We welcome the decision of the US to provide Ukraine with the new liberation weapons that will significantly help us to de-occupy our territories while saving the lives of the Ukrainian soldiers.
Under Article 51 of the UN Charter Ukraine has a universal internationally recognised right to self-defence and thus we have been officially requesting these types of munitions for a long time.
I would like to stress that in exercising our inalienable right to self-defence we will continue to strictly comply with all the international humanitarian conventions signed and ratified by Ukraine.
It is important to note that the russian federation has been indiscriminately using cluster munitions from day 1 of the unprovoked large-scale aggression. In February-March 2022 Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city with over a million population, was relentlessly bombarded by russians cluster munitions.
Our position is simple - we need to liberate our temporarily occupied territories and save the lives of our people. For this we need to inflict losses on the enemy - war criminals, rapists and looters - who are occupying our territories. The more losses we inflict on them the more lives of Ukrainian people we will be able to save.
It is in our interest to save the lives of our soldiers. This is why we will continue to do this using all lethal weapons available to us.
Regarding the cluster munitions, we have 5 key principles which we will abide by and which we have clearly communicated to all our partners, including the US. I have personally informed our US partners about these five principles in writing a long time ago.
1. Ukraine will use these munitions only for the de-occupation of our internationally recognised territories. These munitions will not be used on the officially recognized territory of russia.
2. We will not be using cluster munitions in urban areas (cities) to avoid the risks for the civilian populations - these are our people, they are Ukrainians we have a duty to protect.
Cluster munitions will be used only in the fields where there is a concentration of russian military. They will be used to break through the enemy defence lines with minimum risk for the lives of our soldiers. Saving the lives of our troops, even during extremely difficult offensive operations, remains our top priority.
3. Ukraine will keep a strict record of the use of these weapons and the local zones where they will be used.
4. Based on these records, after the de-occupation of our territories and our victory these territories will be prioritised for the purposes of de-mining. This will enable us to eradicate the risk from the unexploded elements of cluster munitions.
The Minister of Defence of Ukraine is by law acting as the Head of the national de-mining agency. In this capacity I will ensure the implementation of the relevant legal framework for the de-mining process after our victory.
5. We will report to our partners about the use of these munitions, and about their efficiency to ensure the appropriate standard of transparent reporting and control.
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R.I.P. 28-year-old 🇺🇦 Vladyslava Chernych died defending #Ukraine. She joined Armed Forces in May, served as a paramedic and worked in the intelligence unit. Vladyslava is a very spirit of #Ukrainian women - brave and unbroken. #StandWithUkraine
The UK Ministry of Defence
@DefenceHQ included with the winter uniforms it is providing to members of the Ukrainian military training in the UK a lighter engraved with “Glory to Ukraine, Glory to the heroes"
Four @148FW firefighters participated in a “first-of-its-kind” two-week finishing school alongside civilian firefighters.
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My uncle Mykola died fighting in Kherson.
Thinking of him today. I wish he lived to see this day and raise our flag over the city center.
But Kherson is ours thanks to his sacrifice. Everything will be Ukraine. We’ll finish the job.
Eternal memory to our heroes. ❤️🩹🕯
For those who missed our videos with helicopters, here is a new one. A 5-meter altitude flight makes it impossible for the enemy's anti-aircraft defense to shoot down our "dragonflies".
No, this is not footage from Sam Mendes' new film about the Battle of Verdun or the Somme. These are trenches near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, which the Ukrainian infantry has been holding for several months under heavy fire from the ruscists.
Half a year has passed since the russian occupiers were driven out of the Kyiv region. Ukrainians are cleaning up the mess. Step by step. House by house. This will continue to be the case - until complete victory over russian darkness and tyranny.
The U.S. condemns Russia's missile strikes today across Ukraine which injured and killed civilians and demonstrated once again the brutality of Putin’s illegal war.
These attacks only reinforce our commitment to stand with the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes.
Our courage will never be destroyed by terrorist's missiles, even when they hit the heart of our capital. Nor will they shake the determination of our allies. The only thing they demolish irriversibly is the future of 🇷🇺 - a future of a globally despised rogue terrorist state.
Happy anniversary to the man I love! These last 30 years have been an adventure, and I’m grateful to have you by my side. Here’s to a lifetime together. I love you, @BarackObama! ❤️😘
Miche, After 30 years, I’m not sure why you look exactly the same and I don’t. I do know that I won the lottery that day—that I couldn’t have asked for a better life partner. Happy anniversary, sweetheart!
⚡️Nine countries make statement in favor of Ukraine joining NATO.
The countries include: Poland, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Slovakia.
Oleksiy Riznychenko died in the battle for Ukraine. I knew him personally, he was my colleague, a young doctor. He gave his life for the freedom of Ukrainians. The memory of him will never be forgotten. May the Hero Rest In Peace.