry claims
April 4, 2022
Units of the People's Militia of the Lugansk Republic, continuing the attack, advanced 2 kilometers in a day and blocked the settlements of Novotoshkovskoe, Borovskoe and Metelkino...MORE
Bucha atrocities are ‘hoax’, says Russian Defense Ministry
April 4, 2022
Statement by the Russian Defence Ministry
The Russian Defence Ministry denies accusations of Kiev regime of allegedly killing civilians in Bucha, Kiev Region Facts...MORE
Russian army 'prepares new offensive in eastern Ukraine’ — Kyiv defense ministry
April 3, 2022
The fortieth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues...MORE
Zelinskyy decries alleged Russian atrocities in Bucha
April 3, 2022
Today this address will be without greetings. I do not want any extra words.
Presidents do not usually record addresses like this. But today I have to say just that. After what was revealed in Bucha and our other cities the occupiers were expelled from...MORE
Russian troops continue withdrawal from north of Kyiv
April 3, 2022
The thirty-ninth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues...MORE
Russians make little headway in East Ukraine
April 2, 2022
Russia withdraws forces from north of Kyiv but continuing offense in south — Ukraine ministry
April 2, 2022
The thirty-eights day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues...MORE
Ukraine says Russians based at Chernobyl being treated for radiation exposure
April 1, 2022
The thirty-seventh day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues...MORE
Ukraine blows up Russian fuel dump in Belgorod
April 1, 2022
On April 1, around 5 am Moscow time, two Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopters at very low altitude entered the airspace of the Russian Federation...MORE
Russia withdraws from north of Kyiv
Apr 1, 2022 - Press ISW
Russia claims to destroy Ukrainian helicopters
March 31, 2022
Troops of the Lugansk People's Republic continue aggressive actions on the outskirts of Severodonetsk, advancing in a deep day of defense of the 57 separate motor brigade for 2 kilometers...MORE
Russia recruits Syrian militia veterans to fight in Ukraine
March 31, 2022 Jennifer Cafarella, Ezgi Yazici, and Zach Coles
Key Takeaways:
• Russia began redeploying Russian private military contractors (PMCs) and their Syrian proxies from Africa and Syria to Ukraine in approximately the second week of the war...MORE
Zelenskyy appeals to Dutch, Australian parliaments for support
March 31, 2022
WAR ROOM
General Stuff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 31.03...MORE
Russian forces north of Kiev appear ‘incapable’ of mounting major operation
Ukraine asks Intl Red Cross to repatriate 2000 children ‘abducted by Russia’
March 26, 2022
Russia deployed Rosguard units in order to suppress the resistance of the local population in Kherson, Henichesk (Kherson region), Berdyansk (Zaporizhzhia region) and some areas of Mariupol (Donetsk region)...MORE
Russians still trying to encircle Kyiv despite claimed Pivot to East
Russia claims to capture five Ukraine towns
March 25, 2022
The grouping of troops of the Russian Armed Forces advanced another 4 kilometers overnight and captured Batmanka, Mikhailovka, Krasny Partizan, Stavki and Troitskoe. Currently developing an offensive against units of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces...MORE
Peace Talks slow as Ukraine demands Russia return Donbass and Crimea
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 24
Russian forces ‘regroup in preparation for offensive,’ Ukraine says
March 24, 2022
Enemy maintains preparation for resume of advance in order to capture/surround main administrative centers of Ukraine and elimination of JOF grouping...MORE
Russia flies 250 air sorties in 24 hour, Ukraine says
March 24, 2022
The twenty-ninth day of Ukrainian people’s heroic resistance of the Russian military invasion has begun.
The Defence Forces continues to conduct a defence operation in the Eastern, Southeastern and Northeastern directions.
The enemy did not succeed in any of them...MORE
Ukraine asks Israel to be the main guarantor of any peace deal with Russia
March 24, 2022
President Zelenskyy: The threat of large-scale use of chemical weapons by Russia on the territory of Ukraine is quite real.
A.Yermak: Ukraine wants the State of Israel to be one of the guarantors of a major international treaty that would provide clear security guarantees for our country after the end of the war with Russia...MORE
Ukraine claims to destroy of six Russian warplanes
March 23, 2022
The twenty-eighth day of Ukrainian people’s heroic resistance to the Russian military invasion has began.
The defence forces continue to conduct a defence operation in the Eastern, Southern, and North-Eastern directions...MORE
Russian landing ships in Black Sea shell Mariupul
March 23, 2022
Enemy continues full scale armed aggression against Ukraine.
Enemy doesn’t’t stop preparing for active offensive actions to capture Kyiv and movement towards administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions...MORE
Zelinskyy addresses Japanese parliament
March 23, 2022
President V.Zelenskyy: About 9 million Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes, their native places, fleeing from Russian troops.
Chernobyl NPP facilities in the exclusion zone have been under the control of the aggressor, which leads to a deterioration of the radiation situation and contributes to the spread of radioactive contamination outside the exclusion zone...MORE
Russia claims modest advances on the ground, destruction of 1,528 Ukraine tanks and armored vehicles
March 22, 2022
Units of the Russian armed forces, developing the aggression, advanced another 6 kilometers and mastered the settlement UROZHAJNOE... MORE
Russian advances slow amid command and control problems
Russia claims capture of key Ukraine command post
March 21, 2022
Units of the Russian Armed Forces advanced another 4 kilometers overnight and completely took control of Sladkoe. Currently, scattered groups of the nationalist battalion «Donbass» are being destroyed...MORE
Ukraine Sets up Jobs Program for Internally Displaced
March 21, 2022
Heroic people of Ukraine!
It is the 26th day of the war.
Having failed all plans to occupy Ukraine, the Russian aggressor resorted to outright genocide of the civilian population of Ukraine...MORE
Russian forces Regroup, Rearm, Ukraine says
March 21, 2022
Enemy is continuing strategic offensive operation against our State.
Enemy will likely resume dynamic advance and massive firing with artillery, aviation and naval assets on all directions...MORE
Ukraine General Staff claims 15,000 Russian combat losses, as many as in the 10-year Soviet war on Afghanistan
March 21, 2022
The accident on ammonia emissions in Sumy after Russian shelling on chemical plant caused gas leak.
Ukrainians in Kherson keep protesting against Russian invaders; they forced two huge Russian trucks to retreat simply by their peaceful pressure...MORE
Peculiarities of Russia’s open armed aggression against Ukraine
March 20, 2022
Enemy is continuing strategic offensive operation against our State.
Russian troops are taking up defense on the captured thresholds, regroup and develop logistic support system in order to provide the assault of Kyiv and other main cities of Ukraine, as well as surround the Joint Forces grouping...MORE
Zelenskyy urges Israeli Knesset to send weapons, sanction Russia
March 20, 2022
Russian forces have damaged around 60 houses, 6 schools and 4 kindergartens in Kyiv since the invasion began. 228 people were killed, including 4 children with 912 people were wounded, including 16 children...MORE
Russia 'mines sea lanes to Odesa, blames Ukraine.
March 19, 2022
COUNTERING RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation spread a fake that since the beginning of the special military operation...MORE
Six Russian generals, 14,400 Russian troops killed, Ukraine says
March 19, 2022
WAR ROOM
General Directorate of Military Cooperation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The total estimated loss of the Russian forces between 24.02.22 – 19.03.22...MORE
Russian War Bulletins
March 18, 2022
Russia Claims Military Advances in Donbass
(Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation...MORE
Ukraine WAR BULLETIN
March 17, 2022 6PM
Immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine are among the key aspects of a peace agreement that could be signed as a result of negotiations with Russia to end the war against Ukraine...MORE
Russia again charges US, Ukraine with bio weapons development
Russian Ministry of Defense Briefing
March 17, 2022
The grouping of troops of the Lugansk People's Republic conducted successful hostilities against Ukrainian nationalists from several directions inside Severodonetsk and Rubezhnoye during the night...MORE
Ukraine WAR BULLETIN
March 17, 2022 11AM
Zelenskyy to the German Bundestag: ‘pull down the Wall and help us’
President of Ukraine: for weeks, hundreds of thousands of people in Mariupol have been under shelling around the clock, without food, water, electricity and communications...MORE
Ukraine WAR BULLETIN
March 16, 2022 7PM
On 16 March, Russian air force dropped a powerful bomb on the building of the drama theater in Mariupol with civilians inside.
Already 3 million Ukrainians took refuge in neighboring countries...MORE
Russian Ministry of Defense Briefing
March 16, 2022
The group of troops of the Lugansk People's Republic, developing the aggression, moving forward from several directions within the city of SEVERODONETSK...MORE
Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry
March 16, 2022
The grouping of troops of the Lugansk People's Republic, continuing offensive operation, is fighting inside Severodonetsk city limits in the north-west, north-east and east...MORE
Peculiarities of Russia’s open armed aggression against Ukraine
March 16, 2022 1PM
Due to the lack of success in the offensive actions, occupational forces groupings are focusing on long term surrounding of big cities...MORE
Ukraine WAR BULLETIN
March 16, 2022 1:00PM
President Zelenskyy: We have already become part of the anti-war coalition. But we have to move on and create new tools to respond quickly to stop the war. The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24...MORE
Ukraine WAR BULLETIN
March 15, 2022 7:30PM
Doctors and patients were taken hostages by Russian invaders in Mariupol.
In the city of Rubizhne (Luhansk region) Russian forces destroyed: an institution for visually impaired children “Kryshtalyk”, three schools, and a Multidisciplinary Hospital...MORE
Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry
March 15, 2022 11AM
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took full control of the entire territory of Kherson region...MORE
Ukraine WAR BULLETIN
March 14, 2022 7PM
Ukrainian city of Izyum, which before had only 46,000 inhabitants, is now almost wiped out, the infrastructure destroyed.
Russians are aiming at agricultural machinery and undermining food security in Ukraine and the world...MORE
Peculiarities of Russia’s open armed aggression against Ukraine
March 14, 2022 11AM
Russian occupation forces continue strategic offensive operation against Ukraine.
Enemy is redeploying additional units (reserves) for reinforcement/renewal operational capabilities of Russian offensive grouping.
At present, enemy is most active in Joint Forces Operation area, in particular in Mariupol, Volnovakha and Izum...MORE
Statement by Russian Defence Ministry
March 14, 2022 11:30
On March 14, at about 11.30 a.m. Moscow time, Tochka-U tactical missile was fired at a residential block of Donetsk city from the territory controlled by the Kiev nationalist regime...MORE
Ukraine WAR BULLETIN
March 14, 2022 10:30AM
Mercenary recruitment centers for support of Russian war in Ukraine have been opened in Syria. More than a thousand people have been recruited in recent days, and about 400 people have already arrived in Russia...MORE
Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of Russia
March 13, 2022 17:00
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, continuing the attack on the wide front, established control over the settlements NOVOANDREEVKA, KIRILOVKA and went to the border of NOVOMAYORSKOE - PAVLOVKA - NIKOLSKOE - VLADIMIROVKA - CHARITY...MORE
The address by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy
March 12, 2022 13:46
Brave people of the unconquered country!
From the very morning in the Ukrainian - forever Ukrainian - Melitopol people, our citizens, gathered for the regular protest action against the Russian troops... MORE
Peculiarities of Russia’s open armed aggression against Ukraine
March 12, 2022 6PM Kyiv time
Russian occupation forces continue strategic offensive operation against our State.
Having operational pause, enemy is renewing combat capabilities and regrouping forces for further advance in Pollisskyi, Siverskiy, Slobozhanskyi, Donetsk, Tavriyskyi and Southern Bug operational zones...MORE
Ukraine WAR BULLETIN
March 12, 2022
President of Ukraine: The losses of Russian troops are enormous. Since the beginning of the invasion, 31 battalion tactical groups of the enemy have lost their combat capability. The invaders lost more than 360 tanks; 1205 armored vehicles; almost 60 planes; more than 80 helicopters...MORE
Peculiarities of Russia’s open armed aggression against Ukraine
March 11, 2022 6PM Kyiv time
Main efforts of aggressor are focused on capturing/blocking of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson, Mariupol and Mykolaiv, advancing towards Kryvyi Rih, Kremenchuk, Zaporizhzhya as well as on establishing (keeping) control over temporary occupied territories districts...MORE
Ukraine WAR BULLETIN
March 11, 2022 6:30PM
As a result of air strikes, the city of Chernihiv is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe - left without electricity, water, gas and heat...MORE
The Russian War Report
March 11, 2022
The grouping of troops of the Donetsk People's Republic liberated Volnovakha city...MORE
Russian Agression
March 11, 2022 12AM
After the failure of Putin`s plan of “Blitzkreig” war against Ukraine by Russian Armed Forces, Kremlin began to look for allies for his aggression...MORE
Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of Russia
March 10, 2022
"Grouping troops of the Donetsk People's Republic took control of the settlements of MARIANOVKA, LAZAREVKA, LESNOE...MORE
Ukraine WAR BULLETIN
March 10, 2022 6:30PM
President of Ukraine: “Mariupol and Volnovakha humanitarian corridors remain completely blocked. Russian troops did not cease fire.”...MORE
Ukraine WAR BULLETIN
March 10, 2022
Ukraine's defense forces are repelling and holding back the offensive of the Russian armed forces in all directions...MORE
Peculiarities of Russia’s open armed aggression against Ukraine
March 9, 2022 9AM
Russian command is preparing to boost offensive operation against Ukraine. For this purpose, additional reinforcement units (including airborne troops) approach to the border areas of Ukraine. Missile and air weapon systems are also being supplied to the stocks near Ukrainian border...MORE
Ukraine WAR BULLETIN
March 9, 2022 10AM
Dmytro Kuleba: The only electrical grid supplying the Chornobyl NPP and all its nuclear facilities occupied by Russian army is damaged...MORE
Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of Russia
March 9, 2022
"The grouping of troops of the Lugansk People's Republic, continuing offensive actions, took control of the settlements of TOSHKOVKA and GRACHEVO. 2 kilometers of progress...MORE
Ukraine War Bulletin
March 8, 2022 7PM
In order to strengthen the grouping of troops in the direction of Kyiv, Russians plan to transfer up to a thousand militants from the private military company "League" (former "Wagner")... MORE
Russian Defense Ministry Briefing
March 8, 2022
Given the rapid deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the settlements of Ukraine, where nationalists continue to forcibly detain thousands of civilians, including foreigners, the Russian side yesterday despite repeated disruptions of the conflict eh agreements by Kiev authorities, took another initiative to carry out a humanitarian operation....MORE
Ukraine War Bulletin
March 8, 2022
D.Kuleba: Russia holds 300 000 civilians hostage in Mariupol, prevents humanitarian evacuation despite agreements with ICRC mediation. One child died of dehydration yesterday. War crimes are part of Russia’s deliberate strategy... MORE
Ukraine War Bulletin
March 7, 2022 7PM
A major general of the Russian army was liquidated near Kharkiv.
Russian Armed Forces plan to intensify their war aviation in order to launch missile and bomb strikes on major cities and industrial infrastructure of Ukraine... MORE
Russian Defense Ministry Briefing
March 7, 2022 11PM
"The grouping of troops of the Lugansk People's Republic, continuing offensive actions, took under control the settlements of KUDRYASHOVKA, VORONOVO, METELKINO, MEDVEZHIE, ASKORONOVKA, PETROVKA, ALEXANDROVKA....MORE
Ukraine War Bulletin
March 7, 2022
Aggressor violates the rules of international humanitarian law, shells civilians, "green corridors", takes women and children hostage, artificially creates a humanitarian crisis in the occupied settlements... MORE
Peculiarities of Russia’s open armed aggression against Ukraine
March 7, 2022 1AM
Russian aggressor is regrouping and aggravating his forces for seizure of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Mariupol and Mykolaiv...MORE
11 Days of War, 2nd Letter from Odesa--Baltimore sister city in Ukraine
Mar 6, 2022 Julia Gorodetskaya
Today we had several air raid alerts. I didn’t hear any of them, for I was staying in a very deep and paralyzing sleep with no chance to wake up. Of course, the reason for that is not only the unbearable stress, but also the fact that Odesa was not actually bombed. Not really...MORE
Russian Defense Ministry Briefing
March 6, 2022 11PM
Briefing of the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, Major General Igor Konashenko...MORE
Russian Defense Ministry Briefing
March 5, 2022
Briefing of the Head of the National Center for Defense of the Russian Federation Colonel Mikhail Mizintsev...MORE
Ukraine War Bulletin
March 6, 2022 2PM
Urgent address of Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Eight rockets hit a peaceful city of Vinnytsya. The city airport is completely destroyed. Russia continues destroying Ukraine’s infrastructure... MORE
Ukraine War Bulletin
March 5, 2022 6:30PM
Russian private military companies (PMC) intensified recruitment of personnel with military experience... MORE
Ukraine War Bulletin
March 5, 2022
Russia impeding the opening of humanitarian corridors in Ukraine.
The main efforts of the aggressor were focused on the encirclement of Kyiv and the weakening of resistance in the settlements they blocked... MORE
Russian Foreign Ministry critisize State Department
March 4, 2022
We paid attention to the U.S. Department of State statement about the alleged “attacks” of the Russian authorities on “independent” media in the light of banning of the rsourses of Ekho Moskvy and Dozhd... MORE
Ukraine War Bulletin
March 4, 2022
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine strongly condemns the shelling and seizure of the Zaporizhzhya NPP site in the town of Energodar by the occupying armed forces of the Russian Federation... MORE
Peculiarities of Russia’s open armed aggression against Ukraine
March 4, 2022 UTC+3 8AM
Situation in Ukraine remains extremely complicated. Kremlin maintains full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine. Enemy is continuously trying to break down the defense of key cities and areas in Ukraine... MORE
Ukraine War Bulletin
March 3, 2022 8PM
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant hit by shelling, is on fire.
The Panamanian-flagged civilian ship “HELT was sunk by gunfire from a Russian warship.
The enemy fears ordinary Ukrainian villagers so much that Russians have started extermination of entire villages... MORE
Ukraine War Bulletin
March 3, 2022 3AM
In violation of the norms of International Humanitarian Law, Russian high-power cluster munitions and fragmentation munitions are used in bombardments of Ukrainian cities.
Deployment of a network of Voluntary Formations of Territorial Communities... MORE
Ukraine War Bulletin
March 2, 2022
Many Ukrainian cities and villages are suffering from Russian terror, but most of all - Kharkiv, Mariupol and Kherson. Bombs, rockets and shells hit homes and civilian infrastructure.
Russian forces target hospitals and kill medics... MORE
Ukraine War Bulletin
March 1, 2022
From the beginning of the day, the enemy regrouped troops and fired missiles and bombs from the air. It attempted to land tactical landings. Widely used sabotage and reconnaissance teams to attack civilian and military infrastructure.... MORE
Senior Defense Official Holds A Background Briefing
March 1, 2022
SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: Okay, good morning, everybody. (inaudible) senior defense official here, a little -- get that started. We'll get started.
I don't have a whole lot of changes to offer today. We still can see -- we still see -- I'm sorry -- the Russians move along those same major axes of advance. We still see that that is their -- those remain, I guess what I should say is those remain their focus areas.
We believe that they have committed now more than 80 percent of what was their pre-staged combat power, so more than 80 percent, now, of combat power is in the Ukraine. To the north near of Kyiv, we are continuing to observe the Ukrainians resisting Russian advances on the city. We see the same reports that you see of shelling inside the city which -- which certainly does align with reports of both civilian infrastructure damage, as well as civilian casualties. And no, we can't give you an estimate on the numbers of casualties. MORE
Putin addressed his nation, announcing a “special military operation” against Ukraine
February 24, 2022 The Kremlin, Moscow
Respected citizens of Russia! Dear friends!
Today, I again consider it necessary to come back to the tragic events taking place in the Donbas and the key issue of ensuring Russian security. Let me start with what I said in my address of February 21...
Address by the President of Ukraine
23 February 2022 - 00:15
Address by the President after meeting with leaders of all parliamentary factions and groups
Address by the President of the Russian Federation
February 21, 2022 22:35 The Kremlin, Moscow
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Citizens of Russia, friends,
My address concerns the events in Ukraine and why this is so important for us, for Russia. Of course, my message is also addressed to our compatriots in Ukraine.
The matter is very serious and needs to be discussed in depth...
A Letter from Odesa--Baltimore sister city in Ukraine
Julia Gorodetskaya
My “anxiety suitcase” sits near my apartment door. It’s a backpack, and these are the contents: personal documents, cash, warm clothes, a first aid box, nicotine gum, some snacks, and a water bottle. Bags like this have been prepared in many Ukrainian homes. All my electronic devices are fully charged all the time...
Putin’s Obsession with Ukraine
Daniel Speckhard
Why does Putin care so much about Ukraine, and what is he trying to achieve with the saber rattling and a potential invasion when it comes with such great risk and potential cost to Russia?...