Massive $6 billion U.S. military contract for Ukraine to be announced today.

— The U.S. is putting the finishing touches on one of its largest Ukraine military aid packages to date, preparing to ink contracts for as much as $6 billion worth of weapons and equipment for Kyiv’s forces, Politico reports.

— It would include Patriot air defense munitions, artillery ammunition, drones, counter-drone weapons, and air-to-air missiles to be fitted on fighter planes.

— But it’s likely that it won’t arrive in Ukraine for several years as the money is being allocated under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).

U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks have been withdrawn from the frontlines in Ukraine.

AP reports that this is in part “because Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult for them to operate without detection or coming under attack.”

Emory University economics professor Caroline Fohlin knocked to the ground with her head on the concrete by Atlanta Police during pro-Palestine protest in the campus.

She shouts “I’m a professor!”

Armenian diaspora in LA hanged Armenian PM Pashinyan & his wife.

38th anniversary of the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

The radioactive dust cloud affected Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and parts of Europe.

After the accident, 8.5 million people were exposed to radiation.

American snipers stationed on the roof of the Ohio Student Union building, overlooking the student encampment for Palestine at Ohio State University.

Spain will supply Ukraine with a small number of Patriot missiles, El Pais reports.

This will be a very limited number, as the Spanish military reserve is about 50 units and the missiles themselves are very expensive, government sources told.

American sniper on the roof of Indiana University building overlooking pro-Palestine protest.

Türkiye-Russia Joint Monitoring Center in Aghdam, Azerbaijan stops its activities today following the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Karabakh.

Chaos at the Ohio State University last night during pro-Palestine protest.

Police made over a dozen arrests.

Russian 2S19 Msta-S 152mm Self-Propelled Howitzer with "camp cage."

Russia has never threatened NATO, we have neither geopolitical nor military interests to attack the states of the bloc, Russian Defence Minister Shoigu says.

“We are simply protecting our people in our historical territories.”

Ukrainian fighter jets “using iPads” to control Western weapons.

Ukrainian Air Force is using iPads, or similar tablets in the cockpits of its Soviet-era jets to enable rapid integration of modern Western air-to-ground weapons.

Source: TWZ

Former UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace accuses German Chancellor Scholz of weak leadership.

Scholz must decide whether he wants Ukraine to win the war or not, Wallace said.

"It’s easier than saying, ‘no, I won’t send them,’ but to say, ‘We are constantly monitoring the situation, and if Russia continues, we will consider this option."

Wallace noted that indecisiveness and hesitation on such issues only plays into Putin's hands, and Scholz does not seem to understand this.

"He's the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. He doesn't understand deterrence, he doesn't understand ambiguity."

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi making anti-Muslim hate speech as usual, calling them "infiltrators".

This has become a daily routine for Indian Muslims.

Ukrainian soldiers captured a group of three Russian soldiers during an assault on a position in Lyman direction.

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, after negotiations with Chinese President Xi Jinping, commented on China’s “support for Russia”:

"If Beijing does not take measures to solve this problem, Washington will."

China is not afraid of competition, but it should be aimed at overall progress and not be a “zero-sum game,” Xi Jinping said at the meeting with Blinken.