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SUMY OBLAST –A group of military officers, local police chiefs, border guards, emergency service workers, and farmers gather around a map of Sumy Oblast’s Myropillia community in an undisclosed location around a mile from Russia. The air raid siren doesn’t interrupt the meeting, which is devoted to reinforcing a narrow three-mile strip of borderland in the northeastern region. The military commander says he plans to plant more landmines and build additional fortifications, turning the strip into an impregnable fortress where no Russian troops or hardware can enter without suffering heavy casua...
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The government has allocated an additional Hr 3.88 billion (almost $100 million) for the construction of fortifications, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on April 12. Around Hr 1.7 billion ($43 million) will be devoted to building up defenses in Kharkiv Oblast and Hr 1.5 billion ($38 million) to Sumy Oblast. Additional funds will also be provided to Donetsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv oblasts, Shmyhal said. The Ukrainian authorities have faced criticism for slow progress on fortifying defensive lines. In March, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine was building 2,000 kilometers of fo...
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Ukrainian forces are building up defensive capabilities along the entire border with Russia and Belarus, Ukraine's State Border Guard spokesperson Andrii Demchenko said on April 8 on national television. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced in March that Ukraine was building 2,000 kilometers of fortificationsacross three lines of defense after Ukrainian authorities received criticism for slow progress. The Ukrainian government has already allocated Hr 20 billion ($512 million) for building fortifications in 2024, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in April. "When talking about the state borde...
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Key developments on March 11: CNN: Russia producing 3 times more shells than US, Europe can provide to UkraineBaerbock says Taurus-Storm Shadow missiles swap 'an option'Zelensky: Ukraine building 2,000 kilometers of fortificationsRussian attacks against Ukraine kill 3, injure 13 over past dayRussia is set to produce nearly three times as many artillery munitions as the U.S. and Europe can send to Ukraine, CNN reported on March 11, citing NATO intelligence estimates and unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Russia is producing close to 250,000 artillery munitions monthly, or around 3 millio...
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Ukraine has "almost certainly" accelerated the construction of defensive fortifications along several areas of the front line, the U.K. Defense Ministry wrote in its March 10 report. The measures include anti-tank obstacles and ditches, infantry trenches, minefields, and other fortified defensive positions. Further fortifying the front line means that Russian forces can struggle to advance in those areas and achieve any significant tactical gains. Any effort to push forward in more fortified areas would "highly likely be accompanied by high (Russian) losses," the ministry added. Kyiv's stalled...
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Ukrainian troops are building fortifications in expectation of a Russian offensive in the spring, though some worry that the progress is not fast enough, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on March 7, citing Western officials and Ukrainian soldiers. Since late 2023, multiple observers have noted lackluster progress in fortification efforts as Russia began taking the initiative in some parts of the front. After Russia captured Avdiivka and several nearby villages in the past few weeks, Ukrainian officials expect a more formidable offensive in the coming months. "What's happening right now i...
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