Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

US undersecretary of State for political affairs John Bass met with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to discuss the situation on the battlefield and Ukraine's urgent defense needs against the Russian invasion.

The government has approved the procedure for conducting basic combined-arms training for Ukrainian citizens receiving higher education and police officers.

Due to the official negligence of an employee of one of the village councils of the Kiev region, the state budget did not receive UAH 93 million of "military tax". The head of ARMA Ruslan Kravchenko reminded that the "military" personal income tax should go to the state budget for the needs of Defense and the army.

The situation in the Sumy region worsened due to Russia's unsuccessful operation in the Kharkiv direction, which forced them to transfer reserves from other vulnerable areas and abandon their plans for further offensives in the Sumy region due to significant losses.

Ukraine is in talks with the European Union to extend the EU's Military Assistance Mission, which began in 2022, to continue training the Ukrainian armed forces to protect Ukraine from Russian aggression.

The head of the financial Department of the village council of the Kiev region was convicted of illegal embezzlement of more than 93 million hryvnias from personal income tax funds intended for the needs of the defense of Ukraine, for other expenses of the village council, he faces up to 5 years in prison.

Portugal has opened the first Phoenix Rehabilitation Center for Ukrainian war veterans to provide comprehensive assistance, including psychological and physical recovery, to wounded Ukrainian soldiers.

The Ministry of defense of Ukraine has codified and authorized the operation of almost 40 types of artillery weapons in the Defense Forces, including missile systems, howitzers and mortars, and since the beginning of 2024, more than 10 of them, both foreign and domestic production, have been approved.

The film "Bucha" is based on real events during the Russian occupation of the city. The film was made with the assistance of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, which provided photos, videos, intercepted conversations of the Russian military and Agent data.

The Ministry of Health emphasizes that doctors in Ukraine are subject to military service during martial law, and since during the mobilization process priority is given to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, if necessary, doctors will be involved for military needs.

According to Health Minister Viktor Lyashko, the Ministry of Health, in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, identifies violations and criminal schemes related to obtaining the status of "unfit", since entire organized criminal groups are involved in such activities.

A military registration document in electronic form is valid only if there is a QR code and cannot be used without it.

The Ministry of defense is launching the Army+ chatbot for information assistance to those liable for military service, their families and civilians.

Ukraine and Poland held talks in Kyiv to coordinate Poland's efforts to fully support and rebuild Ukraine, discussing urgent military needs, joint defense production and bilateral cooperation.

Speaker of the state border service Andriy Demchenko confirmed that the QR code in the Reserve+ app is a valid military registration document that allows you to cross the state border of Ukraine.

Already, 645,000 users have uploaded their military registration documents through the Reserve+ app, allowing them to correct errors in their status in minutes.

500,000 citizens of Ukraine have applied for military registration documents online through the Reserve+ application, saving time and money for citizens and the state.

The Verkhovna Rada has passed in the first reading a draft law that provides for the creation of a military police with law enforcement functions to ensure law and order, military discipline and prevention of offenses in the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces and the State Special Transport Service.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has authorized the use of about 40 samples of engineering weapons in military units, including more than 20 domestically produced metal detectors, smoke detectors, fortifications, batteries, as well as foreign-made generators, heavy equipment and repair mechanisms.

Parliament passed a bill that allows the redeployment of military units during martial law by decision of the General Staff of the Armed Forces in coordination with the Ministry of Defense.

This year, the number of graduates of the National Defense University of Ukraine is a record - 101 officers, who were congratulated on their successful graduation by President Zelensky, Defense Minister Umerov and Commander-in-Chief Syrsky.

The Ministry of Defense has added a new function "I am a serviceman, but I am still registered" to the Reserve+ program, which allows servicemen to correct their status.

62,000 users have already uploaded their military registration documents to the Reserve+ app since its launch, and due to high demand, their number will continue to grow in waves.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has launched a QR code in the Reserve+ app, which allows authorized bodies to check the validity of electronic military registration documents that have the same legal force as paper documents.

Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov discussed with the chairman of the Bundestag Defense Committee potential financial support from Germany for Ukrainian arms production and further bilateral cooperation in the defense sector.

1. 5 million citizens updated their data through the Reserve+ mobile application, with more than 233,000 updates made through ASCs and 208,000 through TECs and JVs, according to the Defense Ministry.

The 25th recruitment center for the Ukrainian army has been opened in Kirovohrad region to facilitate mobilization and systematic selection of defenders in the ongoing war.

Soldiers of the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade, after exhausting battles that lasted more than a month, managed to drive the Russian occupiers from their positions in the Serebryany Forestry in Luhansk region.

SBI is asked to initiate a case against the commander who illegally sent Shabunin on business trips.

A new branch of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Unmanned Systems Forces, was presented in Kyiv. The symbol of the new type of troops is a swallow created by a neural network. According to the command, the swallow is one of the most revered symbols in Ukrainian culture, signifying the news of victory.