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The United States has agreed to equip the F-16 fighter jets being sent to Ukraine with advanced American-made missiles and other modern weaponry, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Denmark and the Netherlands are preparing to deliver the first batch of these American-made F-16s to Ukraine this summer. Until recently, it was unclear where the critical weapons for these aircraft would come from.

Despite the Pentagon's limited stockpiles and production capabilities, it will supply the F-16s with air-to-ground munitions, precision bomb guidance kits, and advanced air-to-air missiles. This will be done in quantities sufficient to meet Ukraine's most pressing needs, according to a senior American official.

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The two ships Britain built for Ukraine

The Russians in Toretsk tried to use an FPV drone to hit the evacuation vehicle with which Vlada Liberova, a well-known Ukrainian military photographer, was working.

She was saved by a concrete bunker, into which she ran a second before the impact, a meter away.

The situation in Toretsk is deteriorating as the russians are advancing towards the city.

🪢 Thirty-nine (!) units of russian equipment and twenty-eight enemy UAVs of various types were damaged or destroyed by the fighters of the 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade named after Yakov Handziuk over the past weekend.
In addition, the "steppe predators" eliminated 206 occupiers.

The defeat of the russian attack trying to break through the defense of the 79th Ukrainian paratroopers in the Kurakhiv direction

Despite the insane amount of enemy equipment, all the enemy's efforts were again multiplied by zero: during the battle, our soldiers hit 12 armored combat vehicles, 8 Russian tanks, 9 motorbikes and buggies. 36 occupiers were destroyed, another 32 were wounded.

These shots show the brilliant combat work of our gunners, operators of attack drones, anti-tankers, sappers, and our heroic infantry.

Crippled Russian stormtroopers with their limbs torn off, who felt the fury of the Taurian paratroopers and rushed to crawl from the battlefield in panic - this is what should be shown to everyone who is still going to take part in their "Special Military Operation".

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Poland joined the case of Ukraine against the Russian Federation regarding genocide at the International Court of Justice of the United Nations

"Poland submitted to the secretariat of the Court an application for permission to enter the case in accordance with Article 62 of the Statute of the Court and an application for joinder in accordance with Article 63 of the Statute of the Court in the case regarding allegations of genocide in accordance with the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the case of Ukraine v. of the Russian Federation)", the message says. It is noted that the right to intervene in a case under consideration by the International Court of Justice of the United Nations is provided by Article 62, if a state believes that it has an interest of a legal nature that may be affected by the decision in the case, it can submit a request to the Court with a request to allow it intervene

In Branson. Its as hot here as home. But less shade

Hungary's Eased Visa Restrictions for Russians Raise Security Concerns, Says EPP Leader Manfred Weber

Manfred Weber, head of the European People's Party, has raised serious national security concerns over Hungary's recent decision to ease visa restrictions for Russian visitors. In a letter obtained by the Financial Times, Weber warned that this move could allow unverified Russians to travel freely across much of the EU, potentially opening the door to espionage.

Weber has written to European Council President Charles Michel, urging that this issue be addressed at the next leaders' summit in October. Hungary has introduced a fast-track visa system for citizens of eight countries, including Russia and Belarus, allowing entry without security checks or other restrictions.

Weber questioned the necessity of Hungary's new immigration system, warning that it could create significant loopholes for espionage and allow large numbers of Russians to enter Hungary with minimal oversight, posing a serious risk to national security. He expressed concerns that such a policy could enable Russians to bypass EU restrictions within the Schengen area.

The letter calls on EU leaders to take urgent countermeasures to protect the integrity of the Schengen area, mitigate the security risks already present, and prevent similar initiatives by other member states in the future.

Lined up in a row like shooting gallery ducks. It's what happens when nobody is devising new tactics. The Ukrainians very obliging shot them up with UAVs

🟢 Pokrovsk direction. Ukrainian soldiers cover a column of Russian occupiers moving along the landing

The assault ended for them before it even began, thanks to the precise work of artillery and aerial reconnaissance of the battalion of attack drones of the 🐎 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade, which daily wages the heaviest battles in one of the hottest directions of the front

Good morning Resisters everywhere

Goodnight Resisters everywhere. I thought today was terribly hot with a 102⁰ heat index. Tomorrow is 104⁰ but when I went to Shetlers I got lots of stuff for making sun tea tomorrow.

Badi is a Belgian shepherd dog. She is a mine-sniffing dog of the Luhansk border guard detachment of the “Revenge” brigade.

Buddy has her bulletproof vest, tactical helmet, first aid kit, glasses, and headphones.

“It is forbidden to use dogs while searching for tripwires or anti-personnel mines where it is dangerous for the animal's life and health,” said the sapper ‘Kinolog’. Now he and Badi are working together in the Serebryany forestry in the Kreminna district of Luhansk region.

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“It's like Hiroshima here”. The defenders of the Ukrainian city of Toretsk, Donetsk region, told how the Russians are burning it with KABs.

Toretsk is an important logistical interchange that leads to Konstantinovka. That's why the Russians are turning the once quiet mining town into ashes.

“The occupiers are wiping out the city,” says the fighter, ”Otherwise they won't be able to come here. It's easier for them to lay down block by block, like in Stalingrad.

📸: Ukrainian Witness

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⚡️🫡  Another failed Russian assault with 57 units of armored vehicles in the Kurakhiv deriction

12 armored combat vehicles, 8 Russian tanks, 9 motorbikes and buggies were hit

36 Russian soldiers were killed, 32 were wounded

Good evening. I am tired.