Russian military source confirms Russian Ka-52 "Alligator" attack helicopter was shot down today in the area of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region.

One crew member died.

The source denies the downing of 2nd helicopter.

Ukrainian Armed Forces adviser Dan Rice proposes to transfer to Ukraine M26 DCIPM rockets that can be launched from HIMARS systems:

If you get 2,000 cluster rockets, I think the war will end. It's just ... (88 submunitions in 1 projectile) increases the combat power and chances of destroying the Russians by 88 times.

Reported footage showing the downing of Russian Ka-52 helicopter today in the area of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region.

Germany delivered to Ukraine 2 x launchers of IRIS-T air defense system of the SLS modification.

IRIS-T SLS has (short-range) 12 km range and altitude.

Will likely be used against Russian Ka-52s on the front line.

Ukrainian forces reportedly used Swedish MANPADS RBS-70 to shot down Russian Ka-52 helicopter today.

RBS 70 missile is guided by the operator using a laser beam, which makes the countermeasures of Ka-52’s Vitebsk EW system useless.

NATO chief Stoltenberg:

NATO will support Ukraine until its victory.

The Washington Post:

Russian-Iranian agreement provides for the production of 6,000 kamikaze UAVs (Shahed-136/Geran-2) at an enterprise in Yelabuga, Tatarstan by 2025.

The implementation is behind this schedule "at least a month”.

The total cost of the program is 151 billion rubles ($1.6 billion).

Russian side is experiencing problems with technical documentation and has not yet resolved the issue with the localization of the Iranian Mado MD550 piston engine (copy of the German Limbach Flugmotoren L550E).

Ukrainian authorities have included the Chinese Alibaba Group (the owner of AliExpress) in the list of "international sponsors of the war."

Kyiv notes that the company continues to do business in Russia, providing an international platform for the sale of foreign goods.

122mm shell of Iranian origin in the hands of a Russian artillery.

The ammunition was delivered in February 2023.

Iranian ammunition, as well as Chinese cartridges, have been transferred from Iran.

Turkish Presidency on the illegal inspection of dry cargo ship SUKRU OKAN at the international waters of the Black Sea by Russian Navy:

Türkiye has warned Russia of the risk of rising tensions in connection with the inspection of a dry cargo ship in the Black Sea.

Taiwan’s NCSIST Chien Hsiang anti-radiation loitering munition.

These indigenous anti-radiation loitering munitions are designed to take out enemy radars positioned at sea, on the coast, or inland.

Chien Hsiang has a maximum flight time of five hours and can strike targets approximately 621 miles away (1,000 km).

Russia claims 2 x U.S.-led coalition F-35 fighter jets “dangerously approached” 2 x Russian Su-35 fighter jets over Syria near Al-Tanf.

"The coalition continues to create dangerous prerequisites for aviation incidents, and also exacerbates the situation in Syrian airspace."

#BREAKING Russian MoD says Ukrainian forces tried to attack ships of the Black Sea Fleet southwest of Sevastopol with kamikaze USV.

Iranian Ababil-5 UCAV strike with a guided bomb of the Ghaem (Qaem) family.

Russian ships Pytlivyy & Project 22160 patrol ship Vasily Bykov were targeted during Ukrainian kamikaze USV strike.

Vasily Bykov was involved in the illegal inspection of dry cargo ship SUKRU OKAN at the international waters of the Black Sea on August 13.

The U.S. has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands as soon as pilot training is completed.

Overnight Ukrainian kamikaze UAV strike hit the roof of the 8th pavilion of the Expocentre in Moscow City area.

Aftermath footage included.

WaPo:

US intelligence believes that Ukraine in the current counteroffensive will not achieve its key goal, namely, the capture of the strategically important city of the Zaporizhzhia region of Melitopol.

The grim assessment is based on Russia’s superior prowess in defending territory with minefield lines and trenches and is likely to prompt Kyiv and Western countries to acknowledge that the counteroffensive, which involved tens of billions of dollars worth of Western weapons and military equipment, has not reached their goals.

Ukrainian forces have little chance of even reaching Tokmak, a city located just 30 kilometers from the front, and the recently introduced reserves in the form of the forces of the 82nd brigade have not yet brought the desired result, and the Ukrainian Army continues to stomp in front of the first line of defense.

The modest results of the long-awaited counteroffensive have already generated undercover disputes among representatives of the American political establishment.

Some Republicans are going to refuse Biden's request to provide Ukraine with an additional 20 billion dollars, and the Democrats accuse the administration of the American president of too little military assistance.

Footage showing the downing of Russian Ka-52 helicopter in the area of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region yesterday.