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.

Niger’s military junta refused entry of a delegation from ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations to the country.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Svoboda)

Russia removed from storage more than 40% of old Soviet tanks and APCs that were in Buryatia on warehouse Vagzhanovo.

This is the largest known base of preserved military equipment of Russia. There are about ~ 4,000 units of vehicles.

AFP, citing ECOWAS source:

ECOWAS is not considering the option of conducting a military operation in Niger in the near future.

The agency notes that the dialogue path seems to still remain open.

Bild:

Ukraine converted roads into runways to increase the number of air bases.

Ukraine modernized about 10 X Soviet Su-24 tactical bombers to launch Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

Russian forces have been attacking airfields in western Ukraine, where there may be Su-24s. For example the one in Starokostyantyniv.

And yet Russia fails to hit them again and again.

This is due to the fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces move Su-24s with Western missiles from base to base every 24 hours.

Ukraine restored all airfields from the times of the USSR, and in some places they converted roads into runways.

The most valuable Western air defense systems Patriot and IRIS-T are used to protect the air bases.

New satellite image shows Russian Navy’s Ropucha-class landing ship Olenegorski Gornjak has left the port of Novorossiysk after Ukrainian kamikaze USV attack.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of Nigeria and ECOWAS:

Diplomacy 'best way forward' on Niger crisis.

#BREAKING New video footage of Ukrainian kamikaze USV strike on one of the Project 22160 patrol ships of Russian Navy.

The attack was reportedly unsuccessful.

Russia is looking for soldiers in Kazakhstan through Internet advertisements.

Those who want to sign a contract with the Russian Army were offered a one-time payment of 495,000 rubles (about $5,000) and a monthly salary of 190 thousand rubles (about $2,000).

Participation in military conflicts abroad in exchange for money is considered a crime under Kazakh law.

However, residents of Central Asian countries said that many of their citizens had traveled to Ukraine to fight in the ranks of the Russian army and the mercenary group Wagner.

These people mostly decided to enlist in the army not in their home countries but in Russia, where they went to work.

It is known that millions of Uzbeks, Tajiks and Kyrgyz work as migrant workers in Russia.

Although many people from Central Asian countries work as migrant workers in Russia, the number of Kazakhstan citizens among them is relatively low.

WSJ:

Cluster munitions allow Ukrainian forces to take new positions and have given impetus to the Ukrainian counteroffensive.

Cluster munitions hit a larger area than conventional artillery shells, striking clusters of Russian infantry, groups of vehicles and other purposes, clearing the way for the advance of ground troops.

The current commander of the Huadong Defense Command of the Taiwan Army, Major Ho, was detained on suspicion of spying for China.

Japan's Nikkei ran a series of articles alleging that up to 90% of retired military officials in Taiwan provide intelligence to China earlier 2023.