Horrendous scale of destruction in Bakhmut after Russian invasion.

French newspaper Le Monde:

The African Union rejects any military intervention in Niger and dissociates itself from ECOWAS.

North Korea claims U.S. soldier Travis King fled because of “inhumane harassment and racism in the US military”.

Ukrainian M777A2 155mm Light-Weight Howitzer restored by Russians presented at Army-2023.

The howitzer was destroyed near Lysychansk and captured by the Russians during the retreat of the Ukrainian forces.

NYT:

Russia leaves bodies of its killed soldiers on the battlefield to avoid compensation.

Some killed soldiers are recorded as missing rather than killed in action.

FT:

The U.S. offered Iran to stop the supply of UAVs to Russia in exchange for easing sanctions.

Washington demands that Tehran stop sending Moscow not only UAVs, but also spare parts for UAVs.

Ukrainian HIMARS strike on Russian Osa air defense system.

#BREAKING Russian Colonel General Gennady Zhidko, Deputy Minister of Defense, died today.

Zhidko has been the commander of the Eastern Military District since 2018.

He was 58 years old.

Zhidko was the former Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia and head of the HQs of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria.

Colonel-General Gennady Zhidko reportedly died in Moscow at the age of 58 after a “long illness”.

American-supplied Ukrainian M1126 Stryker APC burning on the outskirts of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region.

Cemetery of the fallen Ukrainian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia region.

Ukrainian HIMARS M30A1 strike filled with 182,000 pre-formed tungsten fragments on Russian training center somewhere in the south.

Russian Strela-10 air defense system reportedly destroyed by Ukrainian Switchblade 600 kamikaze UAV strike on the 10th of August.

British-supplied Ukrainian Challenger-2 tank with additional protection on the sides, but no visible top cage.

Zelensky:

Ukraine has just made an important step toward restoring the freedom of navigation in the Black Sea.

The first civilian vessel has passed through Ukraine’s new humanitarian corridor, departing from the port of Odesa.

It’s currently on its way to the Bosporus.

Crazy footage of inside Ukrainian HMMWV during an assault.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy:

Crimea is historically a Russian territory, its inhabitants consider themselves Russian.

To talk about its return to Ukraine is an illusion.

A referendum under the supervision of the international community is necessary in order to "assert the present state of affairs."

Sarkozy also expressed the idea of holding similar referendums in new regions of Russia in order to "finally and transparently" close the issue of returning these territories to Ukraine if it does not want a "frozen conflict."