Ukrainian investigators have opened a criminal case involving Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, a move likely to deepen a standoff in his ministry over arms procurement that could strain Kyiv's ties with important Western allies.

Ukraine's Ministry of Defence provided combat brigades with all-wheel-drive trucks manufactured by a Ukrainian company for special and combat missions. Source: press service for Ukraine's Defence Ministry Details: This marks the first batch of vehicles purchased under one of the contracts with state guarantees for the supply of weapons

Ukraine's government on Tuesday sacked a deputy defence minister in charge of weapons purchases amid infighting over procurement that is complicating Kyiv's attempt to reassure key Western partners at a critical moment in the war with Russia.

Ukraine is to expand its use of Poseidon vertical take-off and landing uncrewed air vehicles (UAVs), following a new approval by the nation's defence ministry.

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Gravehawk has been retrofitted to fire air-to-air missiles that Ukraine already has, the UK MOD said. It's a possible solution to a major problem.

Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov is embroiled in a criminal investigation over alleged abuse of authority concerning arms procurement. This dispute could strain Kyiv's relationship with Western allies,

Oleksandr Syrskyi credited Ukraine's attacks on "industrial enterprises" that manufacture ammo, missile parts, and other weapons deep inside Russia.

Ukrainian drones hit an oil refinery 250 miles east of Moscow in a huge wave of attacks on Russian power plants, say military sources. A large fire exploded at the refinery in Kstovo city in the Nizhny Novgorod region following the attack, the Ukrainian military said, adding it was assessing the scale of damage there.

Russia has stepped up its military withdrawal from Syria, removing vehicles and containers from its key Tartous port on the country's Mediterranean coast, analysis by BBC Verify suggests.

Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Defence Brigadier General of Justice Serhii Melnyk has said at a meeting of the National Reserve Forces Committee (NRFC) and Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) that Ukraine is ready to share combat experience with NATO.