German Defense Minister Pistorius:

We do not have an armed force capable of defending against an aggressor like Russia.

The German Army does not have the strength to defend its NATO allies as well.

Bundeswehr does not have enough personnel, ammunition, equipment and weapons.

Serbian President Vučić:

Serbian mercenaries from Wagner PMC to be arrested upon returning home.

Russian Wagner PMC is now campaigning Russian high school students to “defend their homeland”, walking with weapons to schools.

Ukrainian Foreign Legion has lost 150 foreign volunteers from all over the world so far.

The Wagner PMC recruiter in this footage says he himself was in prison before joining Wagner.

A company of Russian T-14 Armata tanks spotted during transport on a train somewhere in Russia.

European Commission proposes to triple the production of ammunition in the European Union.

Israeli Knesset approves death penalty for “terrorists”.

30x165mm Russian round stopped by the armor plate of Ukrainian soldier.

Probably fired by BMP-2, BTR-82A, etc.

Two Ukrainian tractors pulling out an 18-ton Turkish Kirpi 4x4 MRAP stuck in the mud somewhere in the east.

Russian State Duma Defense Committee chairman Andrey Kartapolov:

The Russian Federation is not protected from Ukrainian UAVs.

This is now our reality.

Only military enterprises are safe.

Russian Su-25 aircraft made a hard landing after taking a hit from Ukrainian air defence.

The pilot survived and was evacuated.

Russian A-50 AWACs aircraft at the Machulishchy Air Base in Belarus.

The same aircraft was claimed to be destroyed or damaged.

New York Times:

Russia lost the biggest tank battle since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

Russia’s three-week offensive on Vuhledar became the largest tank battle of the war.

Russians lost more than 130 tanks, IFVs, APCs.