US Intelligence Deems Ukraine’s Counteroffensive a Failure Western officials attempted to blame Kyiv for refusing to push operations despite taking massive losses.
Russia Says It Thwarted Series of Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Crimea, Moscow The Kremlin said it would take revenge on Kiev for the drone strikes.
Kyiv Seeks More Mine Clearing Equipment as Ukrainian ‘Sappers’ Take Huge Losses Ukraine’s defense minister said Kiev desperately needed more equipment to demine the heavily fortified Russian front line.
US, Finland Negotiating Defense Agreement That Would See Deployment of American Troops Washington and Helsinki are in the process of establishing a new defense cooperation agreement that would see expended deployments of American soldiers and Finland hosting war games.
Delays Push F-16 Transfer to Ukraine Until Next Summer The Western plan to provide advanced American fighter jets to Kiev will not come to fruition until next summer.
Zelensky Fires the Heads of All Local Draft Boards After Corruption Scandal The Ukrainian leader said an investigation into recruitment centers revealed mass corruption.
Ukraine Strikes Russian Commercial Port with Drones for First Time Novorossiysk was damaged by Ukrainian air and sea drones causing the port to close for a few hours.
NATO To Pledge Future Membership to Ukraine, But No Timeline The alliance will stop short of giving Kiev a promise that Ukraine will join NATO at the end of the war.
