Cheburashka MLRS designed by Russia-backed DPR separatists is actively used on the front.

Based on KrAZ-260, it uses its unique 217mm ammunition, which is different from Soviet and Russian systems & its range is about 10 km.

The military junta announces the closure of airspace in Niger.

#BREAKING France suspends, until further notice, all its development aid and budget support to Burkina Faso.

Meanwhile Niger’s military junta says ECOWAS has completed its intervention plans and that two West African countries have begun the pre-deployment of their troops.

WSJ, citing a senior official from one of the ECOWAS countries:

The armies of the region need more time to prepare before entering Niger.

Niger’s military junta on the closure of Niger's airspace:

Any attempt to violate national airspace will be met with a vigorous and instantaneous response.

Turkish defence companies BAYKAR, ASELSAN & ROKETSAN signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia’s SAMI & NCMS for the production of Bayraktar AKINCI UCAVs in Saudi Arabia.

WaPo:

The U.S. has already provided Ukraine with the amount of aid that exceeds the support of any other country throughout history.

Aid to Ukraine has so far reached $66.2 billion.

Military aid: $43.1 billion
Economic support: $20.5 billion
Humanitarian aid: $2.6 billion

Ukrainian T-72M1 tank crew driving into Mokri Yaly River during an attempt to attack Urozhaine.

Italian Foreign Minister calls on ECOWAS bloc to extend the deadline given to the military junta in Niger.

Business Insider:

Chinese-made UAVs have lost their appeal amid the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 UAV's dramatic and rapid ascendance.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have signed multibillion-dollar deals for Turkish UAVs in recent months.

Air France suspends flights to Burkina Faso and Mali.

And Mali and Burkina Faso send official delegations to Niger to 'demonstrate solidarity with brotherly people'.

Chairman of the Ukrainian delegation to the NATO PA, Yehor Cherniev:

My friends from the Bundestag have just informed me that the key parliamentary factions have reached a consensus on the transfer of long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine.

Around 30,000 people took to the squares in the capital Niamey in support of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, which took over the government in Niger.

Some demonstrators marched against colonialism with Turkish flags.

Ukrainian artillery destroys Russian 2S19 Msta-S 152mm Self-Propelled Howitzer along with a truck while loading ammunition.

Massive explosion reported in one of the silos of the Turkish Grain Board (TMO) at the port in Türkiye’s Kocaeli/Derince.

According to initial reports, 4 people were injured.