Ukrainian Marines is set to receive a batch of 60 wheeled armored personnel carrier in amphibious version, according to the director of Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau Yakov Mormilo. Yakov Mormylo has announced that 60 amphibious armored personnel carriers will be produced in 2021 for the Ukrainian Marines. The new amphibious version to bring enhanced lethality, survivability and maneuverability compared to the base version of […]
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Just a few hours before New Year, Ukrainian gun maker XADO Chemical Group has announced that the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has adopted its new 14.5mm anti-materiel sniper rifles. The XADO announced on its Facebook account that it’s Snipex T-REX 14.5 and Snipex ALLIGATOR rifles have successfully passed all state trials and evaluation. “According to the state examinations results, 14.5×114 mm caliber Snipex rifles have […]
On Wednesday, Ukraine’s central state arms company, UkrOboronProm, announced that the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has awarded a contract to KB LUCH for a new anti-ship cruise missile system. “The State Kyiv Design Bureau “LUCH”, part of the UkrOboronProm, and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine have signed a contract for the delivery of RK-360MC Neptune coastal defense system to the Army in 2021,” said in […]
Ukrainian Air Force has awarded the Antonov company a contract to developed and delivery three new AN-178T military transport planes. The award, announced by the Presidential Office of Ukraine on 29 December, covers works on new modification of AN-178 to create a new version of medium military transport aircraft. AN-178 is a short-range medium-airlift military transport aircraft designed by the Ukrainian Antonov company and based on […]
Ukraine announced a preliminary deal with Indonesia for anti-ship cruise missiles. According to a Defense Express report, military leaders of Indonesia and Ukraine have signed agreements to boost their military cooperation, including an understanding to supply the newest Ukrainian coastal defense system, called Neptune. The deals announced in a memorandum of understanding between the two countries on Friday would involve the sale of new Ukrainian radar […]
An ice storm sweeping across Eastern Europe, bringing freezing rain, sleet and snow could cause big problems for the Ukrainian Air Force. Photos posted on Facebook on Dec. 13 by the Ukrainian tail spotters appear to show how ice covers MiG-29 fighter jets after a record-shattering freeze. Ukrainian combat aircraft were exposed to the effect of the so-called freezing rain when precipitation that exists in supercooled […]
The Ukrainian Army received its next batch of 40 Kozak-2 4×4 light armored vehicles on 12 December. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have officially inducted into service the next batch of 40 new Kozak-2 4×4 light armored vehicles, the Practika company announced on 12 December. The Kozak-2 is a light multi-role vehicle based on an Iveco Eurocargo highly adaptable chassis and includes a v-shaped armored hull to […]
On Friday, General Director at Ukroboronprom State Concern Yuriy V Gusev said that the Ukrainian Army is purchasing a new tranche of 75 BTR-4E infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) for its soldiers. The contract award from the Ukrainian military enables the Kharkiv Morozov Design Bureau (KMDB), part of UkrOboronProm, to produce a new batch of BTR-4 family of combat vehicles. The new deal covers the production of 75 infantry fighting […]
Ukrainian Army has received the new 35D6M radar system that can operate in contested electromagnetic environments and provides the warfighter an ability to detect and track current and emerging threats, according to a press release issued Tuesday by UkrOboronProm. SE SPC Iskra, a subsidiary of Ukroboronprom (UOP), has announced that the company was formally handed over a new radar system to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. “Iskra […]
Ukrainian state-owned defense industrial group UkrOboronProm on 27 November announced that its owned subsidiary SE “Mykolayiv Armoured Plant” handed over the next batch of repaired and upgraded BTR-80 armoured personnel carriers to the Ukrainian Defense Forces. The Mykolayiv Armoured Plant’s specialists overhauled the Soviet-era armored personnel carriers, restored all components and units, as well as installed the latest Ukrainian-made surveillance, navigation and communication systems. “Following improving […]
U.S. Special Operations Command Europe has announced that Ukrainian special forces have integrated with U.S. Army 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JRMC) in Hohenfels, Germany. More than 3,500 multinational partners from across Europe joined together for Exercise Combined Resolve 14 at the JRMC in Hohenfels, Germany, September 2020 to strengthen interoperability between allied and partner nations. This also included approximately […]
Ukrainian-made armored utility vehicles were spotted on the film set of the new Netflix movie. The two Varta armored personnel carriers were spotted with a film crew in Kyiv this Autumn at the film set of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s action-comedy “The Last Mercenary” from director David Charhon. In the French-language film, written by Charhon and Ismael Sy Savane (“Lascars”), action star Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a mysterious former secret […]
Two Ukrainian companies are currently developing new stealth unmanned aerial vehicles designed to offer precision attack capabilities against time-sensitive static and moving targets with minimal collateral damage. A.Drones is one of these companies that developing loitering munition, also known as a suicide drone. Ukrainian innovative research and production company specializing in the design and manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned ground transportation systems is working […]
The U.S. Department of Defense has contracted Ukrainian Iskra company, part of the UkrOboronProm, to supply the new radar system. In a recent interview with Opk.com.ua, Iskra’s chief designer Dmitro Semenov said that a few days ago, another contract was signed for the supply to the United States of radars developed by a Ukrainian company. “We have a successful experience in supplying radars to the United […]
Russia has deployed a significant disinformation campaign against the Ukrainian defense industry to drive out the independent competitor. The Russian disinformation campaign has pushed fake news online in Egypt, Algeria, India, Peru, Nigeria, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia to discredit Ukraine as a reputable and reliable partner. Russia is actively intervening in the information space of other countries where Ukraine claims to win a […]
The SBU, Ukraine’s state security service, has reported on Tuesday that it blocked a systematic steal of aircraft components from the strategic aerospace enterprise. According to a press release issued on 3 November by the SBU, the security service has blocked the illegal supply of helicopter engines to Russia. The stolen spare part and engines were exported abroad by intermediaries outside customs control. According to forged […]
Despite over a year of failing to stop hostilities, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that he will be able to end the war in Donbass, and says someone else should lead the country if he can’t. Speaking to the BBC, Zelensky also claimed that he will be able to make a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin and return Crimea to the control of Kiev. “I […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105787/23/1057872338_0:116:3230:1932_1200x675_80_0_0_d2af56573744cd4f3f028929e1cf3063.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009281080592869-us-reconnaissance-drones-replacing-ukrainian-ones-near-crimea-borders-source-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The activity of Ukrainian drones near Crimea borders has almost stopped since the start of 2020, but they have been replaced by US drones, such as the “Global Hawk” remotely-piloted surveillance aircraft, a source in the Crimean Republic’s security forces told Sputnik. “Right now, on the border with Crimea, the activity of Ukrainian UAVs [unmanned aerial […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/1a/1080576952_0:52:1920:1132_1200x675_80_0_0_6e5bd421fee052e51543afa7d221d308.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009261080577422-ukrainian-investigators-find-another-body-at-site-of-an-26-plane-crash-emergency-services-say/ MINSK (Sputnik) – Investigators in Ukraine have found the body of another individual who died as a result of an An-26 military plane crash in Kharkiv region, the press department of the State Emergency Service said on Saturday, adding that the search for two more bodies continues. “Kharkiv region: The body of a deceased individual was found under the […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused neighboring Russia of trying to divide the world into “spheres of influence” in a speech, delivered remotely from Kiev, to the 75th session of the UN General Assembly. According to Zelensky, the United Nations (UN) was built on the fact that “humankind should have learned the tragic lessons of World War II,” but Russia’s “occupation of Crimea” and “aggression in […]
Ukrainian and United States special operations forces Soldiers conduct static-line and free-fall training as part of a multinational exercise that includes the efforts of ten allied and partner nations. Ukrainian and U.S. SOF started exercise Fiction Urchin this week. The U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II and CV-22 Osprey, assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing, U.K. deployed to Ukraine to demonstrate a commitment to the […]
Tennis pin-up and part-time pop singer Dayana Yastremska has announced that she has split from coach Sascha Bajin – just two weeks after she questioned him for publicly congratulating his ex-player, Naomi Osaka, on beating her. READ MORE: By showcasing their wokeness and pandering to Naomi Osaka’s one-woman strike, tennis bosses have set a dangerous precedent Yastremska hired German Bajin less than a year ago and appeared […]
A Ukrainian opposition MP has accused President Volodymyr Zelensky of imposing a “little Russians” complex on Ukrainians, after the country’s Independence Day celebration featured songs performed in the Russian language. The accusation came from Oleg Sinyutka, a representative of the center-right European Solidarity, an opposition party that supports keeping Ukrainian as the sole official language, despite the country having millions of native Russian speakers. “What we […]
The MMA Festival fight card in Rostov on Don on Friday night featured 11 bouts, but none were as spectacular, or dramatic, as the heavyweight clash between Yuri Kiselov and Timur Magdiev. The two aging heavyweights went toe to toe in a main card clash that saw 44-year-old Ukrainian Kiselov line up against 52-year-old Russian Magdiev, who was making his first professional MMA appearance in 20 […]
Their arrest came as a surprise. Was Russia really using mercenary soldiers to overthrow the leader of its closest ally? Everyone knew relations between Moscow and Alexander Lukashenko were strained, but this seemed extreme. That was the claim originally made when 33 members of the ‘Wagner’ Private Security Company were detained by the KGB in Belarus. State news agency Belta alleged that law enforcement sources said […]
Ukrainian state-run defense company UkrOboronProm has delivered new wheeled armored vehicle personnel carriers, upgraded main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles on 23 August. On the Day of the National Flag of Ukraine, the country’ Armed Forces have received 132 samples of combat vehicles and other military equipment, included 38 units of communications equipment and 78 surveillance devices. “Today, 132 samples of weaponry and military equipment, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107812/51/1078125149_0:62:1200:737_1200x675_80_0_0_cc37fb334665713b2d99da18636e0a6f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Henry Batyaev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202008231080252575-ukrainian-plane-passengers-were-alive-for-19-seconds-after-irans-missile-hit-airliner-reports-say/ On 8 January, a Boeing 737 operated by Ukraine International Airlines crashed soon after departing from an airport in Tehran. The Iranian authorities said that the jet had been unintentionally shot down after military personnel confused it with a hostile target amid fears of US strikes. The passengers of the Ukrainian Boeing were alive for 19 seconds […]
An audio tape was released by Creative Destruction Media in May where Joe Biden is heard pressuring former Ukrainian President Poroshenko to fire former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. The men discuss the firing of then State Prosecutor Shokin in order to prevent the continued investigation into Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and other criminal actions. Victor Shokin was investigating Joe Biden’s son Hunter at the time […]
Lockheed Martin, the largest recipient of U.S. government contracts, will take part in Ukrainian aviation and defense exhibitions, to be held from 13 to 16 October at the International Exhibition Centre in Kyiv. For the first time, Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier will participate in the upcoming XVI International specialized exhibition “Arms and Security – 2020” and ХII International Aviation and Space Salon “Aviasvit ‐ XXI”, according to International Exhibition Centre. […]
The wife of rapper Andy Cartwright has been arrested after his body parts were found in their St Petersburg apartment. She reportedly cut him into pieces, washed his organs, treated his limbs with salt and then refrigerated them. Marina Kokhal claims the 30-year-old rapper died of a drug overdose. Saying she wanted to make him disappear so he wouldn’t be remembered for dying an inglorious death, […]
Ukrainian Su-27 fighters carried out their first exercise in close-air support with the U.S Navy maritime patrol aircraft. Su-27s escorted a U.S Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft over the Black Sea during Exercise Sea Breeze 2020. The P-8A was escorted by Ukrainian Air Force Su-27UB fighter jets, assigned to the 831st Brigade of Tactical Aviation. The Su-27s carried out patrol escorts of NATO aircraft in the joint […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/12/1079923235_0:-1:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_d722b521befe61cc0ca7968b1739cc08.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007231079968614-initial-black-box-analysis-on-downed-ukrainian-jet-complete-canada-says/ TORONTO (Sputnik) – A team of international investigators has completed the download and preliminary analysis of the black box data from the downed Ukrainian jet in Iran, Canada’s Transportation Safety Board said in a statement. “A team of investigators from the affected States, including two TSB investigators, met at the Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses pour la Securite de l’Aviation […]
The ArmyInform news agency announced that the Ukrainian Army has begun evaluating the new Camel tactical unmanned ground vehicle with a remote weapon station. Last week, specialists from the Central Research Institute of Armaments and Military Equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began a practical phase of research tests of a new tactical system. In particular, they checked the capabilities of the platform for movement […]