Le Monde:

France abandons cautious stance on Ukraine's NATO membership.

Paris now supports Ukraine's membership in the alliance, following the example of Poland and the Baltic states.

Russian TOS-1 MLRS strikes on Ukrainian trenches.

U.S. Coast Guard boarding a narco-submarine carrying $232 million worth of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific.

Footage from 2019.

Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet passing at extremely low altitude over the sea.

Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sing: (Why Türkiye is sanctioned for the S-400 air defence system purchase but India is not)

There are two different cases here.

We support India to diversify its military equipment.

New Russian Ka-52M helicopter with an upgraded airborne defense system & a new gyrostabilized GOES-451M EO system.

Pentagon recalculated the cost of military aid to Ukraine and found that for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the U.S. overestimated the cost of military aid by $6.2 billion.

This means that the Pentagon will be able to provide Ukraine with additional military aid for that amount by the end of the current fiscal year.

Fresh satellite images: This is how the Kakhovka Reservoir looks like now.

Pentagon:

U.S. initially understood that Ukraine's counteroffensive would be difficult, but believes Kyiv has the necessary weapons.

U.S. considers Ukrainian deaths during the counterattack a characteristic part of the conflict that Washington knew about and took into account.

Ukrainian citizens liable for military service will not be hospitalized in hospitals in Ivano-Frankivsk region without the permission of military committees.

All those who do not have documents with them at the checkpoints will be detained and sent to the department for identification.

Biden said Xi Jinping did not have all the information about the spy balloon accident and was "very upset" because it’s "a big embarrassment for dictators.”

Two UAVs fell near a military unit in Moscow region earlier this morning.

Ukrainian MoD:

Russia has lost 4,000 tanks in Ukraine since the beginning of full-scale war.

Over the 16 months of the war, Ukrainian Defense Forces have destroyed 120-130 Russian tank battalions.

A pair of Ukrainian Su-25s on a combat mission.

Chinese Foreign Ministry commenting on Biden calling Xi “dictator”:

U.S. statements are irresponsible, violate diplomatic etiquette and are an open political provocation.

The U.S. has signed a $1.1 billion contract with Raytheon to produce AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles.

The missiles will be delivered to Ukraine, among others.

US announces new $1.3 billion aid package for Ukraine.

520 million to help Ukraine overhaul its energy grid.

657 million to help modernize Ukraine's border crossings, rail lines, ports and other critical infrastructure.

British PM Rishi Sunak at the Conference on Ukraine's Recovery in London:

Britain will provide financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $3 billion over 3 years.

CNN:

“There's nothing we can do”

Ukrainian pilots are begging for F-16s to have an advantage on the front.

One of the main problems facing Ukraine during the counterattack is Russian aircraft holding them back by maintaining air superiority, making it difficult for ground troops to advance.

RTL TV publishes new footage of the damaged Nord Streams obtained by an underwater drone.

German TV channel suggests that Nord Stream 2 was blown up by a small explosive device, as it suffered much less damage from the explosion.

Ukrainian Military Intelligence (GUR) Head Budanov:

There will be no nuclear strike on Ukraine.

As head of intelligence, I'm telling you directly, it's not going to happen. For all my dislike of the Russian Federation, there are few idiots running the country.