17 August 2023 - Ukraine Special Weapons News |
Combat Operations
Ukraine
Russia
United States
NATO
United Nations
Foreign Reactions
News Reports
Combat Operations
- The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 17.08.2023 Ukraine MOD 17 Aug 2023
- Ukraine Claims Recapture Of Southeastern Village, Russia Says Sea Drone Attack Foiled As Counteroffensive Grinds On RFE/RL 17 Aug 2023 -- Russia military officials claimed a new success in an offensive in the eastern Donetsk region and said two Russian war ships repelled a Ukrainian sea drone in the Black Sea late on August 17 as Ukrainian forces liberated a village amid a slow-moving, weeks-long counteroffensive that has worried some of Kyiv's Western backers.
- Ukraine Claims New Battlefield Advance VOA 17 Aug 2023 -- Ukraine claimed Thursday that its counteroffensive had retaken parts of Russian-controlled land in the southeastern part of the country in a push beyond the newly liberated village of Urozhaine.
Ukraine
- Zelensky Extends Martial Law, General Mobilization in Ukraine for 90 Days Sputnik 17 Aug 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed laws to extend general mobilization and martial law in the country for 90 days, until November 15, Verkhovna Rada lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on Thursday.
- Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine met with Director-General of the World Trade Organization President of Ukraine 17 Aug 2023
- We are building the arsenal of the free world together - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 17 Aug 2023
- The first meeting of the working group that will work on the implementation of the security point of the Ukrainian Peace Formula took place President of Ukraine 17 Aug 2023
- Ukraine Won't Be Receiving F-16 Fighter Jets This Year - Air Force Spox Sputnik 17 Aug 2023 -- Ukraine will not receive American-made F-16 fighter jets this fall or winter despite "high hopes" for these particular aircraft to defend its airspace, Ukrainian Air Force Command spokesman Yuriy Ignat said Wednesday.
Russia
- Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 17 Aug 2023 -- On 17 August 2023 at 22:55, the Ukrainian Armed Forces employed a uncrewed boat to conduct an unsuccessful attack against the ships of the Black Sea Fleet carrying out tasks to control navigation in the south-western part of the Black Sea, 237 km south-west of Sevastopol.
- Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 17 Aug 2023 -- On 17 August at 22:22 Moscow time, Russia foiled an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using fixed-winged UAV against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
- Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 17 Aug 2023 -- Today at around 9.00 a.m. Moscow time, Russia has foiled an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by a fixed-winged unmanned aerial vehicle against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
- Russian Forces Thwart Ukrainian Drone Strikes in Black Sea, Belgorod Region Sputnik 17 Aug 2023 -- A Ukrainian sea drone on Thursday tried to attack Russian warships in the Black Sea southwest of Sevastopol but was destroyed in a return fire, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
- Kiev Loses Up to 310 Soldiers in Donetsk Direction in Past Day - MoD Sputnik 17 Aug 2023 -- Ukraine has lost up to 310 soldiers in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
- Russian Air Defenses Down Ukrainian Strike Drone Over Belgorod Region - MoD Sputnik 17 Aug 2023 -- Russian air defense systems have snuffed out a Ukrainian strike drone over the Belgorod Region at about 9 a.m. Moscow time (06:00 GMT) on Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
United States
NATO
United Nations
- Weapon transfers, including banned cluster munitions, spike in Ukraine UN News 17 Aug 2023 -- Arms and ammunition transfers to Ukraine have increased rapidly in recent months, alongside concerning reports of deliveries of banned cluster munitions, the UN's top disarmament official told the Security Council on Thursday.
Foreign Reactions
- War in Ukraine - Military support for Ukraine Germany - Federal Government 17 Aug 2023 -- Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government's funds for security capacity building. An overview.
- President Putin has shown he is not serious about any peace in Ukraine that respects international law: UK statement at the Security Council UK FCDO 17 Aug 2023 -- Statement by Deputy Political Coordinator Tom Phipps at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
- GCC says supports "peaceful efforts" to address Russia-Ukraine conflict People's Daily 17 Aug 2023 -- Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi said on Wednesday that GCC member states support "peaceful efforts" aimed at resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
- Lukashenka Says Putin Not Pushing Belarus To Join War In Ukraine RFE/RL 17 Aug 2023 -- Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka said Russian President Vladimir Putin is not trying to push Belarus into joining the war in Ukraine and vowed that Minsk's forces would never take part in the war unless Ukrainian troops crossed the border into Belarus.
- Belarus Decides to Nix Defense Industry Cooperation Deal With Ukraine Sputnik 17 Aug 2023 -- The government of Belarus has decided to denounce the agreement with Ukraine on defense industry cooperation, according to a resolution of the Belarusian Council of Ministers, published on the national legal Internet portal.
News Reports
- Russia thwarts Ukrainian attempt to cross into Bryansk region, says official People's Daily 17 Aug 2023 -- The following are the latest developments related to the Ukraine crisis:
- 'I Sent Tajik Men's Bodies From Bakhmut,' Central Asian Migrant Worker Claims RFE/RL 17 Aug 2023 -- A young Tajik migrant says hundreds of Central Asian workers were "forced" to fight in Ukraine alongside the notorious Russian mercenary group Wagner late last year.
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