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European NATO leaders should not be naive when discussing a peacekeeping force for Ukraine but should recognize the reality that tens of thousands of troops will have to be deployed long-term, said Colonel Andre Wüstner, head of the German Armed Forces Association, which represents more than 200,000 active and retired soldiers, as quoted by Reuters.
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“Europeans remain military dwarfs and are already struggling to meet the new NATO commitments made at the last summit. Europe is still far from being able to defend itself,” said Wüstner.
He stressed the urgent need to accelerate armament and strengthen NATO’s European pillar.
❗️Syrskyi visited the fighters holding the defense in the Pokrovsk sector
[He] visited military command bodies, corps, and brigades conducting stabilization operations on the Dobropillia salient.
Despite the enemy’s numerical superiority, units of the Armed Forces and the National Guard are honorably fulfilling their tasks. As a result of successful strike and search operations, six settlements were cleared and hundreds of Russian occupiers eliminated, the general reported.
Romania is not ready to send troops to Ukraine but agrees to provide NATO with its military bases for the deployment of F-35 fighters.
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan said that patrols and security missions are already being carried out from Romanian airfields to monitor the situation in the Black Sea, and joint exercises with NATO are underway.
The US still plans to increase import duties on goods from India by 25% over its purchases of Russian oil, said Peter Navarro, senior adviser to the US president on trade and production.
On August 6, the US announced an increase in import duties on goods from India by 25% (up to 50%) due to its imports of Russian oil and petroleum products. The measure is expected to take effect on August 27. At the same time, after talks with Putin in Alaska, US President Donald Trump admitted that Washington would not impose import duties on Russia’s trading partners.
“I think it will happen,” Navarro told reporters at the White House when asked about the decision.
Earlier, Indian Minister of Oil and Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said that cooperation between Moscow and New Delhi, especially in the energy sector, “remains at a high level and is developing even against the backdrop of international instability.”
New satellite images show that Russia has been building a large-scale radio reconnaissance facility in the Kaliningrad region for two years, just 25 kilometers from the NATO border — Bild.
According to the Tochnyi investigative platform, it is a giant ring antenna complex near the city of Chernyakhovsk.
Construction reportedly began in March 2023. Since then, the forest has been cleared, a fence erected, roads built, and sites for buildings prepared.
“Pit holes for antenna masts are visible on the outer site. At least six rings can also be distinguished,” the investigators noted.
Experts believe this is a ring antenna array — a system of antennas used for military radio reconnaissance and communications. The facility’s diameter may reach up to 1,600 meters, several times larger than conventional complexes of this type.
Once completed, investigators say, Russia will be able to intercept NATO radio communications in Eastern Europe and the Baltic states, as well as establish more reliable communication with submarines in the Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic.
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American Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is demanding that Russia return all abducted Ukrainian children. Otherwise, he says he will push for Russia to be recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism.
The leading German arms manufacturer KNDS Deutschland plans to set up new joint ventures in Ukraine for the production of equipment and spare parts, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said after a meeting with the company’s delegation.
The concern intends to significantly expand its presence in Ukraine and launch repair and service hubs for the rapid restoration and maintenance of weapons.
According to the minister, the company will also develop a network of centers for repairing heavy equipment in Ukraine. As part of this cooperation, the first three Gepard air defense systems have already been repaired.
Russians attacked Lviv with Kh-101 missiles equipped with cluster warheads, the regional prosecutor’s office reported. [reported yesterday]
At the same time, strike drones were also launched. Three missiles were shot down by air defense forces.
Volunteers from Brazil and Portugal are undergoing training in the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Ukrainian schoolchildren won five medals at the International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics in India
From August 11 to 21 in Mumbai, the Ukrainian team earned one gold, two silver, and two bronze medals.
The gold went to Andrii Zagika, silver to Dmytro Giley and Maria Mazur, and bronze to Uliana Gerbut and Bohdan Ogorodnyk.