Armed Forces of Ukraine
Combined military forces of Ukraine
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| June 3 2025 | An attack with underwater explosives damaged the foundations of the Kerch Bridge, with traffic resuming within hours. |
| June 1 2025 | Ukraine conducted 'Operation Spider's Web', targeting several air bases deep inside Russian territory using smuggled drones. Ukraine claimed to have damaged or destroyed 41 high-value aircraft, while US officials estimated 20 planes hit, with 10 destroyed. |
| June 1 2025 | SBU carried out Operation Spider's Web, the largest drone attack on Russian air bases to date, resulting in 10 destroyed and 20 hit aircraft. |
| May 2025 | United Nations concludes that recurring Russian attacks on civilians in Kherson, which killed nearly 150 people and injured hundreds, constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. |
| May 3 2025 | Ralph Goff, former CIA chief of operations, gives an interview to The Times criticizing the Biden administration's weapons support strategy for Ukraine. |
| April 28 2025 | Putin announced a 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire from 8–10 May, to mark the 80th anniversary of Germany's defeat in World War II, with a warning of retaliation if Ukraine violated the ceasefire. |
| April 13 2025 | Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces released the first footage of 'Tryzub', a laser weapon system used to destroy a fibre optic fpv drone. |
| 2025 | Expected lifting of Ukraine's weapons export ban, which was imposed due to the full-scale invasion. |
| 2025 | Development of the Bulava loitering munition by Ukrainian company Deviro, designed as a domestic equivalent to the Russian ZALA Lancet. |
| March 2025 | South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff reports North Korea sent an additional 3,000 soldiers to support Russia in the war on Ukraine. |
| March 2025 | Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Russia had pre-planned massive deportation of Ukrainian children, citing Kremlin documents from 18 February 2022 outlining plans to move children from orphanages in occupied Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts to Russia under the guise of 'humanitarian evacuations'. |
| 2025 | Donald Trump became US president, leading to a major shift in US policy with new negotiations initiated separately with Russia and Ukraine. |
| 2025 | The US government estimated Russia's economic losses from the war and Western sanctions would amount to around $1.3 trillion by this year. |
| March 2025 | South Korea reports North Korea sent an additional 3,000 soldiers and military equipment, bringing total deployed troops to approximately 11,000, with 4,000 killed or wounded. |
| February 16 2025 | US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirms Ukraine will be part of 'real negotiations', and Trump says Zelenskyy 'will be involved' in peace talks. |
| February 2025 |
The UK, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Spain issued a joint statement supporting Ukraine's sovereignty and insisting on Ukraine's involvement in any negotiations.
Meeks, Bacon Issue Joint Statement on Bipartisan Resolution in Support of Ukraine on 3-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion - Press Releases - House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Joint Statement at the Trade Policy Review of Ukraine, 26 February 2025 | EEAS
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| February 2025 | Ongoing diplomatic efforts continue to seek a peaceful resolution to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, with multiple international mediation attempts underway during February. |
| February 12 2025 | Donald Trump held a 'highly productive phone call' with Putin, agreeing to start immediate negotiations, and also spoke with Zelenskyy about charting steps to stop Russian aggression. |
| February 12 2025 | US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth suggests returning to pre-2014 borders is 'unrealistic', and US President Trump holds a 'highly productive' phone call with Putin to start immediate negotiations. |
| February 2025 | Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft estimated 250,000 total deaths in the conflict. |
| February 2025 | Ukraine's government approved a one-year contract for volunteers aged 18–24 who are currently not subject to mobilization. |
| February 2025 | The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Russian forces in Donetsk Oblast were not fully protected from the theater-wide impacts of the Ukrainian incursion, with troops, armored vehicles, artillery, and air defense systems being diverted to reinforce Russian forces in Kursk. |
| January 31 2025 | The Unmanned Systems Forces confirmed the use of drones carrying aerial bombs, with the USF Command stating these drones are capable of long-distance strikes with potential return capabilities, which they claimed 'changes the rules of the game on the battlefield'. |
| January 28 2025 | The 14th Separate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regiment launched a strike on a pumping station on the Druzhba pipeline along the Russian-Belarusian border in Bryansk Oblast, using drones capable of dropping FAB-250 M-54 high-explosive bombs with an optical sighting system for precision strikes. |
| January 2025 | Two North Korean servicemen taken prisoner while fighting in Kursk Oblast, discovered with false military papers identifying them as Russians from Tuva. |
| January 2025 | Russian forces continued advancing in eastern Ukraine and maintained attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. |
| January 2025 | Reports revealed Russia's two-pronged war financing strategy, with direct military spending estimated at US$250 billion through June 2024, and an additional US$200 billion obtained through preferential bank loans to defense contractors. |
| January 2025 | Russian forces captured the Kurakhove Power Station. |
| January 2025 | Russian forces captured Velyka Novosilka and most of Toretsk. |
| January 2025 | The 59th Motorized Brigade was reformed as the 59th Separate Assault Brigade and transferred to the Unmanned Systems Forces. |
| January 14 2025 | Ukraine attacked Russian chemical factories and energy infrastructure in the Bryansk, Saratov, Tula regions, and the Republic of Tatarstan. The Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) claimed that drones successfully distracted Russian air defenses, enabling missile strikes on main targets. |
| January 2025 | Russian forces captured Velyka Novosilka and most of Toretsk by late January. |
| January 2025 | Despite Putin's repeated deadlines, Russian forces had not yet pushed out Ukrainian troops from the Kursk salient, with advances in Donetsk Oblast being prioritized. |
| January 5 2025 | Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi announced the USF began deploying fiber-optic controlled drones and was in the final stages of organizing a dedicated unmanned systems brigade. |
| 2024 | Ukraine set main peace terms, including Russian troop withdrawal, prisoner release, prosecution of Russian leaders for war crimes, and security guarantees |
| 2024 | Estimated that 96% of all unmanned aerial vehicles used by the Ukrainian military were domestically manufactured. |
| 2024 | Small-arms bullet cartridges re-entered production, with 5.45×39 and 5.56×45mm ammunition being manufactured for the first time since 2014. |
| 2024 | The US government estimated Russia's economic losses from the war and Western sanctions at approximately $1.3 trillion, with direct financial spending on the invasion estimated at $250 billion. |
| 2024 | Documentary '20 Days in Mariupol' wins Oscar for Best Documentary, highlighting the siege of Mariupol. |
| 2024 | French President Emmanuel Macron suggests that sending troops to Ukraine could be a possibility, marking a shift from earlier stance of ruling out direct military intervention. |
| 2024 | Women's representation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine reached 62,000, with at least 5,000 serving in combat roles. |
| December 2024 | Russian forces captured the city of Kurakhove. |
| December 2024 | Unmanned Systems Forces first announced their capabilities. |
| December 2024 | Zelenskyy resisted pressure from the Biden administration to lower the conscription age to 18, refusing to replace Ukraine's battlefield losses by recruiting younger soldiers. |
| December 18 2024 | Reports indicate around 100 North Korean soldiers dead and 1000 injured, according to South Korea. |
| December 16 2024 | US confirms North Korean troops killed and injured in combat in Kursk oblast. |
| November 2024 | Daily Russian casualties increased to 1,500 killed or wounded, with an estimated 45,690 total casualties that month. On the bloodiest day, 1,950 Russian men were killed, exceeding the average daily male birth rate in Russia. |
| November 2024 | The Prosecutor General's Office reported initiating over 100,000 criminal cases for military desertion. |
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