Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi and Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov discussed the current situation at the front and Ukraine's top military priorities during a telephone conversation with Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
Ukraine's Defense Minister and Commander-in-Chief briefed the U. S. Senate delegation on the situation at the front and discussed Ukraine's priority military needs to achieve victory over russia.
Deputy Minister of Defense Stanislav Haider discussed with NATO Assistant Secretary General Boris Ruge the resumption of the full-fledged work of the NATO mission in Ukraine and plans to increase its strength to facilitate the implementation of summit decisions and bring Ukraine closer to NATO membership.
The head of the Main Department of Capital Investments of the Ministry of Defense was suspected of corruption because he failed to declare property worth UAH 14 million, including two apartments, a garage, a parking space and three cars.
Kyiv businessmen who helped Russia control Internet traffic in occupied Donetsk were detained for aiding the aggressor.
A representative of the Ministry of Defense explained the recruitment process for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in particular, how long it takes to be appointed to a unit after submitting a resume.
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine visited the first recruitment center in Lviv to learn about its first achievements and challenges.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that in 2022-2023, more than 2,000 strongholds, positions, and firing positions were built to strengthen the defense borders along the northern and Transnistrian regions and operational borders.
The draft law stipulates that conscripts whose service ended during martial law will be dismissed if they do not want to continue their service under a contract. Those dismissed to the reserve will receive a one-year deferral from mobilization.
The Ministry of Defense said that in 2023, local communities of Ukraine voluntarily transferred more than UAH 16 billion for the needs of the Armed Forces.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the procedure for allocating UAH 515 million from the state budget for the construction and operation of the National Military Memorial Cemetery this year.
The Ministry of Defense reported that dozens of M113 armored personnel carriers equipped to evacuate wounded soldiers from the battlefield have arrived in Ukraine, and hundreds more are expected in the near future.
The Ministry of Defense is developing the Army+ mobile application for electronic reporting and provision of documents and services for military personnel.
Over the past two days, the Ukrainian military destroyed three Russian ATVs used to evacuate wounded soldiers or conduct small-scale assaults in the Zaporizhzhya sector.
Due to a court ruling in favor of a company that disrupts food tenders for the Armed Forces, DOT is forced to cancel 11 auctions.
The Ministry of Defense will introduce automated inventory and food accounting systems in military units to simplify logistics planning and reporting, as well as save time.
The Ministry of Defense is developing the Army+ mobile application to digitize military documents and services. The application is being developed by the Ministry of Defense jointly with the Ministry of Digital Transformation. The app is expected to be launched in the summer.
The implementation of an automated SAP-based defense resource management system in 200 Ukrainian military units has significantly accelerated the processing of supply requests for army brigades from several weeks to 2-3 days.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has joined a working group that is considering granting permission to military units to use narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances to provide medical care to wounded soldiers.
Several rehabilitation projects are being implemented in Odesa Oblast to help servicemen and children recover from injuries sustained during the war.
The court ruled to postpone the bail of UAH 1. 8 million for the former head of the state defense enterprise, who is a fugitive from justice and is accused of misappropriating UAH 2 million of state funds intended to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Court upholds company that disrupts food tender for the Armed Forces and may be behind information attack on the Ministry of Defense.
Head of Ukrainian military intelligence assessed enemy's capabilities and spoke about Avdiivka.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported 66 combat engagements along the frontline over the past day, with Russia launching air and missile strikes and shelling populated areas.
Ukraine seeks to expand its military drone coalition with allies to more than 20 countries to supply more drones, cooperate on technology, and strengthen its armed forces against changing enemy tactics.
According to the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vadym Sukharevsky, the Ukrainian Armed Forces use unmanned aerial vehicles more effectively than Russian troops, with an efficiency several points higher.
The Ministry of Defense presented Ukraine's needs for the development of an unmanned coalition to the military attaches of partner countries and asked them to support the financing of Ukrainian drone production.
The Government approves a resolution to establish a Ukrainian Logistics Center Abroad to regulate international military aid and assistance.
After the State Logistics Operator announced new tenders for food supplies to the Armed Forces, it and the new team at the Ministry of Defense were subjected to an information attack, likely by companies that had previously been monopolists.
The Ministry of Defense reported that during its first week of operation, the recruitment center in Lviv processed 107 applications and contacted 13 candidates for vacant positions in specific military units.