The team of the Ukrainian company IronGlass, based in Zaporizhzhia, manufactured the lenses during wartime, "some remotely from the trenches,” a company representative, said on social media.
The appeal, signed by professors, researchers, writers, and former officials from EU states and the US, states that the debate between providing aid "for as long as it takes" and supplying Ukraine with what it needs "to win quickly" is obsolete.
The average Russian personnel losses stands at 983 per day, which, according to the UK intel, reflects Russia’s commitment to mass and attritional warfare
The halt in North Korea weapons shipments to Russia, seen since 12 Feb., could be due to production or logistical issues. However, transportation possible though air/rail, according to the North Korea-focused outlet NK Pro.
Previous Russian aircraft losses have prompted Russian forces to temporarily decrease aviation activity throughout Ukraine, according to ISW. However, ISW said that the "15 aircraft and skilled pilots lost in two weeks are not negligible for Russia" given the estimated total of 300 Sukhoi aircraft in its airbase.
Russian attacks also damaged residential buildings, cars, greenhouses, gas pipelines in Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk oblasts over past day
The Russian military also attacked Ukraine with five S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles overnight, but Ukraine's military did not specify which targets were hit
The 73rd Naval Special Ops Center, which liberated Zmiinyi (Snake) Island were killed, conducting a combat mission on Russian-occupied Tendra Spit in Kherson Oblast. After completing their objective, the retreat came under fire.
The sanctions target those procuring weapons and technologies for Russia's defense industry, including people involved in the purchase of weapons from North Korea.
The missile strike kills 19 Russian soldiers, and injures 12, including the commander of the military unit in Russian-occupied Olenivka, Donetsk Oblast.