Slovakia and the Czech Republic are ready to hand over their Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.

About a total of 30 Leopard tanks.

Mobile Ukrainian "anti-Shahed" squad armed with 12.7mm NSV and 12.7mm M2 Browning caliber machine guns.

French President Macron:

French military budget to be increased by a third, to 400 billion euros, between 2024 and 2030.

Russian Wagner PMC pumping gold from Central African Republic (CAR) to finance the war in Ukraine.

Prigozhin's profit from gold mining in the mines of the CAR can reach up to $1 billion.

CAR is one of the poorest countries in the world, but it is also rich in gold and diamonds.

CNN:

UK may provide Ukraine with missiles similar to American ATACMS as the U.S. refuses to supply them to Ukraine.

For now, the US is still opposed to the idea.

Germany’s new Defense Minister Pistorius says he cannot say when there will be a decision on Leopard tanks.

3 more Russian Pantsir S-1 air defence systems spotted in Moscow.

These systems were spotted 2 km away from Ostafyevo Airport.

Yevgeny Lebedev, a member of Russian State Duma Defence Committee, said that the photographs of the Pantsir-S1 air defence missile systems placed on the roofs of buildings in Moscow are “fake.”

“I don't know anything about it. I think it's fake, montage.”

Germany’s new Defense Minister Pistorius:

Ramstein meeting failed to reach a common position on the supply of tanks for Ukraine.

I must say that there is no consensus on this issue.

Everything must be very carefully weighed.

Germany announces a new military assistance to Ukraine worth €1 billion.

No tanks, though.

Germany’s Spiegel:

German foreign intelligence service BND report says Ukrainian forces loses three-digit numbers of personnel every day in Bakhmut.

China’s Guizhou WZ-7 Soaring Dragon UAV fleet on elephant walk.

Plans to launch the production of "Jihad-machine" for military needs in Chechnya.

No further details.