Russian forces have started preparing to destroy Leopard 2 and M1 Abrams tanks, even before Ukraine has started receiving these tanks."Handbooks and brochures for personnel have been issued, which reveal, where and from what distance to better hit such foreign equipment
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Estonia is providing Ukraine with dozens of 155mm FH-70 and 122mm D-30 howitzers in its latest fund that runs into millions of euros, and has applied for restoring the equipment and stocks from the European Peace Facility. Estonia and the United Kingdom called together an international meeting where participating states presented their newest military aid packages for Ukraine, which also include a significant amount of heavy weapons
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A helicopter crashed near a nursery outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, killing Ukrainian interior minister Denys Monastyrskyy, two other top officials, and at least three children. The preliminary reports suggested that the helicopter involved in the crash was a Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma
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Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said tests of a missile are being carried out at Izmir city, range of which will be doubled in the future. Erdogan may have referred to the short-range ballistic missile named Tayfun (Typhoon), which hit a target at a distance of 561km after being successfully test-fired in October over the Black Sea
The Ukrainain Air Force command has admitted that currently it lacks the means to intercept the Russian X-22 missile which destroyed part of a housing complex in Dnipro on January 14. "On January 14, 2023 five Tu-22m3 bombers of Russia released five winged missiles x-22
In the first major victory for Russian Forces since the annexation of the DPR and LPR regions of Southern Ukraine, the Kremlin announced the capture of Soledar town in DPR using a mix of regular soldiers and Wagner mercenaries. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a briefing Friday that taking full control over Soledar cuts off supply routes of Ukrainian troops in Artemovsk (Bakhmut)
The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) placed an order for 200 MMP medium-range missiles, known as "Akeron MP" produced by MBDA. This deal was signed on December 29 in accordance with the French Military Programing Law 2019-2025, the defense ministry said Thursday