Ukraine Loses 20% of Western-Donated Equipment in Counteroffensive - Reports

Pressured to launch an attack against fortified Russian positions, Ukrainian forces have lost huge amounts of equipment given to them by NATO for the operation, with little to show for it.

According to reports in Western media citing Ukrainian and Western officials, the Kiev regime's forces have lost roughly one-fifth of their Western equipment over the last two months, including huge numbers of armored vehicles, as well as using up much of the stockpiles of ammo it has been given.

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🛰 The proposal to create a module of the BRICS countries as part of the Russian orbital station elicited a favorable response among the heads of the space agencies of memeber states, the general director of Russia’s space agency told Sputnik

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African countries, particularly South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe, want to build on their territory stations for receiving information from orbital sensing satellites, the general director of Russia’s space agency told Sputnik

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📹 Russia’s Grad MLRS crews destroy Ukrainian facilities and camouflaged positions in the zone of the special military op

Rocket-propelled artillery is mainly used for protective fire on routes of possible enemy withdrawal or advance. The shock wave and shrapnel, which spread hundreds of metres, destroys identified firing positions and fortifications.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russian and Chinese ships have left Vladivostok and begun joint patrols in the Pacific Ocean

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The US government has approved a $120.5 million sale of sixteen assault amphibious vehicles and other equipment to Romania

This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by helping to improve the security of a NATO ally, which is an important force for political and economic stability in Europe, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said.

The US considers that the proposed sale will improve Romania’s capability to meet current and future threats and allow Bucharest to modernize its capabilities, according to DSCA.

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❗️LIVE NOW: Vladimir Putin Takes Part in Russia-Africa Summit

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📹 Russia’s Solntsepyok multiple-launch rocket system crews destroy (0:11) a Ukrainian stronghold in the zone of the special military op

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Russia intends to hold Third Russia-Africa summit, date is yet to be determined, Kremlin reveals

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Key statements made by Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the plenary session on the second day of the Russia-Africa Summit:

▪️Russia respects Africa's plans to resolve the conflict in Ukraine;

▪️The African continent is becoming a center of power, and this objective reality will have to be reckoned with;

▪️Russia and Africa share a close bond;

▪️Russia will continue training the military personnel and policemen of African countries in its specialized universities;

▪️The authority of African regional structures, primarily the African Union, as a spokesman for the views and aspirations of the entire macro-region has noticeably increased;

▪️The situation in many African countries is unstable, this is a legacy of colonialism;

▪️Russia shares the aspiration of African countries to take a more active part in the UN.

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🇷🇺🇰🇵📹 Russian Defense Minister Shoigu took part in a solemn meeting in the DPRK on the occasion of the anniversary of the end of the Korean War

The Russian MoD has also publishes footage showing the parade, including the latest Korean military technology.

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