Ukrainian top General Valery Zaluzhny:

The enemy can and should be killed on his territory. Partners are afraid to transfer weapons - we will use ours.

To save my people, why should I ask someone for permission what to do in enemy territory?

Why? Because Putin... will use nuclear weapons? Children who die do not care.

Ukrainian top General Valery Zaluzhny on the possible liberation of Crimea:

As soon as I have the means, I’ll do something. I don’t give a damn — nobody will stop me

NYT, citing unnamed Pentagon officials:

U.S. officials and analysts believe that cluster munitions sent by the United States to Ukraine will not have an immediate impact on the situation of Ukrainian troops.

Russian column in Zaporizhzhia region was destroyed with Ukrainian HIMARS strikes.

British Defense Ministry Ben Wallace says his words about gratitude to Western partners by Ukraine were taken out of context, and he himself will continue to support Ukraine for as long as necessary.

My comments on how best to support Ukraine generated a lot of interest and some misrepresentation.

I spoke about the need for Ukraine to sometimes admit that in many countries and in some parliaments there is not such strong support as in the UK.

This was not a comment about governments, but about the citizens and deputies of the international community.

Politico:

Europe is still waiting for US consent to train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16s.

Fighter jet training cannot begin until the US State Department formally signs a request for handover of instructions, flight simulators and other materials.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives in Ukraine on an unannounced visit.

Sweden arrangement in Turkish Parliament: Foreign Affairs Committee will be able to work on vacation.

This decision paves the way for Sweden's NATO membership to be discussed without delay, if requested by the Turkish government.

The Times, citing government sources:

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace may leave his post this autumn and completely leave politics.

One of the reasons is Washington's refusal to support his candidacy for the post of the new NATO Secretary General.

Failed Ukrainian DM22 Directional Anti-Tank Mine operation on Russian MT-LB.

German made DM22 mine is more of a remotely triggered anti-tank rocket which is activated thanks to a stretched fiber optic cable through which the target passes.

The 128mm HEAT warhead can hit the target at a distance of 5 to 100 m.

German-supplied Ukrainian Biber armoured vehicle-launched bridge based on Leopard 1 tank somewhere in Bakhmut.

WSJ:

Will the allies fight with the U.S. for Taiwan? Japan wary.

Washington and Tokyo are developing plans to defend Taiwan against a possible Chinese attack, but Japan does not want to commit its military forces.

The American and Japanese military have been developing a plan for a conflict around Taiwan for more than a year, but during the negotiations they failed to resolve the main question: Will Japan join the war?

Washington is pushing Tokyo to consider Japanese military roles such as hunting down Chinese submarines in the Taiwan area, but is getting no commitment, according to people familiar with the talks.

Russia’s FSB claims it has prevented the preparation by the Ukrainian special services of the murder of the editor-in-chief of Rossiya Segodnya and RT Margarita Simonyan, as well as journalist Ksenia Sobchak.

Russian Major General Vladimir Seliverstov was removed from the post of commander of the 106th Guards Airborne Division.

Reason: Unknown.

Ukrainian Leopard 2A4 tank with Kontakt-1 ERA.

NYT:

Ukraine is forced to change tactics due to heavy losses.

Up to 20% of tanks and armored vehicles were lost by Ukraine at the beginning of the counteroffensive.

47th brigade, which received 99 American Bradley IFVs, has already lost 28 vehicles.

One of the soldiers who took part in the attempted breakthrough stated that all the equipment transferred to his unit was destroyed.

After the first strike, which led to significant losses, the Ukrainian troops slowed down their offensive operations in order to assess the situation and change their strategy.

This allowed to reduce losses to 10%, but also affected the intensity of hostilities.

Now, the Ukrainian command is trying to change tactics, relying on artillery and missile strikes, but the tactics will not allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to break through the Russian defenses, which calls into question the prospects for the entire counteroffensive.

Destructive Ukrainian strike on Russian forces in Oleshki, left bank of the Kherson region.

Russian Su-24M with FAB-500 M-62 bomb with УМПК - unified planning and correction module; Russian version of JDAM aka JDAMski).