Russia has deployed the 25th Army in the eastern direction, which was initially planned to be withdrawn from reserve during the winter period, said Ilya Yevlash, the Chief Press Officer of Ukraine’s Eastern Group of Troops.

"This army consists of 12,000 servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces. This army has been newly formed, assembled over the past year from various units – including mobilized troops and former members of units previously destroyed by a powerful strike of the Ukrainian Forces …

Turkish company Baykar, the manufacturer of the Bayraktar TB2 combat drones, plans to invest around $100 million in three projects in Ukraine, said the company's  CEO Haluk Bayraktar at the Defense Industry Forum in Kyiv.

"We have three main investments in Ukraine. One of them is a factory (for drone production). Then we have a service center and also the main office here. This investment amounts to around $100 million, and the process is already underway. Construction has already begun. It …

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has carried out a successful special operation codenamed "Barynya", which resulted in the recruitment of a Russian regular military serviceman. Details of the operation were revealed by Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Military Intelligence Directorate, as reported by Ukrinform.

"As a result of the Barynya special operation, Lieutenant Danilo Vladimirovich Alferov, a regular Russian military serviceman, defected to the …

The first international defence forum DFNC1 has taken place in Kyiv, aiming to establish cooperation between leading global defense companies and Ukraine. During the forum, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the creation of a new alliance of arms manufacturers who are ready to unite to assist Ukraine.

"Today we announce the formation of the Alliance of Defence Industries. An alliance that values international law and knows how to work for the real protection of international law and …

Russian president Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Evkurov and former commander of the Wagner PMC Andrei Troshin, better known by his callsign Sedoy (Grey), reported  the Kremlin's press service. During the meeting, Putin addressed Troshin, reminding him that at their previous meeting, they discussed his involvement in forming volunteer units to be primarily deployed on the Ukrainian front. Putin emphasized that Troshin, having fought for over a year himself in a " …

Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on the beginning of the autumn military draft in Russia from 1st October. The corresponding document was published on the official portal of legislative acts of the Russian Federation.

According to the document, the autumn draft will last from October to December. The Russian Armed Forces are planning to call up 130,000 individuals aged 18 to 27 who are not in reserve.

This autumn draft will be the last in which the upper age limit for …

A representative of the United Press Center of the Ukrainian Forces South, Oleksandr Shtupun, has stated that Ukrainian troops are consolidating their positions near the village of Verbove in the Zaporizhzhia region, while Russians are in a defensive position there. 

"We are securing our positions on the appropriate front lines. In order for us to move forward, we must firmly secure ourselves so that, God forbid, the enemy does not strike us somewhere on the flank or break through our defense …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that Ukrainian forces have made progress in the Donetsk direction. "I have received reports on the situation on the front lines, supplies of equipment and ammunition, as well as intelligence data. We have made advances on the Donetsk front. There are other plans that are being implemented," Zelensky said after a daily briefing with security officials and military commanders. He did not specify the exact location of the Ukrainian military's …