Russia is strengthening ties with North Korea in order to purchase more artillery ammunition from abroad, citing a shortage in the country. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: Military analysts believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s planned visit to North Korea “at an early date” and the strengthening of Russian-North Korean relations […]
The European Union will be able to produce around 1.3 to 1.4 million shells by the end of 2024, and will continue to increase production “significantly” next year, said EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton. “We need to make sure that most of this is coming to Ukraine, in priority, because this is where there […]
The European Union will be able to produce at least 1.3 million shells by 2025, as the EU faces the dual task of providing military assistance to Ukraine and replenishing its own stockpiles. Source: Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market, during a visit to Estonia, as reported by Belgian public service broadcaster RTBF […]
Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has reported what kind of weapons North Korea supplies to Russia. Source: Andrii Yusov, DIU spokesperson, during the national joint 24/7 newscast on 15 December Quote: “We understand what else was provided. … The supply of artillery shells, anti-tank missiles, projectiles for MLRS and mines is something that has been […]
Eleven people have been killed by Russian shelling in Ukraine’s partially occupied Donetsk province, officials said. Regional governor Vadym Filashkin said five children were among the dead and eight further people were wounded in the attack on the Pokrovsk district. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military claimed it successfully attacked the Saki military airbase in the west of […]
Eleven people have been killed by Russian shelling in Ukraine’s partially occupied Donetsk province, officials said. Regional governor Vadym Filashkin said five children were among the dead and eight further people were wounded in the attack on the Pokrovsk district. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military claimed it successfully attacked the Saki military airbase in the west of […]
Russian forces shelled a train station in Kherson as civilians were trying to flee the front line city in southern Ukraine, the leadership in Kiev said late Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said many people were awaiting the departure of an evacuation train, with the number of dead and injured still unknown. Ukrainian Interior Minister […]
On Tuesday, December 26, the Russian military attacked the railway station in Kherson. The number of killed and wounded is being clarified, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in a video message. According to him, an evacuation train came under fire by Russian forces. There were many civilians present. Read also: Three civilians killed, one […]
North Korea has sent Russia large quantities of artillery shells. Some are defective, causing damage to weapons and injuring Russian soldiers, Ukraine’s army said. Experts have questioned the quality of North Korean ammunition. Russia is using low-quality artillery shells from North Korea that are often defective and cause problems on the front lines, Ukraine’s army […]
A five-year dig into the side of Rome’s Palatine Hill yielded treasure last week when archaeologists discovered a deluxe banquet room dating from around the first or second century BC, featuring a sizeable, intact, and brightly colored wall mosaic. Estimated to be around 2300 years old, the work is part of a larger aristocratic mansion, […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries have placed orders for only 60,000 artillery shells under an EU scheme to help get 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine by next spring, according to people familiar with the figures. The scheme was a centrepiece of an EU initiative to ramp up the supply of vital 155mm […]