Ministry of Defence

Olena Roschina - Sunday, February 27, 2022, 06:37

The Minister of Defence Oleksiy Reznikov stated that Ukraine holds the fort defending from the Russian aggression for three days now, and that the Kremlin's plans for a ‘lightning war’ have failed.

Source: Reznikov on Facebook

Olena Roshchyna, Saturday, 26 February 2022, 13:40

The Minister of Defence of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, has stated that the Russian Armed Forces are starting to actively use saboteurs and paratroopers in a change of tactics dictated by their unsuccessful initial push to strike quickly with long columns of military vehicles and equipment.

Militants in Donbas are practicing marine landing operations in Mariupol direction, according to Vadym Skybytskyi, a representative of Ukrainian Defense Intelligence, Radio Svoboda reports.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) started investigating the alleged embezzlement of ₴300 million during the procurement of radio stations for national security authorities.

The Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak dismissed the volunteer and photographer Dmytro Muravskyi who used to chair the coordination center in the Department of Communications and Press of the Ministry and was the Minister’s adviser.

Advisor to the President Yuriy Biriukov said that they have introduced two systemic changes into logistics at the Ministry of Defense.

The Defense Ministry of Ukraine rejects accusations of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia that Ukrainian Defense Intelligence runs subversive activities in the occupied Crimea.

In 2016, 40,800 people have already signed contracts to serve in the Ukrainian Army, spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense Lieutenant Colonel Oleksiy Chernobay said during a press briefing on Tuesday, July 26.

The Defense Ministry is to terminate ₴400 million ($16 million) contract with the company Vizyt which supplies food to the soldiers in Desna Military Base in Chernihiv Oblast, referring to the poor quality of food.

Batkivshchyna MP Nadiya Savchenko would agree to head the Ministry of Defense if she got the offer.