Ukraine

Research Fellow at Bremen University

25 Apr 2024 6 5

Ihor Romanenko

Inserted 1 day ago

“The aid can improve the situation on the 1,000km-long (620-mile-long) front line. But the aid looks like a handout to show that we haven't been forgotten, no more than that. They're always late, they hit the brakes, they're afraid. All of that is done to catch up [with Russia], but wars are won by those who act ahead of time.”

Lieutenant General - Former deputy chief of Ukraine’s general staff of armed forces

25 Apr 2024 4 3

Nikolay Mitrokhin

Inserted 1 day ago

“The return of Crimea is absolutely unrealistic. Before the failure of Ukraine's counteroffensive last summer there was a chance to return the annexed peninsula had Ukrainian forces reached the Azov Sea and started shelling the Crimean bridge and the Kerch Strait that divides the Azov and Black seas. But now it's hardly real to penetrate Russian defence farther than the takeover of the Kinburn peninsula.”

Research Fellow at Bremen University

24 Apr 2024 9 4

Kyrylo Budanov

Inserted 3 days ago

“According to our assessment, we are anticipating a rather difficult situation shortly. However, it is not catastrophic, and this must be understood. Armageddon will not happen, despite what many are starting to claim. But we anticipate problems from mid-May. The Russians will adopt a multifaceted approach. They are orchestrating a complex operation... It will be a difficult period. [Expect this to unfold] around mid-May to early June.”

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Head of Ukraine's military intelligence service

22 Apr 2024 3 3

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 5 days ago

“Today we received the decision we had been waiting for: the US support package. The one for which we fought so hard. A very significant package that will be appreciated both by our soldiers on the frontline and by our towns and villages suffering from Russian terror. We appreciate every manifestation of support for our state and independence, our people and our lives, which Russia wants to bury in ruins. The US has shown its leadership from the very first days of the war. This kind of American leadership is vital for the preservation of the international order in the world, based on rules and predictability of life for all peoples. We will certainly use American support to strengthen both our nations and bring a just end to this war - a war that Putin must lose.”

President of Ukraine

20 Apr 2024 7 4

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 6 days ago

“Just this year Ukraine had been attacked by almost 1,200 Russian missiles, more than 1,500 drones and 8,500 guided bombs amid a slowdown in Western military assistance. We are telling this directly - to defend, we need seven more 'Patriots' or similar air defence systems, and it's a minimum number. They can save many lives and really change the situation.”

President of Ukraine

19 Apr 2024 6 3

Ruth Harris

Inserted 1 week ago

“War is a physical human endeavour and you have a force that is utterly exhausted, not slightly fatigued. It's a heavily attritional war. It's messy, it's bloody, there is nothing glorious about this. The glide bombs that are currently used are hugely devastating. They're cheap to make. They are pretty damn accurate and they can be adapted really quickly. They are fast and [the Russians] have a lot of them. This is a war of mass cost and pace. That's the operational factor on the ground.”

Head of military research at the RAND Corporation, a US Air Force think tank

18 Apr 2024 4 2

Lloyd Austin

Inserted 1 week ago

“Whether it's munitions, whether it's vehicles, whether it's platforms, I'll just tell you that Ukraine right now is facing some dire battlefield conditions. We're already seeing things on the battlefield begin to shift a bit in Russia's favour. We are seeing them make incremental gains. We're seeing the Ukrainians be challenged in terms of holding the line.”

US Secretary of Defense

17 Apr 2024 5 2

Robert Fico

Inserted 1 week ago

“According to international law, we all recognise another country's territorial integrity, sovereignty, and the inviolability of its borders. This is a sound theory of international law. But the Russians will never give up Crimea, Donbas, or Luhansk. There is no military solution and never will be. There will only be 100,000 more dead on one side or the other. The only thing that can help is for NATO to interfere, and this is World War III.”

Slovak Prime Minister

17 Apr 2024 8 1

Nazar Voloshyn

Inserted 1 week ago

“This is the dominant height in the region, and control over it will allow the Russian invaders, if they achieve it, to significantly simplify the advance in the direction of Kostiantynivka and the direction of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. These cities are the last stronghold of Donetsk Oblast, which is under the control of Ukraine.”

Spokesman for the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group of Forces

16 Apr 2024 8 4

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 1 week ago

“There were 11 missiles flying. We destroyed the first seven, and [the remaining] four destroyed Trypillia [village in which the Trypilska thermal power plant is situated]. Why? Because there were zero missiles. We ran out of missiles to defend Trypillia.”

President of Ukraine

16 Apr 2024 4 3

Oleksandr Syrskyi

Inserted 1 week ago

“The situation on the eastern front has deteriorated significantly in recent days in the face of a heightened Russian offensive. There had been a significant intensification of the enemy's offensive after the presidential elections in Russia.”

Ukraine’s commander of ground forces

13 Apr 2024 4 2

Oleh Synehubov

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“We have a catastrophic shortage of air defence systems. Not only in the Kharkiv region, but throughout the entire country. Especially in the Kharkiv region.”

Governor of Kharkiv Oblast

12 Apr 2024 2 3

Phillips O’Brien

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“The Russians both seemed to draw as much Ukrainian air defence as possible to Kyiv, then spread the rest out around the country with a series of attacks. And then, when they had basically reduced Kharkiv's air defence to as small as possible, they launched a mass attack against Kharkiv's power.”

Professor of Strategic Studies at St Andrews University

10 Apr 2024 (approx) 7 2

Josep Borrell

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Reckless drone attack against Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant increases risk of dangerous nuclear accident. Such attacks must stop. Full support for Director General Rapahel M Grossi and IAEA. Russia should withdraw from Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.”

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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

09 Apr 2024 5 1

Dmytro Kuleba

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“We are coordinating the next steps regarding the search and delivery of additional air-defense systems to Ukraine, primarily Patriot systems. I appreciate David's [David Cameron] active, results-oriented attitude.”

Foreign Minister of Ukraine

08 Apr 2024 6 3

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Ukraine clearly lacks sufficient air-defense systems and this is evident to all of our partners. There are air-defense systems around the world that can help. Only political will is required to transfer them to Ukraine. Patriots' must now be in Ukraine, so there will be no need to use them on NATO's entire eastern flank in the future.”

President of Ukraine

07 Apr 2024 3 3

Oleksandr Syrskyi

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Highly motivated technology teams are relentlessly working to improve their products, which are already being used by our forces, and developing their start-ups based on the goal we set for them in order to enable us to achieve our tactical and strategic objectives. We're not just talking about surface- and air-based drones, but also robotised systems that can undertake tasks such as mine clearance, remotely controlled weapon stations, and other technologies that we will soon see being deployed. Our enemies are going to feel the impact. We should pay particular attention to remotely controlled weapon systems, which will soon be used in battle.”

Ukraine’s commander of ground forces

07 Apr 2024 4 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“If they [Russia] keep hitting [Ukraine] every day the way they have for the last month, we might run out of missiles, and the partners know it.”

President of Ukraine

06 Apr 2024 2 2

Kateryna Stepanenko

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Ukraine can't exploit the high levels of attrition that Russian units suffer. Russian forces lost at least three mechanized divisions of manpower and equipment in the campaign for Avdiivka, and Ukraine was unable to counterattack around Avdiivka and exploit the conditions of Russian exhaustion. Ukraine has no choice but to dig in and try to anticipate to the best of its ability where, when, and at what intensity Russian forces will attack next.”

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Russia Deputy Team Lead and Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington

06 Apr 2024 6 3

Dmytro Kuleba

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Germany, as the leader of the air defence coalition operating within the Ramstein-format group, will immediately initiate an analysis of all available Patriot systems and batteries and other air defence systems, not only among allies, but also in the world. And what can be done, what combinations can be employed to ensure that these batteries are delivered to Ukraine.”

Foreign Minister of Ukraine

04 Apr 2024 2 3

Jens Stoltenberg

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“We must ensure reliable and predictable security assistance to Ukraine for the long haul so that we rely less on the voluntary contributions and more on NATO commitments, less on short-term offers and more on multiyear pledges. The reason why we do this is the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine. It is serious. We see how Russia is pushing, and we see how they try to win this war by just waiting us out.”

Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

03 Apr 2024 4 3

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 4 weeks ago

“Bolstering Ukraine's air defence and expediting the delivery of F-16s to Ukraine are vital tasks. There are no rational explanations for why Patriots, which are plentiful around the world, are still not covering the skies of Kharkiv and other cities.”

President of Ukraine

27 Mar 2024 4 3

Patrick Bury

Inserted 1 month ago

“Zelenskyy himself said that Russia has won the winter, and I think the momentum has shifted to the Russian forces on the ground at least. Adviivka is proof of that. The big question now is whether there is something brewing in probably the month of May once the mud starts to dry in that area of Ukraine. So we will have to wait and see. The Russians will be doing their absolute best to camouflage any kind of troop build-up if a spring offensive is on the cards.”

Efence and security analyst at the University of Bath

24 Mar 2024 3 1

Josep Borrell

Inserted 1 month ago

“Russia continues its brutal attacks against Ukraine's population with overnight drone and missile bombing of energy infrastructures, killing and wounding dozens, jeopardizing the safety of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. This must stop! All responsible will be held to account.”

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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

22 Mar 2024 3 3

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 1 month ago

“Every day and every night there is such terror. The world's unity can stop it when it helps us with air defence systems. Now we need this defence here in Ukraine.”

President of Ukraine

21 Mar 2024 3 1

Rob Bauer

Inserted 1 month ago

“Ukraine needs even more support. And you need it now. Time in Ukraine is not measured in days, weeks or months. It is measured in human lives. While the world may have been overly optimistic in 2023, we should not make the same mistake becoming overly pessimistic in 2024.”

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Chair of the NATO Military Committee

21 Mar 2024 1 2

Ursula von der Leyen

Inserted 1 month ago

“The second reason for our meeting today is that the Commission has just paid to Ukraine a first tranche of EUR 4.5 billion from the Facility. It is the very first time that there is a disbursement now. This payment, in the form of a bridge financing, is crucial to help you maintain the functioning of the state in this very difficult moment. In April, once Ukraine fulfils the conditions we agreed upon, we will make a second disbursement of the bridge financing of EUR 1.5 billion. So today is a good day for Ukraine. Funds are flowing to meet urgent needs. And the country has laid a solid foundation for the EU's support, right up until the end of 2027.”

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President of the European Commission

20 Mar 2024 4 2

Jens Stoltenberg

Inserted 1 month ago

“The Ukrainians are not running out of courage, they are running out of ammunition. NATO allies are not providing Ukraine with enough ammunition and that has consequences on the battlefield every day. It is one of the reasons why the Russians have been able to make some advance on the battlefield over the last weeks and months. It is an urgent need for allies to make the decisions necessary to step and provide more ammunition to Ukraine. That's my message to all capitals. We have the capacity, the economies, to be able to provide Ukraine what they need. This is a question of political will. To take the decisions and to prioritise support for Ukraine.”

Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

14 Mar 2024 6 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 1 month ago

“For Putin, a ceasefire would be a breath of fresh air. This would not be [peace] negotiations, but a way to restore the combat capability of the army and train young conscripts.”

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President of Ukraine

12 Mar 2024 4 4

Serhii Kuzan

Inserted 1 month ago

“Russia's army is currently attacking multiple places all along the more than 600-mile front line to probe Ukraine's defenses. Which of them will be prioritized, for example, in two days or next week, will depend on how well they succeed in pushing through our defense. Where they succeed in pushing through, they will deploy additional reserves to build on their success. This is their strategy.”

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Chairman of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Center, a nongovernmental research group

09 Mar 2024 1 2

Jens Stoltenberg

Inserted 2 months ago

“It is not a question of if, but of when. As we prepare you for that day, NATO will continue to stand with Ukraine.”

Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

24 Feb 2024 1 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 2 months ago

“We have been fighting for this for 730 days of our lives. We will win on the best day of our lives.”

President of Ukraine

24 Feb 2024 1 2

Josep Borrell

Inserted 2 months ago

“Today, we are further tightening the restrictive measures against Russia's military and defence sector. We remain united in our determination to dent Russia's war machine and help Ukraine win its legitimate fight for self-defence.”

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

23 Feb 2024 3 3

Volker Türk

Inserted 2 months ago

“Russia's full-scale armed attack on Ukraine, which is about to enter its third year with no end in sight, continues to cause serious and widespread human rights violations, destroying lives and livelihoods. The invasion has exacted a horrific human cost, inflicting immense suffering on millions of civilians.”

UN high commissioner for human rights

22 Feb 2024 3 2

Tymofiy Mylovanov

Inserted 2 months ago

“In 2022, the [US] administration [of Joe Biden] submitted funding requests in the spring, almost immediately after the invasion. But in 2023, it waited until mid-fall to announce what it plans to submit. Avdiivka demonstrates the cost of these political delays: human lives, lost territory, and encouraged Russia. If that's the plan 'to be with Ukraine as long as it takes', then the US delays in aid have just prolonged the war.”

Kyiv School of Economics director

22 Feb 2024 5 3

Dmytro Kuleba

Inserted 2 months ago

“The era of peace in Europe is over. And every time Ukrainian soldiers withdraw from a Ukrainian town because of the lack of ammunition, think of it not only in terms of democracy and defending the world-based order, but also in terms of Russian soldiers getting a few kilometres closer to your towns.”

Foreign Minister of Ukraine

22 Feb 2024 (approx) 5 1

Michael Kofman

Inserted 2 months ago

“Ukraine is not getting a sufficient amount of artillery ammunition to meet its minimum defensive needs, and this is not a sustainable situation moving forward.”

Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

21 Feb 2024 3 3

Maksym Skrypchenko

Inserted 2 months ago

“By way of example, one report on Russian equipment losses indicates that from September 17 to October 17, FPV [first-person view] drones were involved in about 35 percent of elimination operations. During this period, 388 cases of Russian equipment destruction were documented with 146 units destroyed by FPV drones. The attacks destroyed $140m in equipment, including a $25m Tor air defence system.”