Latest news with #Dnepropetrovsk
Russia Today
4 days ago
- General
- Russia Today
Ukrainian land forces commander steps down
The commander of Ukraine's Land Forces, Mikhail Drapaty, has resigned from his post, taking responsibility for the deaths of Ukrainian troops in consecutive strikes on a military training center. At least 12 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 60 more injured on Sunday in a Russian strike, Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne wrote. Kiev did not reveal the exact location, but according to Suspilne sources, it could be located near the Novomoskovsky military training site in Dnepropetrovsk Region. The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that it struck a tent camp at the Novomoskovsky training ground on Sunday, targeting the 158th Separate Mechanized Brigade (SMB) and the 33rd SMB of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 'I have decided to submit a report on my resignation from the post of Commander of the Land Forces of the AFU,' Drapaty wrote in a social media statement on Saturday. 'This is a conscious step dictated by my personal sense of responsibility for the tragedy at the 239th training ground, as a result of which our soldiers died,' he said. 'We have no right to live in a system that does not learn. If we do not draw conclusions, do not change our attitude to service, do not admit our mistakes, we are doomed,' Drapaty wrote, adding that he has opened an investigation into the circumstances at the training ground. In March, the Russian Defense Ministry reported it had struck the facility with an Iskander-M missile, killing up to 150 Ukrainian service members and 30 foreign military instructors. In the wake of the attack, Drapaty railed against 'outdated procedures' and negligence within AFU ranks. Corruption has been a rampant and long-running issue for Ukraine's defense sector, affecting everything from munitions and food supply lines to embezzlement of funds meant for defensive fortifications. Last month, the Security Service of Ukraine reported it had arrested several military officials involved with a corruption scheme that supplied Kiev's armed forces with some 120,000 defective mortar shells.
Russia Today
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Russian ballistic missile destroys Ukrainian Patriot complex (MOD VIDEO)
A Russian Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system has destroyed a US-supplied Patriot air defense system operated by the Ukrainian military, the defense ministry in Moscow has reported. In a post on its Telegram channel on Thursday, the ministry reported that the strike on a position in Ukraine's Dnepropetrovsk region had taken out a multifunctional AN/MPQ-65 radar, a control unit, as well as two Patriot launchers. A single air defense battery of this type is estimated to be worth over $1 billion. Since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict, Kiev has received entire Patriot units and separate constituent parts from the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, and Spain. However, in March, a spokesperson for Germany's defense ministry acknowledged during a press briefing that Berlin had reached the limit of its capacity in terms of weapons it could provide to Ukraine by emptying out its stocks, including with regards to Patriot air defense systems. The official noted at the time that Berlin had to ensure its own capabilities were adequate. A month prior, Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky lamented that his military was running out of missiles for their US-supplied air defense systems. He floated the idea of producing the rockets under license in Ukraine, should direct supplies from Western nations prove unfeasible. Russia has repeatedly stated that no amount of Western weapons supplied to Kiev can change the course of the conflict, and that these 'donations' needlessly prolong the bloodshed. The Kremlin has also consistently warned that the delivery of ever more sophisticated weaponry to Ukraine could potentially result in an all-out conflict between Russia and NATO.
Russia Today
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Russian ballistic missile destroys Ukrainian Patriot (MOD VIDEO)
A Russian Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system has destroyed a US-supplied Patriot air defense system operated by the Ukrainian military, the defense ministry in Moscow has reported. In a post on its Telegram channel on Thursday, it detailed that the strike on a position in Ukraine's Dnepropetrovsk region took out a multifunctional AN/MPQ-65 radar, a control unit, as well as two Patriot launchers. A single air defense battery of this type is estimated to be worth over $1 billion. Since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict, Kiev has received entire Patriot units and separate constituent parts from the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, and Spain. However, in March, a spokesperson for Germany's defense ministry acknowledged during a press briefing that Berlin had reached the limit of its capacity in terms of weapons it could provide to Ukraine by emptying out its stocks, including with regards to Patriot air defense systems. The official noted at the time that Berlin had to ensure its own capabilities were adequate. A month prior, Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky lamented that his military was running out of missiles for their US-supplied air defense systems. He floated the idea of producing the rockets under license in Ukraine, should direct supplies from Western nations prove unfeasible. Russia has repeatedly stated that no amount of Western weapons supplied to Kiev can change the course of the conflict, and that these 'donations' needlessly prolong the bloodshed. The Kremlin has also consistently warned that the delivery of ever more sophisticated weaponry to Ukraine could potentially result in an all-out conflict between Russia and NATO.
