As reported by Ukrinform, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) confirmed that the man was simultaneously working for both Russia’s FSB and GRU The agent’s task from the GRU (Russia’s defense intelligence agency) was to prepare terrorist attacks against Ukrainian military commanders training with their units at the Defense Forces’ local training center The Russian handler gave the agent "carte blanche" to choose the method of assassination Possible scenarios included: planting a homemade explosive device in a headquarters or training facility; tricking a colleague into unknowingly delivering a hidden bomb to a commander training area; providing coordinates for a potential missile strike on the location of Ukrainian defenders at the training ground Ukraine's military counterintelligence uncovered and documented the plot in advance arresting the suspect while he was preparing proposals for his handler The investigation also revealed the man’s direct contacts with an FSB (Russia’s security service) handler for whom he gathered information on the number and nature of Ukrainian military units training at Yavoriv three mobile phones with different SIM cards used to conceal communications with the Russians were confiscated the SSU investigators charged the individual under Article 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law) The man is now in pretrial detention without the right to bail and faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property the SSU detained a woman in Dnipro who was tracking Ukrainian military trains and air defense units for Russian intelligence While citing and using any materials on the Internet links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421 The reported attack comes just days before Russia's Victory Day parade and three-day "truce." MPs will be able to ask questions and learn more about the details of the agreement in meetings with Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko May 6-7 MP Serhii Sobolev told the news outlet Suspilne The ratification vote is scheduled for May 8 Attacks against the border villages of Bilopillia and Vorozhba damaged civilian infrastructure and triggered emergency evacuations the regional military administration reported "I look forward to working with President Erdogan on getting the ridiculous war between Russia and Ukraine ended — now!" U.S Putin's Victory Day truce "doesn't sound like much if you know where we started from," Trump told reporters at the White House on May 5 Far-right Euroskeptic candidate George Simion head of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan placed second with 20.99% of the vote and the candidate from the ruling coalition "It requires the continuation of contacts between Moscow and Washington which have been launched and are now ongoing," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said set to operate within the Council of Europe will focus on Russia's political and military leaders up to 20 Russian soldiers were killed and their equipment destroyed The move represents an apparent violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions passed in the wake of North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests "We are ready to deepen our contribution to the training of the Ukrainian military," Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on May 5 by Tim ZadorozhnyyThe Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a suspected Russian agent in Lviv Oblast who was allegedly planning terrorist attacks against commanders of Ukraine's Armed Forces on April 14 (SBU / Telegram)The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained an instructor at a training center in Lviv Oblast who was planning assassinations of the base's commanders an instructor at the Yavoriv training ground near the Polish border is accused of simultaneously working for both the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and Russian military intelligence (GRU) The Yavoriv training ground, officially the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security, located just 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Ukraine's western border with Poland According to the case file the agent had been granted "carte blanche" by his Russian handlers to determine how the attacks would be carried out The SBU said he explored multiple assassination methods including planting an improvised explosive device (IED) inside the headquarters or training buildings and covertly using a fellow instructor — unknowingly — to deliver explosives to Ukrainian commanders The suspect also reportedly considered passing target coordinates to Russia for a precision missile strike on military personnel undergoing training at the facility Russian forces attacked the Yavoriv base in March 2022 The SBU said it exposed the plot before any action was taken Law enforcement agents documented the suspect's communications and detained him as he was preparing proposals for the planned attacks Investigators also found that the agent had established contact with an FSB handler and collected detailed information about the composition and operations of Ukrainian units training at Yavoriv During a search, authorities seized three mobile phones with SIM cards used to communicate with Russian intelligence agencies The man has been charged with high treason under martial law He is currently in pre-trial detention with no option for bail and faces a potential life sentence with confiscation of property The arrest follows a March 31 announcement by the SBU that another group suspected of assisting Russian missile strikes on Kyiv was also apprehended Tim Zadorozhnyy is a news editor at The Kyiv Independent he is pursuing studies in International Relations Tim began his career at a local television channel in Odesa he joined the Belarusian opposition media outlet NEXTA starting as a news anchor and later advancing to the position of managing editor With the support of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine the military counterintelligence of the Security Service has detained a "double" agent of the Russian Federation in Lviv region who was simultaneously working for the FSB and Russian military intelligence (commonly known as the GRU) the Russian collaborator turned out to be an instructor at the Yavoriv military training ground His task from the GRU was to prepare terrorist attacks against commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who were undergoing combat training with their units at the local Defense Forces training center It was documented that the agent received a "carte blanche" from his handler to choose the method for eliminating Ukrainian military personnel the traitor was to manufacture an improvised explosive device (IED) and secretly plant it in a headquarters or training building The agent also considered using an unsuspecting colleague to carry a concealed explosive device to the commanders’ training location Another method the mole considered was coordinating a Russian missile strike using the coordinates of the current gathering point of Ukrainian defenders at the training ground SSU military counterintelligence exposed the hostile plans in advance and detained the traitor while he was preparing proposals for assassinations to submit to his handler The investigation also confirmed the agent's contact with an FSB handler the agent collected information on the number and types of units training at the Yavoriv base three mobile phones with SIM cards used to hide communications with the Russian forces were seized from the detainee SBU investigators formally charged him under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason committed under martial law) The suspect is currently held in custody without bail He faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker This work, Red Arrow Soldiers deployed in Ukraine for multinational mission, by CPL Jared Saathoff, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright At least 35 people were killed and more than 130 injured in a Russian missile attack on a base in western Ukraine just ten miles from the border with Poland drew the conflict close to NATO’s border and showed Moscow expanding its war effort to parts of Ukraine that so far have escaped bombs and shelling said that Russian forces had fired more than 30 cruise missiles at the base known as the International Center for Peacekeeping & Security Air defense systems had knocked out some of the missiles The strike ramps up the stakes of the 17-day-old Russia-Ukraine war While NATO has so far ruled out imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine the alliance is supporting Ukraine’s resistance via weapons shipments Attacks against such shipments would bring Russia and NATO closer to direct conflict — a scenario that NATO’s chief and the White House have repeatedly said they want to avoid According to Ukraine’s defense minister foreign instructors had worked at the base near Lviv although it remained unclear whether foreigners were among those killed in the attack “Russia has attacked the International Center for Peacekeeping & Security near Lviv. Foreign instructors work here. Information about the victims is being clarified,” tweeted the minister “This is new terrorist attack on peace & security near the EU-NATO border U.K. minister Michael Gove called the attack “a significant escalation.” The assault came a day after Moscow threatened to take action against Western countries’ continued supply of arms to Ukraine “We warned the United States that the orchestrated pumping of weapons from a number of countries is not just a dangerous move it is a move that turns these convoys into legitimate targets,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told state television Channel One on Saturday both Ukrainian and Russian negotiators voiced cautious optimism Sunday about a potential resolution to the conflict said: “I think we will achieve some results literally in a matter of days.” He added that Russia had begun “to talk constructively.” said there had been “substantial progress,” state-owned RIA news agency reported Reuters reported him saying that Russia hoped to soon arrive at a “joint position” with Ukraine Meanwhile Chinese state media reported that Beijing is sending its top diplomat National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Rome on Monday in what will the highest-level official contacts between Beijing and Washington after Russia’s war on Ukraine started The West has been pressuring Beijing to take a firmer stance against Moscow and tomorrow’s meeting will provide a glimpse into where China stands on the unfolding humanitarian crisis and its “rock solid” ties with Moscow an American journalist was killed by Russian forces calling the invasion a “massacre” and “unacceptable armed aggression.” Speaking at St Peter’s Square he added: “In the name of God let the cry of the suffering people be heard Will Kaja Kallas be able to make her voice heard NATO diplomats based in Budapest wanted to chat with Hungary about its ambiguous policy toward the Atlantic alliance Europeans may not like the Republican candidate but officials from several countries said his reelection could spur change in the bloc — namely on defense China will be everywhere in the EU’s policymaking machinery for the next five years Analysis: proximity to Nato border may appear unnerving but steps have been taken to reinforce air defences Russia’s deadly multiple missile strike on Ukraine’s military base in Yavoriv less than 15 miles from the border with Poland Not only can Russian forces strike the western limits of Ukraine killing at least 35 people near where western arms will be crossing into the country but the Kremlin does not care if US or other volunteer fighters were training there A day earlier, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov had said its military would treat arms shipments to Ukraine from Nato countries as “legitimate targets”. Read moreThe facility, well known as a location where Nato forces trained Ukrainians in years before the war began is near the most direct route between Rzeszow airport It is a place where foreign volunteers are said to have congregated as they start training with Ukraine’s armed forces But even if the base is not used or heavily used for either purpose it is a site long viewed with suspicion by Russia Yet there are important limits to the Russian attack While the proximity of lethal missile strikes to Nato borders may appear unnerving the US and other allies have taken steps to reinforce and protect Poland’s air defences announced at the end of last week that two US Patriot missile batteries had been moved into Poland already in the country after recent exercises but particularly so given how Moscow’s forces are struggling losing men and materiel in their attack on Ukraine 0:53'We crossed the checkpoint and they started shooting,' says journalist wounded in Irpin – videoNevertheless the presence of the Patriot batteries is designed to reassure that it will be possible to intercept any stray missiles entering Polish airspace as the Russian offensive against Ukraine gets closer to the west of the country while Germany and the Netherlands said a few days ago they would reposition one of their own in another border country As for the supply of western arms to Ukraine experts believe it is unlikely to be constrained by a single attack even one as deadly as that of Sunday morning The Polish-Ukrainian border is more than 300 miles long and steps are being taken to conceal the vital supplies as they cross into the country and beyond It is not realistically possible to cut off or interdict the movement of arms with periodic airstrikes because the territory is too vast To do so is only practical where Moscow’s forces dominate an area are a long way from Lviv and the western border a land warfare specialist at the Rusi thinktank said: “[Vladimir] Putin will struggle to interdict supplies into western Ukraine but stands a much better chance of eventually encircling and thus cutting off Kyiv as well as potentially cutting off crossings along the Dnieper River will mean it is likely to engage in more missile attacks and show again it can strike in the west But these do not in themselves dramatically alter the balance of the war This work, General Joseph Lengyel visits Yavoriv, Ukraine, by SGT Timothy Massey, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright This work, Ukrainian army leader visits Yavoriv Combat Training Center, by SSG Anthony Jones, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright This work, Task Force Carentan Mentors 95th Air Assault Brigade During Battalion FTX, by 1LT William Trout, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Sunday shakes hands with a wounded soldier during his visit to a hospital in Kyiv (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Faithful show Ukraine’s flags during Pope Francis’ Angelus noon prayer in St.Peter’s Square take rest in the lobby of the train station in Przemysl the war has forced more than 2.5 million people to flee Ukraine People take part in a protest against the Ukraine conflict in Hamburg An injured man is wheeled on a stretcher at a local hospital in Novoiavorisk Local officials in western Ukraine say a Russian airstrike has hit a military training base that has hosted NATO drills Mariana Vishegirskaya stands outside a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol Vishegirskaya survived the shelling and later gave birth to a girl in another hospital in Mariupol A Ukrainian serviceman guards his position in Mariupol Ukrainian military says Russian forces have captured the eastern outskirts of the besieged city of Mariupol the military said the capture of Mariupol and Severodonetsk in the east were a priority for Russian forces Mariupol has been under siege for over a week A view of destroyed apartments damaged by shelling A sticker with a letter Z is seen on a car during a rally in support of Russia in Belgrade Serbia has refused to introduce international sanctions against its ally Russia EU officials have repeatedly warned Serbia that it will have to align itself with the bloc’s foreign policies if it wants to join is cared for by his mother at a refugee center in Korczowa A family walks out of a basement used as shelter during an air-raid alarm in Novoiavorisk Waves of Russian missiles pounded a military training base close to Ukraine’s western border with NATO member Poland A Ukrainian firefighter drags a hose inside a large food products storage facility which was destroyed by an airstrike in the early morning hours in Brovary following Russian threats to target foreign weapon shipments that are helping Ukrainian fighters defend their country against Russia’s grinding invasion.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Ukrainian soldiers take cover from incoming artillery fire in Irpin A Ukrainian soldier digs a foxhole in Irpin A woman walks past building damaged by shelling Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he will continue negotiating with Russia and is waiting for a meeting with Vladimir Putin Zelenskyy has repeatedly called for a meeting with Putin his requests have gone unanswered by the Kremlin Zelenskyy said Sunday during his nightly address to the nation that his delegation has a “clear task” to do everything to ensure a meeting between the two presidents Zelenskyy said talks are held daily between the two countries via video conference He said the talks are necessary to establish a cease-fire and more humanitarian corridors He said those corridors have saved more than 130,000 people in six days The humanitarian convoy to the besieged city of Mariupol was blocked Sunday by Russian forces Zelenskyy said they would try again Monday Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said it is a “black day” after Russia shelled a military base in the western part of his country Zelenskyy said in his nightly address on Sunday that Russia fired 30 rockets at the Yavoriv military base He said the attack killed 35 people and injured 134 injured others The base is less than 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the Polish border Zelenskyy said he had given Western leaders “clear warning” of the danger to the base He asked NATO leaders again to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine He warned “it is only a matter of time” before Russian missels fall on NATO territory Britain and their European allies are unlikely to impose a no-fly zone because they believe it could escalate the war in Ukraine into a nuclear confrontation between NATO and Russia GENEVA — The Red Cross is warning of a “worst-case scenario” for hundreds of thousands of civilians in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol unless the parties agree to ensure their safety and access to humanitarian aid The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement said Sunday that residents of Mariupol “have endured a weeks-long life-and-death nightmare.” The Geneva-based humanitarian agency said hundreds of thousands of people in the city are “facing extreme or total shortages of basic necessities like food remain trapped under the rubble or lying in the open where they fell,” the ICRC added The Red Cross called on the parties to agree on the terms of a cease-fire It offered to act as a neutral intermediary in negotiations Ukraine says it has restored a broken power line to the Chernobyl power plant Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said that “heroes” from the national power grid company managed to restore the connection The power is used to run pumps which keep spent nuclear fuel cool to prevent radiation leaks Ukraine said Wednesday that power had been cut to the site and that there was enough diesel fuel to run on-site generators for 48 hours The International Atomic Energy Agency played down concerns saying it saw little risk of the pools containing the spent fuel overheating even without electricity Belarus said Thursday it had set up an emergency power line to Chernobyl from its nearby border human rights office says at least 596 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since the start of the war High Commissioner for Human Rights said Sunday that 43 of those killed were children The Geneva-based office had documented 579 civilian deaths and 1,002 injured a day earlier It said most recorded civilian casualties were caused “by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area,” such as shelling from heavy artillery and missile strikes officials said they believe the actual number of casualties is “considerably higher” than so far recorded because the receipt of information has been delayed and many reports still need to be corroborated Serbia — Dozens of cars drove through the Serbian capital of Belgrade on Sunday in support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine The occupants waved Russian and Serbian flags honked horns and chanted pro-Putin slogans Some cars had the letter Z painted on them — a symbol of support for the Russian president The protest was organized by a small far-right group Serbia has refused to join international sanctions against its ally Russia despite formally seeking EU membership and voting in favor of the U.N Serbia’s dominant state-controlled media are daily carrying Moscow’s war propaganda creating a strong pro-Putin mood among Serbia’s ultranationalists and far-right groups agencies are calling for an immediate end to attacks on health care facilities in Ukraine calling them “an act of unconscionable cruelty.” Population Fund said that “horrific attacks are killing and causing serious injuries to patients and health workers destroying vital health infrastructure and forcing thousands to forgo accessing health services despite catastrophic needs.” and those already suffering from illness and disease and health workers risking their own lives to save lives — is an act of unconscionable cruelty,” they said Since the start of the war at least 12 people were killed and 34 were injured while 24 facilities and five ambulances were damaged or destroyed They said that some 4,300 children have been born since the conflict began and 80,000 Ukrainian women are expected to give birth in the next three months with oxygen and other medical supplies running dangerously low “The health care system in Ukraine is clearly under significant strain Every effort must be made to prevent this from happening,” they said BERLIN — The head of a group providing humanitarian aid in Ukraine says the international community needs to start making plans for how to help the country when the war ends who heads the Ukraine branch of the Germany-based Malteser aid group says the conflict could worsen the already difficult demographic situation in Ukraine where many educated young people have moved abroad Titko told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Sunday from Ukraine’s eastern city of Lviv that the country needs a “long-term perspective.” He urged Western nations to create partnerships between cities and institutions such as those established with Ukraine during the 1990s that helped prevent some of the worst impacts of the economic crisis following the collapse of the Soviet Union which provides thousands of warm meals at train stations and border crossings each day has also begun offering psychological help to those traumatized by the war That need will dramatically increase in future Cyprus — Dozens of Russian nationals joined Ukrainians in the coastal resort town of Limassol home to a sizeable Russian expatriate community About 50 Russians converged on Limassol’s promenade prior to joining with other protesters Sunday to chant slogans including “Stop the war stop Putin” and “Russia without Putin.” They waved blue and white flags that they said were the Russian national flag without the red stripe that represented “blood and violence.” who has been living and working in Cyprus for five years told The Associated Press that despite Russian propaganda Ukraine “didn’t deserve this action from our government” and that protesters are demanding an immediate end to the war “that we don’t support.” “I do believe that the person who did the most to make Russia weak and not united is Putin himself,” said Shlykova who faulted the Russian president and his supporters for bringing the world’s wrath on Russia that is proud of its humanistic values and culture “But now Russia is the aggressor for the whole world journalist being treated at a hospital in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv says that he and a U.S colleague were shot after they were stopped at a checkpoint just after a bridge in Irpin Juan Arredondo told Italian journalist Annalisa Camilli in an interview from the hospital before being taken for surgery that the colleague who was with him was hit in the neck and remained on the ground earlier on Sunday Camilli told The Associated Press that she was at the hospital when Arredondo arrived and that Arredondo had himself had been wounded hit in the lower back when stopped at a Russian checkpoint Arredondo told Camilli he didn’t have further information on the fellow U.S He told Camilli they were filming refugees fleeing the area when they were shot at while in a car approaching a checkpoint The driver turned around but the firing at them continued A statement from Kyiv regional police said that Russian troops opened fire on the car Arredondo said that an ambulance brought him to the hospital and that Renaud was “left behind.” video journalist has died and another journalist was injured when they were attacked by Russian forces in Ukraine The police force said Sunday on its official website that Russian troops opened fire on the car of Brent Renaud and another journalist in Irpin near the capital It said the injured journalist was being taken to a hospital in Kyiv was a “talented filmmaker who had contributed to The New York Times over the years.” It said he was not working for the publication at the time of his death the profession of journalism carries risks citizen Brent Renaud paid with his life trying to highlight the deceit cruelty and ruthlessness of the aggressor.” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told CBS News that the U.S government would be consulting with the Ukrainians to determine how this happened and would then “execute appropriate consequences.” “This is part and parcel of what has been a brazen aggression on the part of the Russians and they have targeted journalists,” Sullivan said WASHINGTON — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan says Russia will face a response from NATO should any of its attacks in Ukraine cross borders and hit members of the security alliance Russian missiles on Sunday struck a military training base close to Ukraine’s western border with NATO member Poland and killed 35 people Sullivan tells CBS News’ “Face the Nation” that President Joe Biden “has been clear repeatedly that the United States will work with our allies to defend every inch of NATO territory and that means every inch.” Sullivan says a military attack on NATO territory would cause the invocation of Article 5 That requires other countries in NATO to come to the defense of the attacked nation Sullivan says “We will bring the full force of the NATO alliance to bear in responding.” Sullivan says NATO would respond even if a shot by Russia that hit NATO territory was accidental Ukraine -- Ukraine’s president says nearly 125,000 civilians have been evacuated through safe-passage corridors so far and a convoy with humanitarian aid is headed to the besieged city of Mariupol “We have already evacuated almost 125,000 people to the safe territory through humanitarian corridors,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video address released Sunday Our convoy with humanitarian aid is two hours away from Mariupol “We’re doing everything to counter occupiers who are even blocking Orthodox priests accompanying this aid There are 100 tons of the most necessary things that Ukraine sent to its citizens,” Zelenskyy said VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has decried the “barbarianism” of the killing of children and other defenseless civilians in Ukraine and pleaded for a stop to the attacks “before cities are reduced to cemeteries.” In some of his strongest denunciations yet of the war in Ukraine the pontiff said that “there are no strategic reasons that hold up” in the face of such armed aggression Francis told about 25,000 people gathered in St Peter’s Square for his customary Sunday noon appearance that Mariupol the southern Ukrainian city which “bears the name” of the Virgin Mary has “become a city martyred by the heartbreaking war that is devastating Ukraine.” I ask: ‘Stop this massacre,’” Francis said Francis prayed for an end of the bombings and other attacks and for ensuring that humanitarian corridors “are safe and secure.” Turkey— Turkey’s foreign minister says his country is trying to evacuate Turkish citizens who were sheltering in a mosque in Mariupol Russian shells hit near the Sultan Suleiman Mosque Saturday Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the mosque had not been damaged and they had made contact with the Turkish nationals through satellite phones He did not specify the number of people sheltering there The Ukrainian Embassy in Ankara said Saturday 89 Turks The minister said he spoke with his Russian counterpart to ask for his support for a humanitarian evacuation corridor in Mariupol Buses were ready for their evacuation Saturday but had not been able to enter the city because of clashes Cavusoglu said 489 Turkish citizens had been evacuated Saturday from places where clashes continued Israel — Israel’s foreign minister is condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine calling on Moscow to halt its attacks and end the conflict Yair Lapid’s criticism Sunday is among the strongest that has come from Israeli officials since the war began His remarks set him apart from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett who has stopped short of condemning Russia Israel has walked a fine line in its response to the crisis Bennett has voiced support for the Ukrainian people and the country has sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine But Israel relies on Russia for security coordination in Syria where Russia has a military presence and where Israeli aircraft have frequently struck enemy targets over recent years Bennett has been attempting to mediate between the Kremlin and Ukraine Ukraine — The office of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General says a total of 85 children have been killed since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine Officials also said that bombings and shelling have damaged 369 educational facilities in the country 57 of which have been completely destroyed Ukraine — At least nine people were killed and 57 wounded when a Russian airstrike hit a military training base in western Ukraine close to the Polish border said Russian forces fired more than 30 cruise missiles at the Yavoriv military range located 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of the city of Lviv and 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Ukraine’s border with Poland The assault brought the war closer to the border with Poland A senior Russian diplomat has warned that Moscow considered foreign shipments of military equipment to Ukraine “legitimate targets.” The United States and NATO have regularly sent instructors to the range also known as the International Peacekeeping and Security Center The facility has also hosted international NATO drills Russian fighters also fired at the airport in Ivano-Frankivsk a city in western Ukraine located 250 kilometers (155.34 miles) from Ukraine’s border with Slovakia and Hungary Romania — A widow fleeing the war in Ukraine with her teenage son has described the harrowing scenes they witnessed during their days-long journey from their bombed hometown of Chernihiv in north Ukraine The 44-year-old Elena Yurchuk worked as a nurse at a local hospital she says no longer exists “Our city is under siege and we barely escaped.” a car with children and a young family was blown up … literally behind us.” Yurchuk described Chernihiv as a “ghost town” with no electricity when they left They have earmarked Germany as a final destination where she hopes to find work caring for the elderly it will be difficult for me.” She added that a lot of refugees have already arrived She says her house was in the center next to a hotel that was bombed in an airstrike ROME — Italian state radio says a bus carrying about 50 refugees from Ukraine has overturned on a major highway in northern Italy killing a passenger and injuring several others RAI radio said one woman died and the rest of those aboard the bus were safely evacuated after the accident early Sunday near the town of Forli’ It wasn’t immediately clear where the bus was headed Some 35,000 Ukrainians refugees who fled the war have entered Italy most of them through its northeastern border with Slovenia which borders the Adriatic Sea and which so far has taken in some 7,000 refugees Ukraine — Russian forces carried out an air strike on a military range near Lviv in western Ukraine expanding its offensive closer to the border with Poland The Russian military on Sunday morning fired eight rockets at the Yavoriv military range 30 kilometers northwest of Lviv without offering any details about possible casualties also known as the Yavoriv International Peacekeeping and Security Center is located 35 kilometers from Ukraine’s border with Poland has regularly sent instructors to the Yavoriv military range to train Ukraine’s military The range has also hosted international NATO drills Russian forces shelled two airfields in the western cities of Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk firing more than 10 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers Ukraine – Russia is trying to create new “pseudo-republics” in Ukraine to break his country apart President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address to the nation Saturday not to repeat the experience of Donetsk and Luhansk Pro-Russian separatists began fighting Ukrainian forces in those eastern regions in 2014 “The occupiers on the territory of the Kherson region are trying to repeat the sad experience of the formation of pseudo-republics,” Zelenskyy said on Saturday rejected plans for a new pseudo-republic Russia recognized the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic before invading Ukraine in February Moscow said it had to protect the separatist regions and is demanding that Ukraine recognize their independence too We need time and strength to break the war machine that has come to our land,” Zelenskyy said Hungary — Klara Uliganich is returning home to Ukraine after spending nearly three weeks in Hungary as a refugee The pensioner says she will go back to her home in Uzhhorod it’s hard to put it into words,” she said of her decision while waiting at the railway station in the Hungarian border town of Zahony but she said she was determined to go back “I can’t live my life shaking in fear just because the Russians are coming,” she said has taken in around 235,000 refugees from Ukraine as of Saturday the second-highest number of any other country after Poland which has received more than 1.5 million refugees died when Russia shelled a humanitarian convoy of refugees and forced them to turn back The seven were among hundreds of people who tried to flee the village of Peremoha 20 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of Kyiv An unknown number of people were wounded in the shelling Moscow has said it would establish humanitarian corridors out of conflict zones but Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of disrupting those paths and firing on civilians Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said just nine of 14 agreed-upon corridors were open on Saturday and that about 13,000 people were evacuated on them around the country At least 2.5 million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion 17 days ago according to the United Nations Refugee Agency Poland – Yulia Kalachemkov is staying at a refugee center in Warsaw with her children which the United Nations refugee agency says numbers at least 2.5 million Her young daughter has epilepsy and her 11-year-old autistic son Nikita is recovering from an operation on his feet that were deformed at birth She said it was a struggle to flee her home country and get to Poland’s capital “It was just so hard trying to hold my children’s hands in case they fell and try to carry the luggage,” Kalachemkov told Sky News a Ukrainian woman who fled her home in Kyiv briefly crossed paths with her parents who were heading back into Ukraine after a vacation in Cuba “It’s the most horrible thing,” said Katarina identified only by her first name in Sky News video It could be the last time I see my parents.” Sergiy Stakhovsky is a recently retired professional tennis player from Ukraine who has left his wife and three young children at home in Hungary to go back to his birthplace to help how he can during Russia’s invasion Stakhovsky said in a video interview with the AP that he would never have imagined he would be in his home city with a gun in his hands He earned more than $5 million in prize money in tennis and upset Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2013 Stakhovsky’s last match came in Australian Open qualifying in January Poland — About 60 child cancer patients from Ukraine boarded a medical train in a Polish town Saturday bound for hospitals in Warsaw and elsewhere Medical workers carried some young patients in their arms on stretchers and in a wheelchair at a station in Medyka will require some form of intensive care,” and some have COVID-19 and have to be 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the fact that many of the unit's Soldiers have been deployed before spending the holidays more than 4,500 miles from home is never easy “Its important for the unit to gather together,” Deeley said “Its a tradition across the Army that we do this Christmas meal for our Soldiers to thank them for their service throughout the year.” the Soldiers enjoyed a delicious meal consisting of steak As they entered the dining facility the Soldiers were greeted by the unit's officers and senior enlisted Soldiers In addition to the New York National Guardsmen and Ukrainian Soldiers also enjoyed the holiday meal the 27th Brigade Chaplain gave the blessing Then toasts were made in honor of the heads of state of the nations represented a Ukrainian quartet from the nearby city of Lviv performed a selection of Ukrainian Christmas carols The last order of business before the meal commenced was a solemn Army tradition In addition to honoring all fallen and missing comrades a cavalry scout assigned to the training group “We're away from our families and friends and we're away from our homes,” Deeley said “We're here with our brothers and sisters in uniform and we're here with our allies and partners from other countries Its important to gather together for the holidays and thank each other for our time together.” Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Complete digital access to quality analysis and expert insights complemented with our award-winning Weekend Print edition Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country See why over a million readers pay to read the Financial Times This work, Grenade training at Yavoriv Combat Training Center [Image 8 of 8], by SSG Anthony Jones, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright This work, Combat first aid in Ukraine, by SSG Eric McDonough, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright This work, “Blue Spaders” in Ukraine for Rapid Trident 2019, by 1LT William Trout, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright This work, Women in the military speak in Ukraine, by SSG Elizabeth Tarr, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright Russian troops did not make any significant gains on any front on Thursday inflicted “heavy casualties” on the Kremlin’s forces according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Incessant Ukrainian counterattacks are forcing Russia to divert a large number of troops to defend their own supply lines said the United Kingdom’s Defence Ministry in its daily update “This is severely limiting Russia’s offensive potential.” Note: What does “control” mean It requires exerting a physical influence over an area to prevent its use by the enemy It could be achieved by occupying the area or by holding power over it with weapons It does not imply any form of governance or legitimacy Sources: Institute for the Study of War and American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project (for advances and areas under control); UK intelligence (besieged cities); EL PAÍS and other sources (fighting and airstrikes) It does not imply any form of governance or legitimacy lack of control of the air and limited bridging capabilities are preventing Russia from effectively resupplying their forward troops with even basic essentials such as food and fuel,” added the report Ukrainian forces continued to repel Russian efforts to encircle Kyiv and the southern city of Mykolaiv Sumy and Mariupol are encircled and under constant shelling some reserve forces of the Russian naval fleet that is stationed near the port city of Odessa were deployed to Mariupol in what appears to be an effort to support the ongoing assault there Russia said on Thursday that separatist forces in the Donbas region captured several towns after making limited territorial gains The Russian invasion of Ukraine has “largely stalled on all fronts,” according to the United Kingdom Defense Ministry’s latest intelligence report Moscow’s forces have made minimal progress on land sea and air in recent days and continue to suffer heavy losses “Ukrainian resistance remains staunch and well coordinated Russian troops failed to make any progress on any of their four fronts: the attempt to encircle the capital Kyiv the advance on Donetsk and the capture of Mariupol There were also no significant gains in the push west from Kherson Russian troops conducted several unsuccessful attacks northwest of Kyiv on Wednesday There were no major ground operations in Chernihiv three cities that the Russian army is attempting to encircle The United States estimates that 7,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine in these past three weeks according to information published by The New York Times There could be an additional 14,000 to 21,000 injured out of a total of 150,000 troops This casualty rate could make it difficult for combat units to carry out their tasks the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Tuesday that it had taken control of the Kherson province although the ISW limited that advance to certain areas in the northeast of that area This move could be aimed at surrounding Zaporizhzhia at least until this front can receive reinforcements from the Russian troops that are currently trying to force the surrender of Mariupol Russian troops are encountering difficulties in replacing the losses that they are suffering according to British intelligence services This difficulty is impeding the invading troops from consolidating positions that they have secured as well as from carrying out multiple offensive operations the outskirts of Mariupol – which is located on the coast of the Sea of Azov – have suffered constant Russian air and artillery attacks both in residential areas and on civil infrastructure The ISW believes that the surrender of Mariupol will be the next turning point in the conflict given that the Ukrainian defenders of the city are likely to be left without ammunition or drinking water in “the near future.” The capture of this city, which has been under siege practically since the start of the offensive, would free up Russian troops that the army could send to the east of Zaporizhzhia and toward the area of the Ukrainian coast that Russia is yet to control: Odessa This port city was bombed last night by a number of Russian ships an advisor at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs the Russian troops launched a number of attacks on different areas in the northwest of the capital the combat units continued to receive reinforcements There were no significant changes to the situation on the ground Russian forces launched several attacks northwest of the capital and unsuccessfully attempted to bridge the Irpin river The Russian army did not advance east of Kyiv and might be lacking sufficient troops to renew the offensive on that front for a few days Russian soldiers were held back by Ukrainian forces in Brovary Airstrikes on Kyiv continued on Monday when a projectile hit a residential building in the northern neighborhood of Obolon There were more strikes on Tuesday and two residential buildings in the districts of Podilsk (northwest) and Osokorky (southeast) were reportedly hit Russian troops resumed their attacks from Kherson toward Mykolaiv but Ukrainian forces were able to contain them The Russian army conducted few ground offensives on Sunday save for the Donbas region where it secured new positions in Donetsk and Luhansk when Ukrainian emergency services reported that two people were killed in an airstrike against a residential building northwest of the capital Moscow’s forces launched several attacks in the area extending north of the besieged city of Mariupol The Ukrainian army said the Russians have captured several towns but that their own forces were able to repel an offensive in Volnovaja a town of 21,000 residents located between the Sea of Azov and the city of Donetsk Volnovaja has been hard hit by airstrikes in recent days In the south, the British Defense Ministry said that Russia has established a distant blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea coast thereby isolating the country from international maritime trade Russian naval forces are continuing to carry out missile strikes against targets in Ukraine said the ministry in its latest intelligence update “Russia has already conducted one amphibious landing in the Sea of Azov and could look to conduct further such operations in the coming weeks,” said the report there were Russian airstrikes against military facilities near the border with Poland Russian troops renewed their attacks with the goal of encircling the city The New York Times reported on street-by-street battles in suburbs such as Irpin the Russian army did not appear to have gained new territory growing losses and Ukrainian counter-attacks have been slowing down Russian forces’ advance This would explain why they have not launched a major attack on Kyiv in recent days although new troops appeared to be deploying on this front There was no progress towards Kyiv from other directions Russian forces have for days been trying to capture Chernihiv (north) Ukrainian forces said they had attacked and destroyed several Russian vehicles the front had barely moved while the fighting and the Russian airstrikes continued Ukrainian authorities said Russian troops have captured suburbs east of Mariupol which has been under intense attack for days It is here that Russian bombs destroyed a hospital’s maternity ward the Kremlin’s goal is not to march into the city with its troops but to keep up the airstrikes and isolate the city in order to force its citizens to surrender Ukraine said that a convoy carrying 90 tons of food and medicine is already on its way to Mariupol Russian troops have made no progress for a week In the last 48 hours they tested the Ukrainian defenses west of Kyiv without success made no progress on their path towards Mykolaiv or Zaporizhzhia It could be achieved by occupying thea area or by holding power over it with weapons Putin’s troops continued to try to encircle the city with Russian soldiers around 15 miles from the city center according to a British Defense Ministry intelligence report from Saturday The vehicles in the enormous convoy that was detected 10 days ago appear to have dispersed either to surround Kyiv or to be less vulnerable to Ukrainian attacks The Russians are also approaching Kyiv from the east their forces have not secured new territory and part of the contingent appears to have fallen back to defend against Ukrainian counterattacks in the Sumy region Sumy and Mariupol remain under siege and air bombardments Ukrainian authorities reported bombing in Mykolaiv Ukrainian forces halted Russian advances from Crimea Russian forces have been dealing with growing problems with supplies and troop morale Russian troops have been making “limited” progress in Ukraine in recent days according to British Defense Ministry intelligence reports The invading ground forces have been dealing with logistical problems and with “strong Ukrainian resistance.” This pushback throughout the north of the country continues to disrupt the Russian army’s efforts to move more troops towards Kyiv in order to encircle the city British intelligence reports said it was “highly unlikely that Russia has achieved the objectives outlined in its pre-invasion plan.” But Moscow is still expected to reorganize its forces for a renewed offensive probably including attacks against the capital Russian troops bombed civilian areas in Dnipro a city that had so far not come under attack Russia claimed to have bombed and rendered inoperative the airbases of Ivano-Frankivsk and Lutsk Local authorities in the latter municipality said they heard explosions during the night Russian troops continued to put pressure on besieged cities like Chernihiv Ukrainian resistance in these enclaves is forcing Russia to devote more resources to them slowing down their advance to other parts of the country The Russian Defense Ministry on Friday announced it will declare a ceasefire in the capital and in those four cities Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an overnight address that around 40,000 people had been evacuated on Thursday via humanitarian corridors Russian troops did not make significant progress. According to the British Defense Ministry intelligence reports, there was a notable drop in air operations thanks to an efficient Ukrainian defense Russian troops renewed their attempt to encircle Kyiv and on Wednesday they tested the Ukrainian defenses at several points as confirmed by the ISW and Rochan Consulting According to Ukrainian information gathered on Tuesday five Russian battalions launched an attack near Bucha Four more battalions reportedly advanced on Yasnohorodka 23 miles southwest of the capital’s center in a bid to reach Kyiv from that direction as well British intelligence on Thursday provided an update on a convoy of Russian vehicles first spotted northwest of Kyiv a few days ago and which has made little progress over the past week; the convoy has reportedly suffered continuous losses Russian forces are besieging five cities according to British intelligence reports: Chernihiv Hundreds of thousands of people are trapped in these locations without food Residential neighborhood after bombing / Maxar Residential neighborhood after bombing/ Maxar After several unsuccessful attempts to establish a safe route to evacuate residents from Mariupol, Ukraine and Russia held another meeting on Thursday, but it ended without agreement “Ukraine has proposed a humanitarian corridor to and from Mariupol and a ceasefire of at least one day to address the humanitarian problems of civilians I am willing to continue negotiations,” said Ukraine‘s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba Satellite images published on Thursday by the private US company Maxar Technologies show the damage caused by Russia’s bombardment of key infrastructure in Mariupol which has been in a critical situation for days The Russian army continued to bomb Kharkiv The humanitarian crisis led both sides to agree to a 12-hour ceasefire starting early on Wednesday to provide some relief for the hundreds of thousands of people trapped in cities under attack Ukrainian authorities said that they were only able to carry out evacuations in Sumy and Energodar In the south, Russian troops were apparently trying to reach Odessa Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on social media that Russia has bombed a children’s hospital in Mariupol a city where the situation is “apocalyptic” according to the Red Cross as seen in footage verified by this newspaper and local authorities said that 17 people have been injured It does not imply any form of governance or legit there was fighting in Chernihiv and in Sumy two cities from which Russian troops are trying to create a communication line to Kyiv British Defense Ministry intelligence reports talked about shelling in Kharkiv it is believed that Russian forces are seeking to connect with the troops currently deployed in the Donetsk and Donbas regions to create a large front in this part of the country Russian troop movement around Kyiv has several goals: surrounding the capital from several sides and cutting off the city’s links to the outside world The Kremlin is reportedly massing tanks and men on two flanks: the northwest one where it is trying to gain control of the cities of Irpin Russian soldiers are running into resistance from Ukrainians Shelling has also been reported in the last two days around 59 miles south of the capital This could be an attempt to reach Kyiv from a front where there was little activity in previous days according to the Rochan Institute and The Guardian Irpin, a dormitory town of around 60,000 residents, has become a containment wall against Russia’s advance west of the capital. It was targeted for bombing at the beginning of the invasion and it has been the scene of fighting over the past week Russian soldiers may be using “siege-and-starve” tactics on the city using a strategy that was already used in Syria The goal is to get the population to surrender by preventing water and food from coming in Evacuation in Irpin on the bridge to Kyiv on Tuesday Russian troops had fired on civilians leaving Irpin on that same bridge to the capital The Russian attack on the bridge area caused several civilian casualties among Ukrainians Irpin and the surrounding area was bombed at the beginning of the invasion A residential neighborhood in the north came under heavy shelling between March 1 and 2 There are images of Russian tanks in a neighborhood near the Bucha River images of civilians killed by artillery fire as they were trying to flee Irpin created greater pressure for humanitarian corridors to evacuate people and bring in supplies Attempts at establishing safe passages failed on Monday but were established on Tuesday in Sumy and Irpin Around 150 people had fled the latter city in the early morning hours fighting continued in major cities such as Kharkiv and Sumy where a bomb attack killed at least 10 people according to Ukrainian authorities The city of Mariupol is reportedly surrounded by Russian troops a bloody battle took place on Monday for control over the city of Mykolaiv This is a key port on the Black Sea and would help Moscow prepare its attack on Odessa Russia will have almost total control over the country’s access to the sea English version by Susana Urra This work, NY Army National Guard commander visits troops training Ukrainian Soldiers, by Alexander Rector, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright Ukraine (AP) — The mourning began with a pair of caskets they held two of the Ukrainian fighters killed in Russia’s invasion in a gray village under a gray sky near the western border with Poland they were the first reminder that the war could come this far The men were killed Sunday when Russian missiles struck a military base in nearby Yavoriv a hub of military cooperation between Ukraine and NATO countries a witness only to the exhausting flow of hundreds of thousands of refugees heading for the border Bright billboards urging war readiness had been raised On lonely roads between winter’s barren fields of sunflowers and corn bottles for Molotov cocktails stacked behind them the villagers gathered in Starychi to bury Roman Rak and Mykola Mykytiuk They entered a small room in the cold churchyard holding the caskets and made the sign of the cross Men in flat caps gathered on a bend in the road and spoke among themselves fellow fighters carried the caskets across the yard and into the wooden church “These guys were like angels for us,” said a local deacon living seven kilometers from Sunday’s attack spent the next full day treating the wounded “I thought they’d be crazy to attack so close to NATO countries,” he said of Russia Even a priest at Wednesday's funeral wore military uniform He recalled the village’s ancestors who lived here beginning more than a millennium ago and they were brave enough to look in the face of their enemy And he echoed a phrase that is now constantly repeated at funerals across Ukraine: Heroes never die Past a line of residents kneeling along the sidewalk near the shops the caskets in a drab green military vehicle behind it The procession stopped at an empty corner of the graveyard A line of soldiers with rifles fired in salute The crowd left the mounds of earth carefully placed with the men’s photos The son of one of the dead men waved away a request Follow AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine rewritten or redistributed without permission This work, NY National Guard leader visits Army Guard troops in Ukraine, by Alexander Rector, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright This work, Staff Delegates visit the IPSC in Ukraine, by SSG Elizabeth Tarr, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright a retired master sergeant with the California National Guard traveled to Ukraine three times between 2005 and 2009 to train with his counterparts in the Ukrainian National Guard and army he told Stars and Stripes by phone Tuesday that the Ukrainians are more than holding their own against the perceived might of the Russian army and they were like sponges when it came to anything we had to offer in the way of military training,” Wade said “They didn't need those small luxuries but something like that didn't bother them,” he said “They needed very little to do their jobs and they really pumped up their chest whenever we gave them approval." Despite battlefield losses elsewhere in the country Ukrainian forces have so far held their capital from invading Russian forces since March 24 the Russians were falling back from areas north and northeast of Kyiv to regroup and possibly move to Donbas Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said at a press briefing Monday the Russians left behind civilian bodies in the streets of Bucha have a long history with their Ukrainian counterparts About 160 members of the Florida National Guard part of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team trained alongside Ukrainian troops for about three months before the Russian invasion The California National Guard has partnered with the Ukrainian National Guard since 1993 Brandon Hill told Stars and Stripes in a March 31 email That partnership involved noncommissioned officer training training on one another’s methods and equipment and language immersion Close friendships developed over the years a retired staff sergeant with the California National Guard The former public affairs officer said the partnership between the two countries sometimes even led Ukrainian Guard members to immigrate to the U.S "You would see these little old ladies I remember one who was using a jackhammer doing roadwork,” said Halpin “They're digging a ditch on the side of the road but it made me realize that life there has been pretty tough." Halpin said training often focused on anti-terrorism scenarios who also served as a public affairs officer remembered scenarios involving a potential invasion the idea of a Russian invasion was always in the background “I think you’re going to focus your attention and build your scenario around what could be the quickest threat to your country,” he said Wade recalled the visits as largely a “friendship mission,” typically involving training during the day and socializing at night we were told to talk to these people and share your knowledge and answer questions and show them what you can do – and maybe watch what they can do,” he said we’d laugh and eat up and later maybe have some vodka.” This work, JMTG-U Bids the 95th Air Assault Brigade Farewell in Rotational Training Closing Ceremony, by 1LT William Trout, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright The relevant statement was made by Lviv Regional Military and Civil Administration on Telegram Casualties are yet to be reported,” the report states Russian President Vladimir Putin initiated a large-scale invasion of Ukraine The Russian military are shelling and destroying the key infrastructure facilities launching missile strikes on housing sectors in Ukraine Your version of Internet Explorer is out of date It has known security flaws and can cause issues displaying content on this page Learn how to update your browser Ukraine — Allied and partner service members from 15 nations officially started Rapid Trident 21 with an opening ceremony at Central City Stadium Soldiers will work tactically alongside 6,000 multinational troops for the exercise under the banner of Partnership for Peace a cooperative program for NATO and Euro-Atlantic partner countries we have opened a new page of history in the name of the future of our children happiness and prosperity,” said Ukrainian Maj commander of the training of the Land Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine the exercise features joint jumps of Ukrainian and U.S service members will conduct battalion tactical exercises of a multinational battalion with combat shooting in a single combat order “Our main job at Rapid Trident is to provide the methods and the tools to help enable the [Ukrainian] President's National Security Strategy and the Minister of Defense Security Strategy of building both partnerships and interoperability amongst partner nations which will provide that foundation for deterrence against any further aggression,” said U.S co-director of Rapid Trident 21 from the U.S The exercise will also feature a brigade-level computer-assisted exercise with platoon-level maneuver training and another brigade-level field training exercise with security and stability operations to best train combat credible Army forces in Europe The nations involved in the exercise are: Ukraine participation involves the Washington Army National Guard's 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team deployed in support of the Joint Multinational Training Group Ukraine since April 2021 Army representatives will participate as mission enablers Rapid Trident 21 continues more than 25 years of partnership between the U.S Through efforts such as Rapid Trident 21 and the Joint Multinational Training Group Ukraine Army supports ongoing training efforts and enhanced defensive capabilities of Ukraine Rapid Trident 21 is the final training phase of an intense and realistic annual training exercise to prepare Ukrainian Land Force units for the challenges of real world situations and deployments “This exercise is not just another stage of military skills improvement,” said Ukrainian Brig co-director of Rapid Trident 21 from the Ukrainian side “but also an important step toward Ukraine's European integration It will strengthen the operational capabilities of our troops improve the level of interoperability between units and headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine To follow more Rapid Trident 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republics in Ukraine similar to the two in Donbas to break his country apart died when the Russian army shelled a humanitarian convoy of refugees near Kyiv and forced them to turn back Russian forces killed nine people in the bombing in Mykolaiv This was announced by the head of the regional administration of Mykolaiv Russian bombing hit the southern part of the city At least 35 people were killed as a result of the missile attack on the Yavoriv test site and the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security in the Lviv region This was announced by the head of the Lviv regional military administration Another 134 people were injured in the bombing of the base Kozitsky notes that almost all the fires on the targeted targets have been extinguished while the presence of other victims continues to be monitored The eighteenth day of the invasion of Ukraine opened with an ever greater aggression of the Russian military in the western area of ​​the country which up to now had been almost totally spared from bombing According to reports from the spokesman of the Academy of the Army and Armed Forces in Kiev seems to be a warning message precisely because in the past the base had been used by NATO personnel for training activities of the Ukrainian army Foreign military instructors work in the Yavoriv military base Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov reported on Twitter according to which "this is a new terrorist attack on peace and security near the border with the EU and NATO" "Information on the victims remains to be clarified," says Reznikov the Center trained the Ukrainian armed forces to facilitate their use in international peacekeeping missions From that date until a few weeks before the start of the Russian invasion the Yavoriv base regularly hosted NATO troops who trained Ukrainian counterparts the Center has so far been one of the two sites in Ukraine where international military exercises have been held explosions were heard near Ivano-Frankivsk a city located about 114 kilometers south of Lviv said that Russian forces have targeted the city's airport "According to preliminary information in our possession the explosions this morning were caused by an attack on the airport," said the mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk "I remind you that the enemy's goal is to sow panic and fear," Martsinkiv added in a post on Facebook in an attempt to keep the population under control The inhabitants of the city were again awakened by the sound of air warning sirens while several local testimonies confirm that artillery fire is audible - albeit from a distance - in different districts of the city as has been happening for a couple of weeks it has been confirmed that the Russian military convoy over 60 kilometers long has resumed its march towards the north-eastern suburbs of the Ukrainian capital a port city that fell into the hands of the Russians in the first days of the offensive Fedorov was allegedly kidnapped and "replaced" at the helm of the city by an official chosen by the Russian occupation forces last Friday called the alleged kidnapping of the first citizen a "war crime" according to the latest British intelligence report on the Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian forces are advancing from the Crimean peninsula to encircle Mykolaiv a port located in the southwestern area of ​​the Village Russian troops are trying to encircle Ukrainian forces to the east by advancing from Kharkiv and Mariupol both of which have been severely besieged for weeks the report reads that in their advance the Russian military is facing heavy losses due to stubborn Ukrainian resistance