Zelensky:

Greece will train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16s.

Disgraced Wagner chief Prigozhin says he’s in Africa.

“We will make Russia greater on all continents.”

The New Yorker:

Elon Musk admitted that he spoke with Putin in 2022.

The conversation came after the Ukrainian military advancing in southern Ukraine suddenly lost Starlink communications.

CNN reported in October that Musk promoted his "peace plan" for Ukraine at conferences and in conversations with members of think tanks.

In October, Musk denied the conversation.

Then he wrote on Twitter that he only spoke to Putin once - about 18 months ago, about space.

Russian writer Dmitry Glukhovsky:

We betrayed the Ukrainians. It is not them who betrayed us. We again present ourselves as victims and explain to ourselves that we were forced to do all this because they were the first to start, no!

We started first. We stabbed in the back.

#BREAKING The U.S. approves massive Apache sale to Poland

The U.S. approved the sale of 96 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for $12 billion.

The sale also includes:

1.844 x Hellfire
460 x JAGM
508 x Stinger MANPADS
7.650 x APKWS-II

Failed Russian FPV kamikaze drone strike on Ukrainian soldiers.

Wait for it.

Satellite image of the destroyed Russian Tu-22M3 bomber aircraft after Ukrainian strike on Soltsy airfield, Novgorod region, 18.08.2023.

India’s Russian-made 51P6A launchers of the S-400 air defense system with 9M96E missiles.

Bloomberg:

Switzerland will conduct an investigation into the failed attempt to sell Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine.

The state-owned company Ruag wanted to transfer the non-working equipment to the German concern Rheinmetall for a considerable sum, which was intended to repair the tanks and send them to Ukraine, but the Swiss government stopped the deal because it violates the country's neutral status.

Ukrainian Cybersecurity Specialist Vitaliy Yakushev:

TikTok uses geolocation of the Ukrainian military for Chinese intelligence.

When soldiers posts any videos from the front line, the Chinese collect all this information for their own use.

If you have a Chinese phone and Chinese apps, they know everything about you.

Ukrainian soldier falls off from buggy.

#BREAKING Several reports claim a Chinese Navy (PLAN) submarine, (rumored to be a nuclear powered Type-093 Shang Class boat), has suffered a serious accident in the vicinity of the Taiwan Strait.

Further reports claim all crew died.

No official announcement yet.

Forbes:

Ukraine wants to receive American JASSM cruise missiles from the U.S. for F-16s.

F-16 fighters "are not yet compatible with Storm Shadow or SCALP missiles, but are compatible with JASSM."

By linking the F-16 with the JASSM, Ukraine will be able to double its strength.

Russian MoD claims Russian SU-30SM fighter jet destroyed Ukrainian reconnaissance boat near Russian gas production installations in the Black Sea.

Last night in Moscow.

2 x Ukrainian kamikaze UAVs were shot down over Krasnogorsk and Chastsov.

The soldiers of Ukraine’s 47th Brigade entered Robotyne, organized the evacuation of civilians who were still in the village.

Swiss Le Temps:

Ukraine has banned foreign journalists from being on the front lines, possibly due to the high casualty rate among personnel and the lack of results of the offensive

Staying on the front line is now completely prohibited.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stressed Belgrade's commitment to respecting the territorial integrity of Ukraine during a meeting with Ukraine’s Zelensky.

Iran unveiled its latest UCAV today: Mohajer 10 with a claimed range of 2,000 km & 300 kg payload.

The text in Persian and Hebrew reads:

“Prepare your bunkers.”

Turkish Chief Presidential Advisor Akif Çağatay Kılıç traveled to Ukraine for talks.

Turkish Presidency sources say significant progress has been made on grain corridor agreement, adding that an alternative route for the grain corridor without Russia is not “healthy”.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov says Kyiv will be able to receive the first F-16s “no sooner than in six to seven months.”