05 January 2024 - Ukraine Special Weapons News

Attack On Kherson Region Kills One As Ukraine Claims Successful Mission in Russian-Occupied Crimea RFE/RL 05 Jan 2024 -- One person was killed and another injured in a Russian attack on an agricultural enterprise in the Kherson region, the head of the regional military administration said as Ukraine claimed its forces had carried out a successful operation on the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula.

The President of Ukraine had a phone talk with the President of Türkiye President of Ukraine 05 Jan 2024
Enduring this year means enduring the entire war - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 05 Jan 2024
Ukraine's No. 1 Priority: Delivery of Air Defense Systems and Missiles VOA 05 Jan 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday Ukraine's No. 1 priority is delivery of additional air defense systems and missiles because many Ukrainian locations have been subjected to Russian shelling and missile and drone attacks.

Donetsk People's Republic Shelled by Ukraine 48 Times in Past Day Sputnik 05 Jan 2024 -- Ukraine shelled the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) 48 times over the past day, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of issues related to Ukraine's war crimes said in a statement.
Russian Air Defense Systems Destroy Ukrainian Neptune Anti-Ship Missile Over Black Sea Sputnik 05 Jan 2024 -- Ukrainian forces have been carrying out increasing drone and missile strikes against Russian territory lately, with most of these attacks targeting civilian infrastructure.
Ukraine De Facto Became NATO's Testing Ground for Digital Warfare Against Russia - Moscow Sputnik 05 Jan 2024 -- Artur Lyukmanov, the director of the Department of International Information Security of the Russian Foreign Ministry shared with Sputnik key insights into the US-backed cyber war against Russia being waged from Ukrainian territory.

US Running Out of Money for Ukraine VOA 05 Jan 2024 -- In a stark warning Friday, President Joe Biden's top budget official said time is running out for lawmakers to replenish U.S. aid for Ukraine, with the decision bogged down in Congress over budget negotiations on immigration, where a deal has so far been out of reach.

Germany Sends Ammo for Leopard Tanks, Marder Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine Sputnik 05 Jan 2024 -- Germany has supplied another batch of military assistance to Ukraine, including ammunition for Leopard 2 main battle tanks, Marder infantry fighting vehicles, Skynex air defense system and other equipment, the German government said.

Lithuania's Foreign Ministry summons a representative of the Russian embassy in Vilnius, voices a strong protest over Russia's missile and drone attacks on Ukraine Lithuania MFA 05 Jan 2024 -- On 4 January, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned a representative of the Russian embassy in Vilnius and expressed a strong protest over Russia's one of the most massive missile and drone attacks on Ukraine in recent days since the beginning of Russia's wide-ranging war against Ukraine.

Interview: Russia Bets It Can 'Outlast The Attention Span Of The West' To Defeat Ukraine RFE/RL 05 Jan 2024 -- Professor Peter Roberts is a senior associate fellow at the U.K.-based Royal United Services Institute, a think tank focused on defense and security. His research centers around contemporary conflict and the way wars are fought. In an interview with RFE/RL's Georgian Service, Roberts says the West's preferred way of fighting today -- massive overwhelming force meant to achieve a quick victory -- is not working in Ukraine where Kyiv's military is bogged down in a war of attrition with invading Russian forces.

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