Ukrainian defence industry will expand the production of 155mm artillery shells of the NATO standard by the end of 2023.

In July 2023, Ukraine produced more than twice as much mortar and artillery ammunition than in the whole of 2022.

Ukrainian Army’s 47th Brigade shot downed Russian Ka-52 helicopter with MANPADS in Robotyne, Zaporizhia region.

The information has been confirmed by Russian military sources as well.

The U.S. officially approved the transfer of the first batch of M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine today.

The tanks will arrive in Ukraine at the beginning of autumn.

The total number will be 31 units.

Training of Ukrainian forces in the UK with Challenger 2 tanks.

Ukrainian soldiers are trained in battle tactics in cities with the support of Challenger 2.

US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland visited Niger, where she held " extremely frank and at times quite difficult" talks with the leaders of the rebels who seized power in the country.

Nuland noted that Niger "risks losing hundreds of millions of dollars of military and economic assistance."

Leaders in Niger refused to allow Nuland to meet with both Bazoum, the country's ex-president, and the current leader, General Abdourahmane Tiani.

94 French senators sent an open letter to President Macron about the failure of cooperation with Africa.

94 senators asked themselves the question:

“After French Africa, are we doomed to destroy France in Africa?”

From the letter: "Today Niger, yesterday Mali, the CAR, Burkina Faso - rejected France, French forces, French enterprises.

Ivory Coast, Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco among those who have become problematic for Paris.

After the failure of the French military intervention in 2014, the Wagner group came to Africa - to those countries whose leaders unite the population of their countries against the former colonial power.

Yesterday's French Africa is being replaced by military Russian Africa, economic Chinese Africa, as well as diplomatic American Africa... Africa, a friendly continent, no longer understands France and increasingly disputes its role and its presence."

India bans the use of Chinese spare parts in military UAVs.

India is concerned that the special services of China can use intelligence from the parts that provide the UAV with communications, cameras, radio transmissions and operational software.

Medvedev:

The entire NATO system is practically openly fighting against the Russian Federation, but Russia has enough forces to solve all the tasks of a special military operation.

As in August 2008, our enemies will be crushed and Russia will achieve peace on its own terms.

CNN:

Niger’s armed forces have been bringing in reinforcements to the capital to prepare for a potential military intervention.

Ukraine has increased the production of Stugna-P ATGM systems by 4 times since the beginning of the year.

RFI:

African countries are planning to send a contingent of 25,000 troops to Niger as part of a military invasion.

Nigeria can provide more than half of the military contingent.

In addition Senegal, Benin and Côte d'Ivoire can send their soldiers as well.

Polish MoD says it’ll transfer another thousand soldiers to the border with Belarus after the request of the border service.

Rare Ukrainian BTM-3 High-Speed Trench Digging Vehicle.

Ukrainian MoD’s Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missile poster.

Very rare footage of 324mm MLRS rocket Snezhinka, another wunderwaffe designed by Russia-backed DPR separatists, is actively used on the front

It consists of two 324mm rockets with a declared range of up to 9 km on KrAZ chassis.

An unknown country (highly likely Netherlands) bought 50 Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine from the Belgian company OIP Land Systems.

Two of them have already left the OIP warehouses for Germany and Italy for overhaul and equipping with modern weapons systems.

Transportation of the captured Finnish APC XA-180 (Patria Pasi) on Russian KamAZ-65225 truck (6x6) in the Patriot Park on the eve of the IMTF Army-2023.