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The Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA) has detected traces of radioactive cesium-137 at the border with Russia that exceed the normal level.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Western partners were slow and insufficient in providing military assistance, stressing that Ukraine lacks supplies even to equip "4 out of 14 brigades".
The US Department of Defence has released photos showing US military intelligence studying Ukraine's capabilities and technological development by testing the modernised Ukrainian T-72.
This was announced by the country's Defence Minister, Rai News reported. The new aid package will include an additional battery of the SAMP/T surface-to-air missile system. The system should arrive in Ukraine by the end of September.
The information was shared by Delfi. The number of vehicles and delivery dates have not been disclosed yet, but it is known that Latvia has 198 units of the CVR(T) family in service: FV103 Spartan, FV104 Samaritan, FV105 Sultan, FV106 Samson and FV107 Scimitar. By the way, Latvia acquired some of them from Great Britain.
The Wild Hornets community has demonstrated a new development for an FPV drone that allows it to reach a record 325 km/h.
OSINT analyst H I Sutton reported that the Russians had installed a GPS jamming complex near the port of Gelendzhik in Novorossiysk.
The British company Babcock and Singapore's ST Engineering have begun production of 120mm mortars in the UK.
In the first half of 2024, the German government approved the sale of the latest 155mm wheeled RCH 155 self-propelled artillery systems to Qatar, which will in return provide 12 PzH 2000s to Ukraine.
The photo of the howitzer in the hands of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was shared by the Telegram channel @TyskNIP. This is a 105mm gun built on the HMMWV M1152 chassis. It is currently unknown how many of these self-propelled artillery systems have been transferred to Ukraine.
The information was shared by the country's defence ministry. The new package includes 155mm calibre ammunition, M113 armoured personnel carriers, M577 armoured vehicles, anti-drone systems, Carl Gustaf anti-tank grenade launcher ammunition, RISE-1 remote detonation systems, as well as generators and other equipment.
The US Army and BAE Systems have signed a contract worth more than $440 million for the production of additional Bradley fighting vehicles.
Retired Belgian Colonel Roger Hausen said that the Belgian army does not have sufficient air defence weapons, so they rely heavily on their F-16s to protect their airspace.
The Ukrainian defence industry has launched the production of 5.45×39 and 5.56×45 mm ammunition for the Ukrainian army.
The contract is worth $1.2bn. The number of missiles is not disclosed. It is only known that some of them will be transferred to Ukraine, as well as Bahrain, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Norway, Switzerland and the UK. Raytheon will fulfil the contract until 31 December 2028.
