Ukraine marks Volunteers Day on 5 December and Armed Forces Day on 6 December. Ukrainian army In his congratulatory speech on this occasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said: "Ukrainians…
State-of-the-nation address President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has delivered an hour-long state-of-the-nation address in parliament this morning. In particular, he said that Ukraine was…
Coronavirus Ukraine has registered the highest single-day increase in the number of new Covid-19 cases, which peaked at 689. There have been a toal of 29,070 cases, including 854 deaths…
Coronavirus There have been 21,905 confirmed coronavirus cases in Ukraine, including 658 deaths and 7,995 recoveries, by the morning of 27 May. Some 321 new cases have been registered…
Banking bill President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed the so-called "anti-Kolomoyskyy" bill into law to prevent former owners of bankrupt bans nationalized by the state from claiming…
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and eight servicemen who were close to him sustained wounds of various gravity when an 82-mm mortar blew up during a scheduled shooting exercise at…
A planned tactical military exercise has begun in western Ukraine to check the army's combat readiness, the Defence Ministry has said on its website. "During the exercise, the issues…
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have had two confirmed cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus by 5 p.m. on 2 April, the Medical Forces Command has reported. The first to test positive was a…
President Volodymyr Zelensky has postponed the spring military conscription campaign and discharge of conscript servicemen originally scheduled for April-June to May-July 2020. His…
The spokesman for the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Bohdan Senyk, has denied rumours that General Staff Commander Ruslan Khomchak has resigned, the BBC Ukrainian has…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree on the 2020 military conscription campaign which will be held for six months: in April-June and October-December. There are plans…
The transformation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will take place the entire next year to bring the command structure in line with NATO standards, Defence Minister Andriy Zagorodnyuk…
LB.ua is broadcasting live a roundtable discussion entitled "Will the adoption of NATO standards by the Ukrainian Armed Forces improve the country's defence capacity?". The event is…
Gen Dmytro Marchenko, who is suspected of procuring bad body armour for the army, has been released from a remand centre after the bail of 20m hryvnyas [850,000 dollars] has been…
The General Staff of Ukraine will conduct an official investigation into remarks made by the head of the Civil Military Cooperation Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Col…