Year: 2025
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has signed an additional agreement with the Federal Ministry of Defense of Germany on cooperation in the digitalization of the defense sector for 2026–2028.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, reported that the Dobropillia counteroffensive operation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine is ongoing, and despite constant enemy counterattacks, assault units continue offensive actions, having liberated a total of 180.8 km² of Donetsk region territory.
Strike-UAV company fighters of the 151st Separate Reconnaissance Battalion talk about the specifics of modern air warfare.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian invaders have lost 1,120 personnel and 14 armored combat vehicles.
The European Parliament has approved a resolution calling for coordinated action, strengthened defense, and sanctions to counter Russian provocations targeting the security and infrastructure of the European Union.
A weapons marketplace, DOT-Chain Defence, has launched a rating system: servicemembers can now rate drones they ordered and leave reviews about their use in combat conditions.
During the night of October 9, units of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) carried out a strike on two facilities in Russia’s Volgograd region, hitting the LUKOIL-Korobkovsky Gas Processing Plant and the Yefimovka Linear Production Dispatcher Station.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has approved the Presidential Decree on deploying 321 Ukrainian servicemembers to Turkey and the United Kingdom — to service Ukrainian naval vessels currently located in these countries.
The third International Defence Industries Forum — DFNC³ — is concluding its work in Kyiv; it has already become an annual platform where decisions are formed to strengthen Ukraine’s defence industry and to build the arsenal of the free world.
Since the beginning of the counteroffensive operation of the Defense Forces in the Dobropillia area, Russian invaders have already lost more than 12,000 of their military personnel there.
In the past 24 hours, Russian invaders have suffered 1,020 personnel losses and 400 pieces of equipment.
Soldiers of the anti-aircraft missile division of the 39th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade demonstrated the effective use of French “Mistral” MANPADS, destroying three enemy Shahed kamikaze drones in a single shift.
Five member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance have joined the reconstruction and modernization of centers for the rehabilitation of Defense Forces personnel.
Minister of Defence of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal held a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Defence of the United Arab Emirates, Staff Lieutenant General Ibrahim Nasser Al Alawi, during which he highlighted the “extremely important role” of the UAE in the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
As part of the national social change campaign “Barrier-Free – When You Can”, more than 70 ambassadors for barrier-free Ukraine — leaders who are already helping to create a Ukraine without barriers — gathered in Kyiv on October 6, 2025.
On Tuesday, October 7, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard a report from the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (FIS) Oleg Ivashchenko.
The Minister of Defence of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and the Minister for Industry of Denmark Morten Bødskov discussed the implementation of the Memorandum signed the previous day, which provides for the establishment of joint defence productions in Denmark and the launch of a demonstration hub for Ukrainian security solutions.
The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (DIU) has published information on 178 cultural assets stolen by Russians in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine in the “Stolen Heritage” section of the War&Sanctions portal.
At the border of Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions, the 141st Separate Mechanized Brigade liberated the village of Sichneve. The “Shkval” assault unit eliminated 50 Russian occupiers and captured eight more.
Ukraine’s Minister of Defence Denys Shmyhal acquainted the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof, with the work of one of the country’s leading manufacturers of domestic unmanned systems.
Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Denys Shmyhal announced that Slovakia will transfer five more Bozena demining vehicles to our country.
Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Denys Shmyhal announced the launch of new joint production projects in the defense industry on the territory of Denmark.