EU lays out 22 military capabilities to bolster European armed forces
The 22 priorities reflect lessons from the war in Ukraine and focus on boosting high-intensity operations across five military domains - land, air, sea, cyber and space.
US pledges $ 1 mn to International investigation of Russian aggression against Ukraine
Prosecutors at the Hague-based International Center are already gathering evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
ISW: Multiple Russian offensives aim to regain initiative in Ukraine
Russian forces continue offensive operations simultaneously in the Kupyansk, Bakhmut, and Avdiivka directions. ISW assessed that they will likely struggle to fully regain the initiative across Ukraine, as Ukrainian forces maintain their own offensives as well.
Russian night attack in Selydove, Donetsk Oblast, killed one, injured five, including child
Over the past day, Russian troops targeted Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson oblasts, killing 2, injuring 16; Russia also attacked Zaporizhzhia Oblast 114 times during the past 24 hours
Border blockade by Polish drivers “damaging for all,” Ukrainians say
Queues with waiting times over 150 hours formed due to blockades by Polish carriers won't solve issues between two major markets. "It’s a question of arrangements between Ukraine and the EU," head of the Polish Department at Central Europe's Institute, Jakub Olchowski, said.
British intel: Up to 15% of Russian troops easily obtain drugs on the frontline
Poor Russian discipline in its military likely remains the lack of opportunity for combat troops to rotate away from the frontline, the UK intel said.
Russian attack on Kherson Oblast kills man, injured two-month-old baby and woman
Woman was hospitalized with a traumatic leg amputation, child was hospitalized with a mine-blast wound.
US officials: 70K Ukrainian soldiers died in the war, up to 120K more wounded
With tens of thousands of Ukrainian men killed or wounded in the war, Ukrainian women are taking on new roles as these losses reshape the workforce.
Ukraine’s modernist artworks presented in the Belgian Royal Museum of Art
Brussels is hosting an exhibition of the Ukrainian modernists whose creativity flourished amid turbulent times in the early 1900s.
Norway to allocate $ 89 mn for humanitarian support to Ukraine
The funds will be used primarily for humanitarian support to people who lost their homes, as well as for education, medical services, psychological support.
ISW: Ukraine increases attacks on Russian logistics and rear areas
ISW confirmed it with the recent Ukrainian partisans’ attack on a Russian military headquarters in occupied Melitopol; on a former Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) People’s Militia head; on a Russian military base in occupied Skadovsk etc.
US medical team performs microsurgery on Ukrainian soldiers’ injuries in Lviv, Ukraine
One of the 30 injured Ukrainians chosen for surgery is Vyacheslav Kondrashov, a soldier wounded in June 2022. His vehicle drove over an anti-tank mine, resulting in damage to his face.
Ukraine’s Intelligence: explosions in occupied Melitopol killed two Russian officers
The resistance movement blew up the Russian-occupied premises of the "Nova Poshta” during a meeting of the FSB and Russian National Guard officers there.
FT: US tries to strangle key Russian LNG project with sanctions
The US targeted Russia's liquefied natural gas exports for the first time, blocking the $21 billion Arctic LNG 2 project set to begin shipping fuel in 2024.