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EU will provide Ukraine with a second tranche of €18B in aid next week
The EU Commission Executive Vice-President for an Economy Valdis Dombrovskis reported on March 17, 2023, on Twitter, that next week, the European Union would transfer to Ukraine the second tranche in the amount of 1.5 billion euros within the framework of the program of macro-financial assistance for 18 billion euros. Source: The EU Commission...
US will continue to provide aid to Ukraine in historic amount
US Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre informed on March 16, 2023, that the United States is determined to continue to provide large-scale assistance to Ukraine, which is resisting brutal Russian aggression. Source: US Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre “And so, we’re going to continue doing an historic amount of security assistance [to...
Austria joined the coalition on creation of the special tribunal for Russia
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba noted on March 16, 2023, on Twitter, that Austria joined the coalition of countries on the creation of the special tribunal for Russia for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. Source: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba “I’m grateful to Austria for joining the...
Lithuania announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine
The Minister of Defense of Lithuania Arvydas Anušauskas announced on March 16, 2023, on Twitter, that Lithuania plans to transfer to Ukraine an additional package of defense support to resist the invasion of Russia, which will include 155-mm artillery shells, vehicles and rations for Ukrainian troops. Source: The Minister of Defense of Lithuania...
Russians hit the yard of a medical facility in Kherson with drones: photo
Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration reported that Russian drones fired at the yard of one of the medical facilities in Kherson (a city in the south of Ukraine) on March 16, 2023. Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration “Just now, the Russian army attacked...
Russians shelled the Donetsk region, 6 civilians were injured, including a foreign volunteer: photos
Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration reported that on March 16, Russian troops shelled Kostiantynivka (Donetsk region, east of Ukraine) twice. As a result, 6 people were injured, including a foreign volunteer. Source: Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, the Office of the...
General Staff operational report March 16, 2023 on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The 386th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 16.03.2023. During the day of March 16, the Russian army launched 2x missile and 16x air strikes, launched 25x MLRS attacks. The threat of missile attacks remains high across Ukraine. All maps provided by War Mapper...
Ukraine will receive MiG-29 fighters from Poland in the coming days
The President of Poland Andrzej Duda said on March 16, 2023, at a joint press conference with the newly elected president of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel that Ukraine would be provided with four MiG-29 aircraft from Poland soon. Source: The President of Poland Andrzej Duda “In the coming days, we are handing over four aircraft to Ukraine...
Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 225 Russian soldiers and injured over 300 near Bakhmut
The Spokesman of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevatyy informed on March 16, 2023, that Ukrainian troops killed 225 Russian servicemen, and wounded 306, as well as destroyed 2 Russian T-72 tanks, 5 infantry fighting vehicles, an anti-aircraft missile system and 3 drones in the Lyman-Kupyansk direction (east of...
Russians fired at city in the Donetsk region, 6 civilians were injured: photos
Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration informed that Russian soldiers shelled Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region (east of Ukraine) with Tornado-S multiple rocket launchers on March 15, 2023, as a result of which six civilians were injured. Source: Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk regional military...