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Ukraine has learned to strike extremely deep in Russia, as Russian air defences are stretched.
The US Army has ordered an additional batch of M109A7 and M992A3 tracked armoured artillery support vehicles worth $493 million.
In 2023, it became known that Ukraine received in service modern anti-aircraft systems Skynex. Now the system appeared on video for the first time.
The president has published a video of the planes in honour of the 20th anniversary of the Ukrainian Air Force. Zelensky did not tell how many F-16s Ukraine received, but according to Western media, it is 6 aircraft. By the end of the year Ukraine will receive another. 14 fighters. The rest of the planes should arrive in Ukraine in 2025. In total, there will be about 80 units.
The information was shared by Clash Report. The event took place at the RMK Marine shipyard in Istanbul. The ceremony was attended by Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska, Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, Navy Commander Oleksiy Neizhpapa and other guests.
The US Department of Defence's Office of Military Cooperation has approved the sale of AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Slovakia.
The Houthis' drone attack on Tel Aviv on 19 July took Israelis by surprise, breaking through the country's battle-tested defences and revealing vulnerabilities.
A new RAND analysis of US national defence says the Pentagon could run out of ammunition within "three to four weeks" in a prolonged war with China.
China is seeking to enhance submarine power through the potential integration of laser weapons.
Deputy Defence Minister Dmytro Klimenkov said at a press conference on Wednesday, 31 July, that 80 per cent of logistics procurement and 70 per cent of weapons procurement is carried out by Ukrainian companies.
This was reported by the publication Hartpunkt. In addition to the systems, Germany can also transfer IRIS-T and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles to them. Unfortunately, the timing of deliveries and their quantity have not yet been disclosed.
The information was shared by the country's Ministry of Defence. We are talking about 14 Leopard 2 tanks in the A4 modification. Germany will give them to the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic will also receive an additional repair and evacuation vehicle Bergepanzer 3 Buffel. By the way, in 2022 and 2023, Germany sent the Czech Republic the same number of Leopard 2A4s and Bergepanzer BREMs in exchange for aid to Ukraine.
On 31 July, it became known that Ukraine had received the first batch of F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters. Now there is also information about the number of aircraft.
The information was shared by the American edition of Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources. The report says that the deadline for deliveries was scheduled for the end of this month and the partners kept their word. Unfortunately, the number of aircraft has not been disclosed yet. It is only known that there are definitely not a lot of them. Most likely, the first planes arrived in Ukraine from Denmark. In total, the AFU will receive about 80 F-16s. By the way, it recently became known that Ukrainian F-16s will use modern weaponry.
The Wall Street Journal has found out information about the armament of Ukrainian F-16 fighter jets, which will soon be available to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
