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Russia’s Defence Ministry claims that its troops have killed 1,325 Ukrainian soldiers in the last 24 hours.
Ukraine’s military says it shot down three additional Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers, marking the latest win over Moscow’s air force.
The European Parliament believes Russian President Vladimir Putin holds “criminal and political responsibility” for opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s death and should be held accountable.
Putin’s threat to the West that sending military to Ukraine could lead to nuclear war should be taken seriously, according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling for the transfer. >>V-BUCKS<<
Poland has struck an agreement with the United States to purchase a $2.5 billion integrated battle command system, according to the country’s defense minister.
The NATO and EU member has made significant military purchases in recent years, primarily from the United States and South Korea, amid security worries about the conflict in neighboring Ukraine.
Warsaw presently spends more than 4% of its GDP on defence, the highest among NATO countries.
“The Polish army is acquiring an operational brain for air and missile defense systems,” Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz stated alongside the US ambassador in Warsaw.
According to Ukrainian law enforcement officials quoted by Ukrainska Pravda, the North Korean KN-23/24 ballistic missiles used by Russia to hit Ukraine earlier this month contained electronic components manufactured by European, Japanese, and Chinese companies.
According to journalistic sources, the earlier missiles that fell in Kyiv’s Obolonskyi neighborhood had Western microcontrollers, flash memory drives, converters, power supply, amplifiers, and satellite signal patch antennas.
North Korea used components from businesses such as Germany’s Siemens, the United States’ Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc and Analog Devices, Inc, Japan’s NSK Ltd/NSK Automation, China’s Zhongkewei, and others to build missiles that were later purchased by Russia.
Ukrainian forces in the east have failed to locate reliable new defenses during the last week as Russian troops continue to advance after seizing Avdiivka, implying that artillery and other shortages are limiting Ukraine’s capacity to hold the 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line.
Ukrainian soldiers withdrew from Avdiivka on February 17 following a four-month Russian assault to capture the town.
Ukrainian defenders withdrew from the settlement of Lastochkyne, 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) west of Avdiivka, on Saturday, having never had the opportunity to establish solid defenses under fire.
“There were no defences built there, and the fighters had to withdraw from the battles in Avdiivka and gain a foothold in the very process of hostilities,” one Ukrainian military reporter identified as DeepStateUA said on Telegram to his
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