War in Ukraine

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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/1849584

A single unit of the Special Operations Center "Alpha“ of the SBU destroyed over 1 billion dollars worth of Russian equipment

"We invested about $200,000 in the unit's equipment, and we burned more than $1 billion in Russian equipment," said Oleg Yemets, commander of the "White Wolf" special unit of the Special Operations Center "Alpha“ of the SBU

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/2549326

The “trembita”, a traditional Ukrainian mountain horn, is also the name of a cruise missile developed by volunteers in Ukraine, who say it will be hundreds of times cheaper than Western equivalents.

“Rockets with warheads will have more expensive electronics so they can hit targets accurately,” explains Serhii, a volunteer with the Pars design bureau.

“But thousands of decoys will be very cheap: we want to overwhelm the Russians’ air defences so that our attack rockets hit their targets,” he says.

A group of volunteers from elsewhere in Ukraine watch a demonstration of the missile. They are interested in helping to make Trembitas in multiple locations.

“I’m very happy that this kind of production is developing in Ukraine,” says Yulia, a volunteer from the Kyiv region. “And I like how these weapons are all designed to let soldiers operate further away from the front line.”

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/1726069

Aftermath:

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The tower that was attacked by the drone in "Moscow-City" houses three Russian ministries at once: the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Communications.

After months of debate in Washington, Ukraine looks set to be getting its hands on this lethal Western fighter very soon. The first batch of F-16s will be arriving in Ukraine in late September, and NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said that the training of Ukrainian personnel has already started.

Head of French President Emmanuel Macron's Elysee Palace diplomatic team has said that China was delivering items to Russia which could be used as military equipment by the latter. However, he said that such a supply was not on a massive scale.

Low cost airline Ryanair announced on July 20 its plans to return to the Ukrainian market within eight weeks of Ukrainian air space reopening. It plans to open 75 routes from Europe to Ukraine and base up to 30 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft worth over $3 billion at Ukraine's main airports.

Every bit helps

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/Ukraine_UA/t/209314

Ukrainian forces have liberated 7 kilometers square in the Bakhmut direction and 10.9 kilometers square in the south over the past week, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar reported on July 17.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/752125

As listed by The Kyiv Independent

I know if a country declares war on a NATO country, all NATO countries will declare war on the axis country. How does this work when a new country joins NATO that is currently in a conflict?

English subtitles available.

Military personnel of the DPSU maintain defense in the Avdiivka area. Russian units do not stop trying to bypass the city from the flanks, but all attempts to encircle it are smashed against Ukrainian positions. One of the recent enemy assaults lasted about ten hours. In the attack, the occupiers used tanks and BMPs, artillery, infantry, launched airstrikes against the defense forces and even threw tear gas ammunition at the positions of the border guards. The fighters were able to defeat part of the enemy's armored vehicles, and also eliminated several dozen infantrymen of the Russian Armed Forces. In the end, the Russian assault failed and the surviving remnants of the invaders were forced to retreat. How the assault took place, what was the most difficult for the border guards and in what conditions are the DPSU servicemen in general defending in the Avdiivka area - see in the material.