As Gagin specified on his part, control of the town will enable Russian forces to halt the supply of the Ukrainian army with ammunition in Maryinka from where Donetsk is shelled.

Source: https://english.almanar.com.lb/1771398

A small few, however, have decided to help the Ukrainian army directly.

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/children-of-victims-of-femicide

Fortunately for the Ukrainian army, the Brazilian army still…

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Had Svitlana not insisted on going to her eyebrow appointment, and the family had moved to Kyiv as planned, Oleksii would’ve been mandated to join the Ukrainian army.

Source: https://tcu360.com/2023/04/03/ukrainian-refugee-families-find-home-in-dallas-fort-worth-metroplex/

In mid-February 2023, the Ukrainian army flew drones into Crimea, for what purposes is unknown.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1743334/putin-nuclear-strike-ukraine-crimea-spt

In the video, Putin is seen speaking in Russian about the special status of certain regions of Donbas under the Minsk agreements, which sought to end the 2014 fought between armed Russian separatist groups and the Ukrainian army.

Source: https://www.benzinga.com/news/23/01/30426814/russian-propagandist-shares-2019-video-of-zelenskyy-smiling-at-putins-speech-in-paris

'I would like to say a massive thanks to our Ukrainian army for this opportunity,' he continued.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11901715/Mykhailo-Mudryk-reveals-parents-Ukraine-calls-day-update.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Meshevoi, who had spent three years serving in the Ukrainian army, says the Russian soldiers found his military papers on him.

Source: https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/kidnapping-as-a-weapon-of-war-the-abducted-children-of-ukraine-a-e8fa29a4-837e-4311-ac09-4943a158ddc4

Other reserves the Ukrainian army is still training up are waiting for new supplies of ‘western’ weapons.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/no_author/ukraine-and-russia-agree-russia-is-fighting-nato/

Reznikov, commenting on the supply of Western weapons and the state of the Ukrainian army, took the rhetoric further on Sunday, telling reporters: “I absolutely boldly claim that we have become a de facto NATO country.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/02/05/ukraine-5-injured-in-rocket-attacks-on-2nd-largest-city/

The 27-man group, which is formally a police special operations unit, functions independently from the Ukrainian army and works in close collaboration with the country's military intelligence, the GUR, which provides them with ammunition and intel.

Source: https://www.legitgov.org/ukrainian-special-forces-getting-military-targets-cia-satellite-times

"The battle for Bakhmut today has already practically destroyed the Ukrainian army, and unfortunately, it has also badly damaged the Wagner Private Military Company," Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin said in an audio message.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/ukraine-hits-russian-held-city-deep-behind-front-as-talk-of-counteroffensive-grows2

"The Russians target civilians because they are not able to fight the Ukrainian army.”

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-russia-viktor-orban-united-states-kyiv-b2271184.html

The Ukrainian army and marines around 2017 introduced a new thermal sight that combines Ukrainian parts with what appear to be cutting-edge, imported optics.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/02/15/in-1993-a-soviet-army-division-left-350-t-80-tanks-in-ukraine-today-they-fight-against-russia/

Ukrainian army from the 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade fire the German howitzer Panzerhaubitze 2000, called Tina by the unit, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near Bahmut, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 5, 2023.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1726946/moscow-intensifies-winter-assault-kyiv-expects-new-offensive