Ukrainian President Zelensky dismissed the Joint Forces Commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Major General Eduard Moskalev.

No reason given.

Russia fired 14 x Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze UAVs towards Ukraine last night.

11 were destroyed, 9 of them over Kyiv.

Russia’s FSB detained two alleged agents in Sevastopol.

The two offered Ukrainian secret services to buy from them data on the location of objects of the Russian Ministry of Defence.

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will soon receive 9 x CH-4 UCAVs from China.

The first three UCAVs from the batch will be deployed at the Kavumu Airbase.

French-supplied Ukrainian VAB 4x4 APC destroyed in Ukraine.

Kremlin:

The return of Crimea to Ukraine is impossible, the peninsula is an integral part of Russia.

Pinpoint Turkish UCAV strike in Iraq’s Sinjar region killed at least 3 PKK terrorists.

Ukrainian mobile MLRS pickup trucks in Donetsk.

Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov:

The military thanks Putin that we started a war against Ukraine.

Bir Geko, Commander of the 80th Regiment of Popular Mobilization Forces known for his close ties with the PKK, was among the killed terrorists in Turkish UCAV strike.

Joint naval exercise between Russia, China and South Africa in the Indian Ocean has been completed.

Germany’s Bild:

Western countries may give Ukraine an ultimatum to persuade it to negotiate with the Russia if significant success is not achieved at the front by autumn.

Putin awarded Steven Seagal with the Order of Friendship for his “great contribution to the development of international cultural and humanitarian cooperation”.

Poland will transfer the next batch of Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine within a few weeks.

Ukrainian Army claims to have shot downed 300th Russian aircraft.

Kazakh Defence Ministry denied allegations of sending Kazakh military equipment to Ukraine.

Kazakhstan introduced a ban on the export of weapons and military equipment from August 27, 2022.

Ukrainian BM-21 Grad MLRS is literally sinking.

The weather has started to getting warm & roads and fortifications are turning into impassable swamps.

Russian UR-77 Meteorit mine clearing vehicle strike on Ukrainian forces in Kreminna, Luhansk.

Russians have been using UR-77s offensively recently.

Russia has been employing Iranian-made kamikaze UAVs to deplete & locate Ukrainian air defences.

Russian BMP-2 gets penetrated in Vuhledar.

First steps into a mine, then gets hit by an ATGM.

Ukrainian top General Valery Zaluzhny had a phone call with U.S. top General Mark Milley.

Zaluzhny particularly stressed Ukraine’s need to strengthen the capabilities of the air defense systems & F-16 fighter jets.