We used Strykers to maneuver around and to stop bullets. We stayed in them until we thought we were at a point where we needed to establish dominance of terrain."
The Iraqis began calling the Strykers 'Ghost Riders' because they were so quiet,
The enemy continues to make deliberate attempts to stop the railway in Kharkiv region,
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have stopped Russian troops in the Kharkiv sector... The situation is under control, counter-offensive actions are underway,
The entire city and region of Kharkiv deserve our support, gratitude, and respect,
At night, it struck civilian railway infrastructure again. The shelling damaged tracks, buildings, idle freight carriages and an electric train carriage,
Ukrainian forces have recently transferred elements of a Ukrainian brigade defending in the Chasiv Yar area to the Vovchansk area, and Russian forces have likely intensified offensive operations near Chasiv Yar to quickly take advantage of weakened Ukrainian defences,
The Russian Air Force can strike no fewer than 2,480 Ukrainian settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv [regions] together without ever leaving Russian airspace,
This is the first line – a line built in the war, under constant fire, by our military. The first and second lines are built by the military, the third line is built by local authorities. It is the most powerful – not because they are better than the military, but simply because it is further from weapons, from shells, from shelling.”
No one even notices that there are actually more battles in the east of the country, specifically in the Donbas direction: Kurakhove, Pokrovsk, Chasiv Yar,
Russia was constantly shelling everything we were building,
Intense fighting continues in the Ivanivske area and on the approaches to Chasiv Yar,
Russian terrorists are killing adults and children, destroying cities and villages, leaving scorched earth where normal life once was. Russian terror must lose. And for this, only one thing is needed – the determination of world leaders. Sufficient determination,
We’ve got to redefine our position within the military alliance, and our lawyers and officers are working on… how Hungary can exist as a Nato member while not participating in Nato actions outside of its territory,
Russian terrorists are taking advantage of the fact that Ukraine still lacks sufficient air defense protection,
No naming and shaming, but I once again urge countries that have Patriots to speed up decisions and provide these systems to Ukraine,
Geolocated footage published on May 21 indicates that Ukrainian forces recently recaptured several buildings in the eastern part of the Kanal Microraion (easternmost Chasiv Yar),
The spokesperson for a Ukrainian unit operating in the Kharkiv direction stated that Ukrainian forces control most of Vovchansk and that Russian forces are conducting assaults in squad-sized infantry groups,
At the moment, the enemy from different directions is overthrowing reserves, trying to support active assault actions, but unsuccessfully,
In the directions of some enemy brigades, there is no progress at all,