National Guard

Russia trains to repel ‘invasion’ near Finland and Estonia

Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, and National Guard held exercises in Leningrad Oblast focused on countering an “invasion” and the “infiltration of a sabotage group across the border,” The Moscow Times reported on Aug. 26.

26 August, 03:20 PM

How one Ukrainian regiment integrates foreign volunteers

When absorbing foreign nationals volunteering to fight in the Ukrainian military, training is most effective when delivered by other foreigners, an officer with Ukraine’s 2nd National Guard Corps told NV Radio on June 17.

18 June, 02:17 AM

Ukraine's Khartiia Corps builds 135 km of anti-tank ditches around Kharkiv

The 2nd National Guard Corps Khartiia, together with other units of Ukraine's Defense Forces, is constructing a multilayered defense line on the Kharkiv front in accordance with orders from the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, the corps press service reported on youTube on May 28.

28 May, 05:54 PM

Ukraine destroys Russian S-300 and drone command post in Zaporizhzhya

Lasar’s Group of Ukraine’s National Guard, the Air Force and the 15th Artillery Brigade carried out a joint operation on the Zaporizhzhya front, destroying Russian S-300 air defense systems, electronic warfare assets and a drone command post, the unit said on Apr. 10.

10 April, 01:35 PM

Ukrainian defender who held position for 113 days in encirclement near Myrnohrad dies in Lviv

53-year-old defender Viktor Khariv has died in Lviv. He had been receiving treatment after holding a defensive position for 113 days in encirclement near Myrnohrad in Donetsk Oblast, the International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations (MIOK), where the defender’s wife Zoriana Khariv works, as well as Iryna and Yaryna Klyuchkovska, reported on March 31.

1 April, 01:10 PM

Ukraine to create assault, drone and air defense regiments in National Guard

Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said he signed an order to form assault and unmanned systems regiments within National Guard corps, as well as a separate regiment for airspace protection, according to a statement posted on Telegram on March 10.

10 March, 04:51 PM

Russian assaults plummet near Pokrovsk in Donbas

Russia’s assault activity has dropped sharply on the Pokrovsk axis, signaling either severe understaffing and equipment shortages among Russian units or preparations for a new offensive, Ukraine’s National Guard’s Rubizh operational brigade reported on Feb. 26.

26 February, 06:04 PM

Former UK MP Lopresti joins Ukraine’s Azov Brigade

Conservative politician Jack Lopresti, who sat in the UK parliament in 2010–2024, has joined Ukraine’s 12th Special Forces Brigade ‘Azov,’ Lopresti announced on Feb. 19.

20 February, 01:25 AM

Ukrainian National Guard wipes out Russia’s $8M thermobaric launcher

Ukrainian National Guard's drones have destroyed a Russian TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system, the Guard’s commander Oleksandr Pivnenko wrote on Dec. 24.

25 December 2025, 09:47 AM

Supreme Court upholds life sentence for soldier who killed National Guard troops in Dnipro

Ukraine’s Supreme Court has upheld the life sentence of a serviceman who shot and killed members of the National Guard at the Pivdenmash plant in Dnipro in January 2022, the State Bureau of Investigation reported on Nov. 12.

12 November 2025, 02:08 PM

Chornobyl defenders return home in POW swap

Ukraine and Russia concluded another prisoner-of-war exchange on Oct. 2, which saw 185 Ukrainian servicemembers returning home, some of whom were captured as far back as 2022.

3 October 2025, 10:33 PM

HUR operation eliminates Russian lieutenant colonel and two Rosgvardia troops

A Russian National Guard lieutenant colonel and two other servicemen were killed in Stavropol Oblast, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence said on Sept. 30.

30 September 2025, 01:05 PM

Russian troops launch massed 'meat' assaults with artillery and aerial bombs near Dobropillia

Near Dobropillia in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, Russian invaders used massed “meat” assaults backed by artillery and guided aerial bombs, National Guard spokesman Maksym Bakulin told Suspilne Donbas on Aug. 12.

12 August 2025, 05:14 PM

Ukrainian colonel jailed over inflated drone contracts

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has ordered the detention of Colonel Vasyl Myshanskyi, a National Guard officer suspected of corruption in the drones and electronic warfare (EW) procurement for his unit, Suspilne reported on Aug. 5.

5 August 2025, 02:45 PM

Ukrainian troops improvise to save their wounded comrade, deliver e-bike under fire

Ukraine’s National Guard's Rubizh brigade carried out a daring frontline operation to rescue a wounded soldier by delivering an electric bicycle to him using a drone, the soldiers shared on YouTube on July 30.

4 August 2025, 03:35 PM

Ukraine’s drone mastery overwhelms Russia’s numerical superiority

Russian forces have a numerical advantage in deploying fiber-optic drones, but Ukrainian defenders surpass them in skill and tactical use, Ihor Raikov, The 13th Khartiia Brigade's drone unit head, said at National News broadcast on July 10.

10 July 2025, 11:33 AM

Zelenskyy demands full report on Russian missile strike at Ukrainian training ground

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for a full report on the circumstances and consequences of a Russian missile strike that hit a Ukrainian military training ground in the country’s south on June 22.

23 June 2025, 10:45 AM

26-year-old Ukrainian athlete killed in battle

Ukrainian discus thrower Vitalii Rymaruk died defending Ukraine against the Russian invasion.

19 June 2025, 01:19 AM

Ukraine suspends top National Guard officials over major corruption probe

Ukraine’s Interior Ministry has suspended six top officials from the National Guard’s logistics division following reports of a sweeping corruption investigation, the Ministry announced the suspensions on May 10.

11 May 2025, 09:48 AM

Ukrainian forces capture Russian infantry in frontline ambush - Video

A group of Russian soldiers was captured by the Ukrainian 15th Kara-Dag Brigade in the Kupyansk sector of the front, the National Guard's commander Oleksandr Pivnenko reported on Telegram on April 21, posting a video of the ambush.

22 April 2025, 08:40 AM

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