Foreign Ministry Comment on Russia performing another conscriptin into military service on temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory of Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol.
On April 5, an unmanned aerial vehicle «Zastava» of the armed forces of the Russian Federation was shot down by one of the units of Joint Forces Operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which maintains defense in the Svitlodar direction.
This story is about a new potential threat from Russia. So far, it is at a preliminary stage, but the danger can be closer and more real than it seems.
On April 2, 2020, in the south of the Odesa region at the “Alibey” proving ground regular tests of the “Neptune” land-based cruise missile system were held.
On March 27, the Air Force of Ukraine received another MiG-29 fighter upgraded and repaired by the Lviv State Aviation Repair Plant (LDARZ).
The Zhytomyr Armored Plant transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine a batch of repaired and upgraded infantry fighting vehicles within the framework of the state defense order.
The Main Situation Center of Ukraine has developed the electronic map of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease spread worldwide and in Ukraine.
On March 26, 2020, Ukrainian Armor LLC began the process of transferring a consignment of Novator armored vehicles that were manufactured under a contract of the National Guard of Ukraine.
The Shepetivka Repair Plant handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine a next batch of repaired 122-mm self-propelled artillery units 2S1 Gvozdika (Ukrainian: 2С1 "Гвоздика", "Carnation").
On March 30-31, 2020, State Kyiv Design Bureau 'Luch' successfully conducted regular tests of the Vilkha-M missile with 120 km destruction range at the proving ground in the Odesa region.
Ukraine's Otaman 6×6 armored personnel carrier, developed by Kyiv-based privately owned RPA Practika, completed one of the initial trial stages in offroad tests.
Turkish/Ukrainian defense cooperation has stepped up significantly in the past few years, with Turkey building on Ukraine’s strengths of armor and anti-armor technology.
In his address to the leadership of the MoD of Ukraine and the General Staff, the Minister Andriy Taran emphasized that the Ukraine's Army would not be able to fully adapt to NATO standards in the near future, which led to a free interpretation of this statement by some media.
