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Italy
Matteo Salvini, Italy’s pro-Putin deputy prime minister, has once again attacked the French President’s suggestion that Western nations should be prepared to send troops to fight in Ukraine.
Jun. 5
Air Defenses
The US has twice practiced the deployment of the US Army’s Typhon containerized vertical missile launcher by air to the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.
Jun. 4
ATACMS
Ukrainian strikes on oil installations, Russian warships and transport ferries in and around the Kerch Strait show the area around Crimea remains firmly in Kyiv’s crosshairs.
May. 31
War in Ukraine
Reports suggest that NATO members can provide less than 5 percent of the air defense capability needed to protect Central and Eastern Europe from a full-scale attack.
May. 30
Business
No new warehouses and business centers were opened in the first quarter of 2024, while commercial real estate leasing activity stays below pre-war levels in Kyiv.
May. 29
War in Ukraine
There is a proposal to train Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) soldiers within Ukraine itself, rather than transporting them across Europe.
May. 27
ATACMS
The Epicentr hypermarket near Kharkiv was destroyed on May 25 by glide bombs launched by aircraft that took off from a Russian airfield well in range of ATACMS and other Western-supplied weapons.
May. 27
Crimea
A member of the Atesh guerrilla movement destroyed telecommunications equipment near Smolensk which resulted in the shutdown of the Russian air defense system.
May. 24
Germany
Despite a German plan to protect Ukraine against missile attack, partner nations hesitate to send needed batteries to Ukraine, largely due to the high cost of Patriot systems.
May. 23
Germany
Germany’s 2022 proposal for the European Sky Shield Initiative, the continent’s version of Israel’s Iron Dome, finally looks set to be revealed according to Donald Tusk.
May. 21
Drones
A report said Russia launched 13 Shahed kamikaze drones across multiple regions in Ukraine from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk, where all of them were destroyed by Ukrainian forces.
May. 18
NATO
In an exclusive interview with Kyiv Post, Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister discusses plans for an integrated defense system model, collaborative projects with NATO, and ministry deregulation.
May. 17
NATO
In an exclusive interview with Kyiv Post, Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister discusses plans for an integrated defense system model, collaborative projects with NATO, and ministry de-bureacratization.
May. 16
Crimea
Wednesday’s early morning precision missile strike by Ukraine destroyed two Russian fighter jets, a missile system and a fuel and lubricant depot at the Crimean Peninsula base.
May. 16
Drones
The Sentinel 830R RHIBs are part of a larger $66 million aid package that includes about $33 million in RBS 70 MANPADS and about $20 million in drones.
May. 16
Rumors began to circulate on social media on Friday afternoon that a Ukrainian ATACMS strike had destroyed elements of the S-500 battery in an unidentified location.
Jun. 28