#Ukrainian Armed Forces

In early June 2025, Canadian Minister of National Defence David J. McGuinty announced a new $35 million military aid package to Ukraine during the 28th Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels.

Andrii, a paratrooper from Ukraine’s 79th Air Assault Brigade, spent over a year in Russian captivity. Tortured, starved, and left with scars both visible and invisible, he returned home thanks to a prisoner exchange in May 2025. Here’s his story.

A surprising twist in the ongoing battle for armored superiority has emerged in Russia, where a US-supplied to Ukraine M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) has been photographed fitted with a Russian-made 30mm 2A72 cannon, despite previous claims that Western tanks and IFVs are overrated and “essentially useless.”