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The Zhytomyr Oblast military enlistment office reported on June 8 that it had launched an investigation after Serhii Kovalchuk, 32, died following his stay at the Zviahel military enlistment office in late May. Kovalchuk's relatives have accused the military enlistment office of causing his death by beating him. Dozens of local residents have protested against the enlistment office following the incident. Prosecutors have opened a murder investigation into the incident. Military enlistment officials have denied the accusations, claiming that no violence was used against Kovalchuk. According to...
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Oleksandr Pavliuk, Ukraine's Ground Forces commander, said on June 4 that command and staff exercises involving military personnel and heavy equipment will be held in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast. Such trainings take place in Ukraine's capital from time to time in order to increase combat readiness for defense operations. The Ukrainian military said that currently there is no threat of a renewed Russian offensive on Kyiv. The exercises, which will be held from June 5 to 13, will involve a variety of military equipment, including infantry, air defense and anti-sabotage units, Pavliuk said. They are rep...
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The chair of the German parliament's defense committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, called on the country's armed forces to activate 900,000 German reservists in light of Russia's threatening policies, the DPA news agency reported on June 1. Tensions between the West and Russia have been mounting since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukrainein 2022. The Kremlin has repeatedly issued threats toward Kyiv's partners over their support for the besieged country. "(Russian President Vladimir) Putin is training his people for war and positioning them against the West. We must, therefore...
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Warsaw is considering forming and training a unit of draft-aged Ukrainian men living in Poland, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in Prague on May 31, the Wnp.pl media outlet reported. Sikorski believes that this move will help Kyiv more than sending a Polish training mission to Ukraine. Kyiv has been discussing with France and other states the possible presence of foreign instructors on the ground in Ukraine, Ukraine's Defense Ministry said on May 27. Paris may reportedly soon send its military trainers to the country, despite concerns of some Western allies. “Poland considered U...
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A North Korean economic delegation was on its way to Iran on April 24, according to state-run media from Pyongyang, in what would be the first official talks between the two countries in almost five years. Western officials have voiced growing concern about the strengthening alliance between Iran, North Korea, and, to a lesser extent, China, which have become the principal military suppliers of Russia's full-scale against Ukraine. Iran and North Korea have long been pariah countries on the global stage. Russia has increasingly joined them since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 as it ...
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Suspilne reported on April 23 that various Ukrainian consulates in Europe said they were temporarily suspending services for military-age men. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also wrote on X that he "ordered measures to restore fair attitudes toward men of conscription age in Ukraine and abroad." The previous day, the Ukrainian media outlet Dzerkalo Tyzhnia published a copy of a letter signed by Deputy Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, explaining that consular services for men aged 18-60 located abroad would be temporarily suspended. The Kyiv Independent has reached out to the Foreign Ministry fo...
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President Volodymyr Zelensky signed on April 20 a decree on counteracting the negative effects of online gambling, which proposes to ban it for the military until the end of martial law. Zelensky supported the National Security and Defense Council's decision after he had announced that the government was preparing to tighten control over the online gambling industry in Ukraine. The negative social impacts of gambling are increasingly becoming a topic of public discussion, after a petition demanding restrictions on online gambling passed the threshold for presidential consideration. Zelensky ta...
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Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Brigadier General Hennadii Shapovalov has been appointed as a new commander of the Southern Operational Command's forces, the command said on April 16. Shapovalov is replacing the command's previous chief, Andrii Kovalchuk, who was appointed as the head of the Odesa Military Academy last week. The change took place against the backdrop of broader personnel shifts in Ukraine's military and political leadership. Ukraine's Ground Forces commander, Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavliuk, presented Shapovalov with his new command during ...
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Ukrainian military personnel will soon have access to a military ombudsman, ensuring they can report violations of their rights, the Defense Ministry announced on April 3. Ensuring that the needs and rights of soldiers were met was one of the key [priorities](https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-introduces-new-defense-minister-umerov-names-his-key-tasks/) President Volodymyr Zelensky gave Defense Minister Rustem Umerov when he was appointed in September 2023. Umerov held a meeting with Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets to discuss the creation of the Protection of Servicemen's Rights Depar...
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The Belarusian military began military drills on April 2 near its borders with Poland and Lithuania to the west, and Ukraine to the south, the country's defense ministry said. Belarus regularly holds military drills, including close to its borders with Ukraine and the EU. The exercises, which the defense ministry said were intended to simulate defense scenarios in the case of martial law being implemented, will be held in the western Hrodno Oblast and the southern Homel Oblast, north of the Ukrainian border. As the exercises were underway, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said that Bel...
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