Ukraina

More American Air Defense Is on the Way to Help Ukraine The New York Times (Gift Link) Ukraine is getting more help in its war with Russia. A Patriot air-defense system that was based in Israel will be sent to Ukraine after it is refurbished, four current and former U.S. officials said in recent days, and Western allies are discussing the logistics of Germany or Greece giving another one. Two Russian Su-30 flankers downed by AIM-9s fired from drone boats: Ukrainian intel boss   (The War Zone) Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) shot down two Su-30 Flanker multirole fighters with AIM-9 Sidewinder infrared-guided air-to-air missiles fired by Magura-7 drone boats, the head of the agency told The War Zone exclusively. This marks the first time fighter airecraft have been downed by drone boats and the first use of the AIM-9 from a drone boat for a kill. Read More

 

 

Putin says he hopes there will be no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine   (The Associated Press) Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen and that he hopes it will not. Read More

 

 

 

 

27 lives per kilometer: How Russia took record losses in Ukraine in 2024   (BBC) Last year was the deadliest for Russian forces since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine: at least 45,287 people were killed. Read More