Overnight Kharkiv and Kyiv suffered renewed bombardment with numerous videos shared on social media showing the shelling. The Bombardment of Mariupol in the south also continued. Russian forces made small… Continue reading "Updates: War In Ukraine (Day 20)"
According to the latest figures from the UN Refugee Agency the number of people who have fled Ukraine has increased to 2.7 million. 1.6 million of these have fled to… Continue reading "UPDATES: War In Ukraine (Day 19)"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. This week saw Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continue and much of our… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (7-11 March)"
13 March In the early hours of the morning Russian missiles struck a Ukrainian base in West Ukraine, just 10 miles from the Polish border. The attack on what is… Continue reading "UPDATES: War In Ukraine (Day 17 & 18)"
It is now two weeks since the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine began. Yesterday saw Russian advances on the edge of Kyiv and pushes North from the Donbas and up… Continue reading "LIVE UPDATES: War In Ukraine (Day 14)"
Since the Russian invasion began on 24 February, Ukraine has been promised a plethora of infantry anti-tank weapons. More than half a dozen Western nations have pledged to send anti-tank… Continue reading "Rundown: Western Anti-Tank Weapons For Ukraine"
As we enter the 13th day of the conflict the situation on the ground, as far as we can understand it, remains fairly static with the major cities still in… Continue reading "UPDATES: War In Ukraine (Day 13)"
While the Russians seem to have made only limited tactical movements over the weekend there are signs that Russian forces are working to regroup in an effort to launch renewed… Continue reading "UPDATES: War In Ukraine (Day 12)"
Day 11 – 6 March 2022 There have been renewed attempts to establish ceasefires and humanitarian corridors around Mariupol. Civilian protests in Russian-occupied Kherson continue but the country’s other major… Continue reading "UPDATES: War In Ukraine (Days 10 & 11)"
On 24 February at 4:00AM Ukrainian Time, Vladimir Putin announced his “special military operation” in Ukraine. Moments later, explosions rocked key Ukrainian cities including the capital of Kyiv, the strategic… Continue reading "Ruso-Ukranian War: Seven Days In"