Defence Intelligence Chief News Today

Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine's Defence Intelligence Chief, has said Ukraine expects Russia to intensify its offensive in late spring and early summer, primarily near Donetsk. Source: Budanov in an interview with the German TV channels ARD and DW Quote from Budanov: "They (Russian Armed Forces - ed.

Russian occupation forces are increasingly using ballistic missiles deployed on the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea to attack Ukraine. Source: Colonel Nataliia Humeniuk, Head of the Joint Press Centre for Operational Command Pivden (South) on air of the national joint 24/7 newscast; Army Inform Quote: "The enemy is also switching tactics to the use of ballistics, realising that this is a difficult target for the response of our air defence forces.

Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine's Defence Intelligence Chief, has said that Russia will likely resume Kalibr missile attacks on Ukraine in the near future as its Kh-101 missile stockpile is running low. Source: Kyrylo Budanov on the national 24/7 newscast Details: Budanov stressed that Ukraine's Defence Intelligence continues to monitor Russia's missile production and stockpiling rates.

"On 23 February 2022, we were sitting in the president's office. It was another 'invasion [day]'. There were several times it could have started. We sat there until about 01:00, w aiting and waiting, and nothing happened.

Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine's Defence Intelligence Chief, has said that Ukraine's 2023 counteroffensive was not a "catastrophe", even though not everything was "fine", and that Ukraine's Armed Forces cannot do without a mobilisation campaign.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, in which he heard reports from the Ukrainian military command, intelligence and Cabinet ministers. Source: Zelenskyy on Telegram Quote: "The first Staff meeting after a long work trip.

Our farm-to-table daily links

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Rudzani Maphwanya and Solly Shoke. When long-serving SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief General Solly Shoke retires at the end of May, current Joint Operations Chief, Lieutenant General Rudzani Maphwanya, will move into the office suite reserved for South Africa’s top soldier as the only general – and the most senior officer – in the force. His appointment, along with that of other service and division chiefs, was announced on Wednesday evening by ...