"President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration diverted 20,000 anti-drone missiles originally intended for Ukraine to American forces in the Middle East.
Zelensky said the plan had been agreed upon with then-U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and was launched under President Joe Biden's administration.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration had redirected the munitions, which include special fuzes used in advanced rocket systems to intercept drones, toward U.S. forces stationed in the Middle East.
The Pentagon reportedly informed Congress in a classified message that the reallocation of the fuzes for the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System was deemed an "urgent issue" by current Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth."
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"Russia’s Wagner mercenary group says it will withdraw from Mali after more than three and a half years on the ground.
The paramilitary force announced the move on Friday, claiming it had successfully completed its mission against armed groups in the West African nation.
But Wagner’s withdrawal from Mali does not mean the country will be without Russian fighters. Russian mercenaries will remain under the banner of the Africa Corps, a separate Kremlin-backed paramilitary group created after Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin led a failed mutiny against the Russian military in June 2023." AlJazeera
"193 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front.
Russian aviation targeted the settlements of Osoivka and Myropilske in Sumy region; Kharkiv and Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi in Kharkiv region; Novopavlivka and Maliivka in Dnipropetrovsk region; Sukhyi Yar, Yablunivka, Novoeconomichne, Pokrovsk, Shakhove, Ivanopillia, Shevchenko, and Komyshuvakha in Donetsk region; Olhivske, Zaliznychne, Novoandriivka, and Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia region; and Lvove in Kherson region.
The aviation, missile forces, and artillery of Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck 11 clusters of enemy personnel and equipment, five artillery systems, and one Russian electronic warfare (EW) station.In the Kharkiv sector, Russian forces launched three assaults near Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, and Zapadne.
In the Kupiansk sector, Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled one attack near Stepova Novoselivka.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy attacked 22 times, attempting to advance near Hrekivka, Novyi Myr, Ridkodub, Zelena Dolyna, Torske, and Bilohorivka.
In the Siversk sector, Russian troops carried out one assault on Ukrainian positions near Verkhniokamianske.
In the Kramatorsk sector, 11 combat clashes occurred near Chasiv Yar, Markove, and toward Bila Hora and Predtechyne.
In the Toretsk sector, the enemy launched 15 attacks near Toretsk and toward Dyliivka and Yablunivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the Ukrainian defenders repelled 65 Russian assaults near Poltavka, Myroliubivka, Myrne, Yelyzavetivka, Promin, Lysivka, Novoserhiivka, Udachne, Kotlyne, Novomykolaivka, Orikhove, Kotliarivka, Bohdanivka, Novoukrainka, and Andriivka.
In the Novopavlivka sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 25 enemy attacks near Bahatyr, Vesele, Burlatske, and Vilne Pole.
In the Huliaipole sector, Russian forces made four attempts to advance near Malynivka.
In the Orikhiv sector, Ukrainian defenders successfully repelled one enemy attack toward Novoandriivka.
In the Prydniprovske sector, Russian forces made three unsuccessful attempts to approach Ukrainian defensive positions.
In the Kursk sector, units of Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 31 enemy attacks. Russian forces conducted 34 airstrikes using 62 guided bombs and carried out 196 artillery attacks on Ukrainian positions and populated areas, including two MLRS strikes." Ukrin
