Eventually, he returned to the village, this time as a rifle-toting member of the Kraken Regiment, a unit that is quickly becoming one of Ukraine’s better-known volunteer forces. The Kraken unit ...

With a significant stockpile, Russia could theoretically use tactical nukes if it perceives its sovereignty as threatened, especially in the context of Ukraine. -However, actual use remains ...

When Ukraine declared its independence from the U.S.S.R in August 1991., Kyiv came into possession of the third largest nuclear weapons stockpile in the world, after the Soviet Union and the ...

Newsweek could not independently verify the video. The Kraken unit of the GUR is a well-known volunteer force, formed by veterans of Ukraine's Azov Battalion who were at the forefront of defensive ...

Since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kraken unit has become known as one of the most effective and enigmatic military structures of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR).

In March 2023, after the U.K.'s decision to provide Ukraine with armor-piercing shells containing depleted uranium, Putin said he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Ukraine ...

Ukraine has become the largest producer of tactical and strategic drones, its defense minister said. Ukraine has ramped up its drone production since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.

Ukraine has stabilized the situation in the Pokrovsk direction of Donetsk Oblast, and in some areas seized the tactical initiative, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reported on May 6.