Spain will supply weapons to Ukraine for €1.23 billion. It will include: Patriot missiles, refurbished Leopard 2A4 tanks, 155-mm artillery shells, combat training program for 400 Ukrainian soldiers.
“France will send instructors to Ukraine to train Ukrainian military personnel”, — Syrskyi
“Ukraine and Spain signed a bilateral security agreement”, — Zelenskyy. Spain allocates to Ukraine a record military aid package of €1+ billion for 2024, and €5 billion for Ukraine until 2027.
A new record: GUR drone attacked an over-the-horizon radar in Russia at a distance of ~1,800 km, — UP. The drone attacked the long-range target detection radar station “Voronezh M”, located in the city of Orsk, Orenburg region.
“There is a figure that says that the number of dead or seriously injured Russian soldiers per month is 24,000. All for the imperialist megalomania of the Russian president,” — Olaf Scholz.
For the EU, the important issue is how to progress from next month’s peace conference to a possible meeting in Saudi Arabia in the autumn with the participation of Russia, — Bloomberg
NATO is discussing the possibility of protecting the airspace over Western Ukraine, — BILD. Estonia, Great Britain, Poland, Canada, Lithuania, and France are in favor of expanding assistance. Against – USA and Germany.
16 bodies have already been found at the site of attack on “Epicenter” in Kharkiv. 13 of them have been identified. There are also 5 missing persons reports left. Investigators now believe that at least 18 people have died. The search continues.
“We have no plans to deploying NATO troops to Ukraine”, — Stoltenberg
“Russia uses more than 3,000 aerial bombs per month. We need at least 7 Patriot systems”, — Zelenskyy
China is preparing an armada of ferries and civilian vessels to invade Taiwan, — The Telegraph. US intelligence believes that Xi Jinping has ordered the PLA to be ready to take the island by 2027.i
