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📰 Russia has amassed some 100,000 troops, seeking breakthrough in Kharkiv region, — Politico.
The EU plans to create a fund of 20 billion euros to supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the next four years, according to Politico
🇺🇸The US will provide Ukraine with a new $1.3 billion military aid package, — Reuters
It will include, in particular, VAMPIRE anti-drone systems, Phoenix Ghost, and Switchblade drones, as well as "a significant number of anti-drone systems" from Australian company DroneShield, radars, sensors, and analytical systems
Arresting Vladimir Putin would amount to a declaration of war on Russia, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa wrote in court papers released on Tuesday as the country wrangles over hosting the Russian leader.Putin has been invited to a BRICS summit in Johannesburg next month but is the target of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant — a provision that Pretoria as an ICC member would be expected to implement were he to attend.
"It would be inconsistent with our Constitution to risk engaging in war with Russia," he said, adding that this would go against his duty to protect the country.
South Africa is seeking an exemption under ICC rules based on the fact that enacting the arrest could threaten the "security, peace and order of the state," he said.
The US will continue to support Ukraine, and in the short term will provide additional Bradley, Striker infantry fighting vehicles, as well as artillery, — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said during the Rammstein-style meeting.
The Ukrainian counteroffensive is far from a failure, even though it is progressing more slowly than planned, — the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, General Mark Milley, during a meeting in the Ramstein format.
"The main problem causing Ukrainian casualties right now is minefields, not Russian aircraft," Milley said.
The Russians attacked the port and critical infrastructure of the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions with missiles of various types and attack UAVs.
Ukrainian military, learning to operate American Abrams battle tanks at the Grafenwehr training ground in Germany, will be ready for battle in a few weeks, — the publication Stars And Stripes, whose journalist visited the training ground last week.
Cluster munitions will be ready for use soon, — Syrskyi
The Ground Forces Commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed in an interview with the BBC that American cluster munitions have already arrived in Ukraine.
Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands will transfer M113 tracked armored personnel carriers to Ukraine, — the ministers' joint statement.
The equipment will be taken from industrial warehouses, repaired, and equipped with remotely controlled weapons systems and installations for caliber machine guns 7.62 or 12.7 mm.
In addition, the kit will include spare parts for them.
Deliveries are scheduled for the coming months.
The international coalition has prepared 17 brigade combat groups for the Ukrainian counteroffensive — more than 63,000 troops, — the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, General Mark Milley.
The EU has reached a breakthrough in the discussions on sanctions against Belarus — there are no more exceptions for potash fertilizers, – Rikard Jozwiak, editor of European issues of Radio Svoboda
I believe Russia is much more fragile than the Russians want to admit, — British Defense Minister Ben Wallace.
"The split in the hierarchy of the Russian army is quite real, the level of losses is terrible. Russian President Vladimir Putin is cautious about the territory of NATO countries. They are very, very careful and try not to provoke. The alliance itself is functioning. The deterrent factor of the fifth article is valid," said Wallace.
🤯 France has granted political asylum to Russian war criminal Pavel Filatiev.
This was reported by the Russian service of the BBC.
Filatiev is a paratrooper who took part in the capture of the Kherson region as part of the 56th Air Assault Regiment.
After his contract expired, he returned to Russia and escaped with the help of the Russian human rights organization GulaguNet.
Later it turned out that Filatiev had lied about his innocence and was involved in the murders of Ukrainian civilians.
Can Moscow use nuclear weapons in Ukraine? After Feb.24 invasion, former Russia’s president Dmytriy Medvedev has brought up nuclear threats 57(!) times in his posts on Telegram. And there are many others in the Kremlin, including Putin, ramping up this talk. United24 Media found an interesting pattern in Moscow’s nuclear bluster.
The evolution of Ukrainian surface drones
A graphic illustration from an OSINT analyst who specializes in military and naval topics and suggests that Ukraine uses different modifications of drones depending on the target.