Future Ukrainian counterattacks using modern Western combat vehicles are being discussed everywhere, from Washington news conferences to Ukrainian military expert circles. Ukraine hopes to receive up to two brigades of tanks, on top of many infantry vehicles from Western allies. But there are two main obstacles to using the tanks
Key developments on Feb. 26: * Ukrainian intelligence: Ukraine could strike airfields and military infrastructure in Russia as part of spring counteroffensive * Zelensky reinstates pledge to return Crimea on 9 year-anniversary of Russian occupation of the peninsula * Ukraine says it shot down 1 Russian aircraft near Avdiivka * Saudi foreign minister meets
Editor’s Note: This is issue 76 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering events from Feb. 18-24, 2023. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission. Ukrainian SOE Weekly is an independent weekly digest based on a compilation of the most important news related to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and state-owned
The European Council announced in a statement on Feb. 25 that they had adopted the 10th package of sanctions against Russia and those who support its war against Ukraine. "Today's 10th package of sanctions targets those who are instrumental in the continuation of this brutal war. We are taking more
Since the start of Russia's all-out war against Ukraine, Europe has been actively backing Kyiv's war efforts, helping the country to survive. European Union member states have provided Ukraine with over $50 billion in assistance, supplying Kyiv with military, economic, and humanitarian aid. However, the level of support drastically varies
Editor's Note: The following is the address by President Volodymyr Zelensky published by the President's Office on Feb. 24, 2023, the day that marks one year since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Great People of Great Ukraine! A year ago, on this day, from this very place,
The Kyiv Independent was just a three-month-old startup when Russia launched an all-out war against Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. A year later, its team members look back at making the choice on whether to stay or flee, reporting from the front line.
Key developments on Feb. 23: * Ukrainian General Staff: Russia likely set goal to seize Donbas before Summer * Stoltenberg: West's supply of ammunition 'not sustainable' for Ukraine as 'consumption much higher' * Zelensky says Ukraine open to holding meetings with Beijing amid growing Russia-China relations * State Border Guard: Ukraine repels 3 Russian
What is it like to live through the psychological pain of war? How can you heal the trauma of genocide? How do you rebuild a country when a generation has been lost to war? Rebuilding Ukraine will not solely be about creating new cities and rebuilding destroyed infrastructure; there will
Ukraine has come a long way since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. From the Russian occupation of nearly 30% of Ukraine’s territory in February to Russia’s humiliating defeats in the north and the south, from the West’s hesitation about providing weapons
Key developments on Feb. 22: * Russian attack on Kherson Oblast kills two; * Parts of Ukraine will heighten security ahead of Feb. 24; * Spain will give 6 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. * China's top diplomat visits Moscow, meets with Putin Ukrainian authorities announced that parts of the country would strengthen security
The good-humored Ukrainian fighter pilot Danylo Murashko was in low spirits on Jan. 27. He hadn’t gone out on a sortie in several days, which always put him in a bad mood. Noticing Murashko’s state of mind, his commander, lieutenant colonel Rostyslav Lazarenko, decided to allow 24-year-old Murashko
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Key developments on Feb. 21: * Biden says Putin's "murderous assault" in Ukraine will never end with victory for Russia; * Russia suspends participation in nuclear treaty with US, Putin says; * 6 killed, 12 injured in Russian shelling of Kherson as Putin delivered his speech. Ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia's
For many Ukrainians young and old, perception of time, memories, and dreams are split between two worlds, that before Feb. 24, 2022, and that which came after. Even in cities far from the front lines, wartime Ukraine is a world of sirens, blackouts, curfews, donation drives, and an enduring wish
U.S. President Joe Biden delivered a speech in Warsaw on Feb. 21 ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, reiterating his country's support for Kyiv.
Russia has suspended its participation in the New START treaty, said Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in a speech to the Federal Assembly and members of the Russian political elite on Feb. 21. The nuclear arms reduction treaty between the U.S. and Russia was signed in 2010 in Prague. The
Editor’s note: This story is a collaboration between the Kyiv Independent and media partners, including Delfi (Estonia), Dossier Center (U.K.), Expressen (Sweden), Frontstory.pl, VSquare, and Belarusian Investigative Center (Poland), Süddeutsche Zeitung and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Germany), and Yahoo News (US). As the whole world watches Russia’s all-out
Feb. 24, 2022, was supposed to bring the existence of a 40-million European nation to an end. Long before the dawn of light, Ukrainian cities were set alight in blazes of burning airfields and the scattering of artillery impacts. Endless armored convoys broke into highways, and helicopters roared over the
Key developments on Feb. 20: * Biden meets Zelensky in Kyiv on EuroMaidan bloodshed anniversary; * As Biden visits Kyiv, China's top diplomat heads to Moscow; * Pentagon announces $460 million military aid package for Ukraine. Just days before the one-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden
"(Russian President Vladimir) Putin thought Ukraine was weak and the West was divided," U.S. President Joe Biden said on Feb. 20. "He thought he could outlast us. I don't think he's thinking that right now," Biden added. "He's just been plain wrong," Biden said, standing alongside President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv's Mariinskyi Palace.
“I don't think, like some, that Russia should be totally defeated, attacked on its soil. These observers want, above all, to crush Russia. This has never been France's position, and it never will be," French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters on Feb. 18 after the Munich Security Conference.
Editor’s Note: This is issue 75 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering events from Feb. 11-17, 2023. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission. Ukrainian SOE Weekly is an independent weekly digest based on a compilation of the most important news related to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and state-owned
Key developments on Feb. 17: * NATO, EU, Ukraine to hold first trilateral meeting on Feb. 21 * Nuland: US supports Ukraine striking targets in Russian-occupied Crimea * Minister: Russian sabotage of Kakhovka Reservoir may leave 1 million Ukrainians without water In his address to the attendees of the Munich Security Conference, President
In April, Russian forces wrecked the water supply line for the city of Mykolaiv. Since then, Mykolaiv residents have had no drinking water supply, relying for the past 10 months on alternative sources. Their main source of water is a system of wells.
In February 2015, the leaders of Ukraine, France, Germany, and Russia met in Minsk to hold talks following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2014. Following the 15-hour-long talks, the second Minsk Agreement was reached, intended to stop Russia’s war in Ukraine’s east. The agreement envisioned a ceasefire, withdrawal
Key developments on Feb. 16: * Russia launched 32 missiles in Feb. 16 strike on Ukraine; * The attack didn't cause energy shortage, according to Ukrenergo; * European Parliament urges EU countries to consider giving fighter jets to Ukraine; * 101 prisoners of war return to Ukraine in major swap. On Feb. 16, Russia
We reached out to our listeners on Twitter to see what they wanted to be answered on rebuilding, both now and after the war. We received a lot of questions, but most can be boiled down to "how on earth are we going to pay for this?" In this bonus
Key developments on Feb. 15: * Moscow's strike on residential building injures at least 12 in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast; * Intelligence: Russia tries to delay Ukraine's counteroffensive with assaults in the east; * Wallace: 97% of the Russian army is in Ukraine; * Stoltenberg: NATO countries to increase support for Ukraine. NATO members made
It took a year of pleading to get the Western allies to promise to send modern main battle tanks, which Ukraine sorely lacks. The country has been making do with Soviet-era T-64s, donated T-72s, and a smaller number of T-80 and T-84 variants. Ukraine has also captured hundreds of upgraded
Key developments on Feb. 14: * No news on fighter jets for Ukraine after Ramstein, US says; * Pentagon head says allies to help Ukraine launch counteroffensive in spring; * Norway will donate 8 Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine; Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Kremlin-controlled Wagner Group, whose mercenaries, along
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