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Delve into recent developments in weapons supply and defense strategies involving Ukraine. Donald Trump claims that a year ago, the US exhausted its weapon stock by supplying Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine is set to export surplus weapons under controlled agreements. In Italy, reports suggest Russian modern Kalashnikov rifles are reaching mafia clans, disguised as oil shipments. Discussions intensify around the possible transfer of US Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, a move analyzed by Moscow as a potential threat. Moreover, the PURL initiative sees NATO countries facilitating continuous US weapons flow to Ukraine. The dynamics of these arms deals and defensive capabilities highlight ongoing international collaborations and controversies surrounding military aid and trade.

What did Donald Trump claim about US weapon supplies to Ukraine?

Donald Trump claimed that the United States did not have its own weapons because it "gave everything to Ukraine" a year ago. This statement has sparked discussions about the state of the US military stock and its continuous support for Ukraine amidst ongoing conflicts.

How are Russian Kalashnikov rifles reaching the Italian mafia?

According to media reports, Russia has been supplying new Kalashnikov assault rifles to Italian mafia clans by disguising them as oil shipments. These weapons are entering Italy through ports in Sicily, Calabria, Greece, and Egypt, with some being smuggled in by land routes.

What are Ukraine's plans for its surplus weapons?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced plans to begin exporting specific types of surplus weapons. The country has already established agreements for four export sites, aiming for controlled and strategic arms trade with international partners.

What is the PURL initiative about weapons for Ukraine?

The PURL initiative involves NATO countries supporting Ukraine by facilitating a continuous flow of US weapons. This effort is intended to strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities against ongoing threats and ensure steady military aid from international allies.

What concerns has Moscow raised about US missiles for Ukraine?

Moscow has expressed concerns over the potential supply of long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, analyzing it as a potential threat to Russian security. The situation underscores the geopolitical tensions and strategic calculations surrounding arms agreements in the region.

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прокур стреляет Pokrovsk prosecutors’ office employee opens fire at café, goes unpunished. Surveillance Footage A member of the Donetsk region’s Pokrovsk city (formerly Krasnoarmiisk) prosecutor’s office opened fire at a café on Sunday, Jan. 29. The café owners said the gunman was working as a driver in the local prosecutor's office. 84 125 110 Incidents

град 86 attacks recorded yesterday. Enemy fired some 100 Grad missiles near Avdiivka, used 152 mm artillery, tanks, - ATO Staff Militants continue attacks on Ukrainian positions in all sectors. 15 464 31 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Avdiivka fighting

укроборонпром Ukraine can't afford Dozors, Oplots and other up-to-date military hardware, - Ukroboronprom Due to the lack of funds, Ukroboronprom (Ukraine's defense production) state concern will have to send most of the staff of Lviv Armor Vehicle Factory on an unpaid leave. 151 024 482 Ukrainian Politics

полиция патрульная Armed killers apprehended in Rivne region, - Avakov. PHOTOS Rivne police officers apprehended suspects for killing a local resident. 62 750 59 Previously in trend: Police workdays

обстрел Russian militants opened fire upon Ukraine positions 48 times yesterday, employed 152 mm and 122 mm artillery and Grads, - Staff Russian occupation troops conduct most of the shelling from mortars of various calibers and heavy artillery in violation of all agreements. 7 639 41 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

обстрел Russian proxies committed 48 attacks against ATO forces yesterday, used 122 mm artillery, various types of mortars, Grad-P rocket systems, IFVs, - Staff The Russian occupation forces continue attacking positions of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) troops in all directions. 4 676 18 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

обстрел Russian militants attacked Ukrainian Army positions 55 times yesterday, used 122 mm artillery, 120 mm mortars, - Staff The Russian terrorist forces committed 55 attacks on positions of Ukrainian servicemen in the Donbas over the past 24-hour period. 3 324 13 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

копейка "Don’t try to ram it! Block the road! We drive it towards you!!!" - Dnipro City police use firearms to apprehend carjacker. VIDEO Dnipro City police were forced to use firearms to stop a stolen car. 45 720 133 Previously in trend: Police workdays

обстрел Pro-Russian militants increase intensity of fire: 78 cases of shelling yesterday, three Ukrainian soldiers wounded, - Staff Over the past 24-hour period, three Ukrainian military received injuries. A total of 78 cases of fire have been recorded. 5 483 8 Incidents

Tillerson backs lethal aid to Ukraine: "I would support that" U.S. secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson supports providing lethal weapons to Ukraine should Russia proceed with aggressive actions in the Donbas. 56 986 186 Ukrainian Politics

боевики-зайчики "Pink-eared bunny scouts slaying wolf-punisher with rifles and RPGs," - "DPR" terrorists filmed ‘Christmas Carol’. VIDEO "DPR" militants have published a Christmas Carol video they filmed for children of the breakaway republic. 132 903 412 Oddities

укроборонпром Ukroboronprom to launch NATO’s M16 rifle production in Ukraine Ukroboronservice SE, a part of the Ukroboronprom State Concern intends to produce firearms under NATO standards in Ukraine in cooperation with U.S. Aeroscraft. M16 assault rifle production will become the first such project. 184 905 1 043 Tech

смерть Two Ukrainian soldiers injured, two killed by reckless weaponry handling yesterday, - Staff Two servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed by reckless handling of weaponry in a military base near Marinka yesterday, Jan. 2. Two more soldiers were injured in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area. 80 449 104 Incidents

конгресс Congress strongly supports providing lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine, - US senators Congress would also block any move by the President-Elect Trump to recognize the annexation of Crimea. 94 564 334 Previously in trend: Sanctions against Russia

армия вооружение укроборонпром "An-132 air carrier, unmanned vehicles, weapon stations are our answer to hybrid war," – Ukroboronprom pins down expiring year’s results. INFOGRAPHIC Ukroboronprom State Concern presented infographic of its innovation projects summng up its operational results in 2016. 176 818 187 Tech

оружие боеприпасы Two grenade launchers, 10 grenades, ammos, and plastic explosive found in caches along front line. PHOTOS The SBU have found five caches with a large number of weapons and ammunition in the the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone. 5 701 12 Society

оружие киев Storage of weapons found in Kyiv resident's apartment. PHOTOS The operatives of the Ukrainian National Police Criminal Investigation Department believe the weapons were intended for further sale on the government-controlled territory of Ukraine. 64 148 107 Incidents

US military hunt for Russian hardware captured by ISIS in Syria, - The Wall Street Journal American military personnel in Syria are working to find and destroy advanced Russian weaponry seized by Islamic State extremist fighters when the militants retook the city of Palmyra less than a week ago from Moscow-supported Syrian-regime forces. 14 512 37 Incidents

сирия игил пальмира Coalition forces destroy 14 tanks captured by IS near Palmyra, - Pentagon. VIDEO The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve aimed at eliminating the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. 87 658 139 World

ракеты учения испытания зенитные управляемые Production of most advanced missile complexes Ukraine’s primary task, NSDC chief says National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov says Ukraine intends to produce the most advanced missile systems. 73 416 211 Tech

танк Russian, pro-Assad forces abandoned great number of hardware and weapons in Palmyra. VIDEO The detachments of the combined Russian and pro-Assad forces retreated from their positions in the Syrian city of Palmyra leaving a lot of military hardware and weapons that were subsequently captured by the Islamic State militants. 54 959 89 Previously in trend: War in Syria

Number of tanks, artillery systems, MLRSes in occupied Donbas exceeds that of Bundeswehr, - Poroshenko Russia has deployed in the occupied Donbas more tanks and artillery systems than the Federal Republic of Germany has in service. 15 264 63 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

танк Unique noiseless tank-mounted mortar developed and tested in Kharkiv. VIDEO The Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute National Technical University has developed and tested a new gas-powered mortar. 98 484 152 Ukrainian Politics

турчинов испытания Unmanned systems successfully tested in Ukraine. PHOTOS+VIDEO Ukraine tested airborne and land unmanned systems on Dec. 9. 194 131 345 Ukrainian Politics

"Armed citizen is the best deterrent to armed criminal," - Lutsenko Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko believes that legally armed citizens would be the best deterrent against armed criminals. 51 498 711 Ukrainian Politics

оружие ато Law enforcers cut off arms supply chain from ATO zone to Kyiv larger area. PHOTOS The Military Prosecutor's Office curtailed illegal firearms trafficking from the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area in Ukraine’s east to Kyiv and its larger area. 19 225 34 Incidents

Ukraine must withdraw from Ottawa Convention during war to stop disposing of its defensive weapons, - journalist It is vital for Ukraine to pull out of the Ottawa Convention to stop destroying available defensive weapons during the war in the east. 81 359 186 Incidents

миномет New batch of 82 mm mortars KBA-48M1 successfully tested. VIDEO Artillery Armament design bureau, a subsidiary of Ukroboronprom state defense concern, has successfully tested the 2016 final batch of 82 mm mortars KBA-48M1. 32 092 69 Ukrainian Politics

Sweden to locate Cold War missiles on its Gotland island, - media Faced with aggressive behavior on part of Russia, Sweden is redeploying its mothballed Cold War missile launchers out of storage in museums to shore up the defenses on its Baltic Sea front line. 14 705 33 Sport

сбу птрк фагот Three disguised militants’ AT guided weapon emplacements found by SBU near Novozvanivka. PHOTOS The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) found three disguised weapon emplacements equipped with Fagot anti-tank guided missile launchers in close proximity to the line of contact on the outskirts of Novozvanivka village in the Popasna district of the Luhansk region. 55 308 62 Incidents

Armed person suspected to be Ukrainian scout detained in Russian-occupied Simferopol, - media An alleged member of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry was apprehended in Russian-occupied Simferopol. 12 558 51 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas Ukrainian hostages in Russia

оружие SBU found three ammunition caches and Russian-produced mine in ATO area. PHOTOS The officers of the Security Service of Ukraine found three ammunition caches in the Luhansk region and a Russian-produced fragmentation mine near the Maiorsk checkpoint in the Donetsk region. 5 894 7 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

армия донбасс рф рсзо "смерчь" SBU found unexploded Russian-made Smerch MLRS cartridge in Donbas. PHOTOS Members of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) found unexploded Russian-made charge of Smerch multiple launch rocket system in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area. Such charges are exclusively made by the Russian Federation and only trained military personnel can operate a Smerch MLRS. 25 913 25 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Two 2S1 Gvozdika howitzers and 12 repaired tanks arrived to Donbas from Russia, – Lysenko 12 tanks and two 2S1 Gvozdika SP howitzers were repaired in Russia and transported back to the militants in the occupied territory of the Donbas. 8 925 36 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Police officers’ killing in Dnipro City to be solved even without murder weapon, adviser to Interior Minister says The murder weapon in the case of the patrol police officers Artem Kutushev and Olha Makarenko killed in Dnipro City has never been found. 11 001 84 Previously in trend: Police officers murdered in Dnipro City

Russian Giatsint-B guns and Ural trucks detected near Novozvanivka village. PHOTOS Russian Giatsint-B guns and Ural trucks detected near Novozvanivka village. PHOTOS On Saturday Nov. 5, the volunteer aerial reconnaissance recorded the movement of at least four heavy-caliber artillery pieces in the village of Novyi (the Luhansk region). 9 014 5 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

армия вооружение рф оккупанты Russia flashes Aistenok radar system in Donbas. PHOTOS Aistenok portable reconnaissance and fire monitoring radar system (counter-battery radar) has been spotted in the Donbas. 18 868 13 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

армия зоопарк рф оккупанты Russian Zoopark-1 radar found in Donbas. PHOTOS Evidence of Russian radar system Zoopark-1 used in the Donbas has been revealed through OSINT investigation. 108 106 63 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

боеприпасы Vast number of weapons and ammunition found in underground bunker near Kyiv. PHOTOS+VIDEO (updated) The members of Kyiv Prosecutor's Office in conjunction with Cyber-crime and Criminal Investigation Departments of the National Police of Ukraine discovered an underground storage facility with an enormous number of weapons and ammunition in Kyiv’s uptown. 329 572 528 Incidents

ярош "I can definitely say Molot is an excellent weapon," - Yarosh on new domestically-developed mortar People's Deputy Dmytro Yarosh has visited the front line and personally observed Molot mortars in action. 161 091 313 Ukrainian Politics

OSCE's Mission in Donbas should be strengthened, - Foreign Minister Klimkin The monitoring mission of OSCE in the Donbas should be enhanced to fulfill its obligations in full. 2 679 16 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

сбу Four arms caches found in ATO area over past day, - SBU. PHOTOS The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has found four caches of weapons and ammunition in the area of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO). 8 337 12 Incidents

обсе OSCE recorded troops and hardware redeployment from Russia to Donbas OSCE's Special Monitoring Mission has recorded redeployment of troops and hardware from the Russian Federation to the occupied areas of the Donbas. 108 579 107 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

армия вооружение рф оккупанты Terrorist Goncharenko 'flashes' modernized APC in service with Russian occupying forces in Donbas. PHOTOS Analyzing photos posted on social media, volunteers of the international intelligence community InformNapalm identified location of a warehouse full of military vehicles. A modernized BTR-80 amphibious armored personnel carrier with a TKN-4GA-01 sight that belongs to the 1st Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of Russian occupying forces in the Donbas was captured in one of the pictures. 85 309 21 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

тайпан Ukroboronprom introduced new 'Taipan' combat module. PHOTO Ukroboronprom has introduced a new combat module “Taipan” at XIII International Exhibition Arms and Security 2016 in Kyiv. 84 311 106 Ukrainian Politics

"The ball is now in US court, decision is up to them," - Poltorak on lethal weapons supplies to Ukraine The United States understands Ukraine’s needs, what Ukraine requires in the first place, but the ball is still in the U.S. court today and the decision to provide lethal weapons is up to them. 16 121 74 Incidents

порошенко Army received some 2,000 pieces of arms, military hardware this year, - Poroshenko 11 billion hryvnia ($421.75) will be allocated for the purchase and repair of weapons in 2017. 19 119 62 Ukrainian Politics

оружие выставка вооружение бронетехника оборонпром Arms and Security 2016: off roader "Overcomer Hunta," fighting robots, glamour pistol "Fort" and embroidered armor vest. PHOTOS+VIDEO The 12th International Exhibition "Arms and Security 2016," which opened its doors on the eve of Defender of Ukraine Day, showcases a lot of up-to-date products of domestic and foreign defense industry. 150 419 180 Photo News