US announces a $250 million aid package; The Russian Federation lost 6,000 military personnel in the Kursk region. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
Zelensky took part in the Ramstein meeting
President Vladimir Zelensky took part in a meeting of the contact group on the defense of Ukraine at the Ramstein air base. He called on partners to be more decisive in curbing the fear of Russia. Zelensky called for speeding up the supply of weapons to Ukrainian defenders.
He met with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at a defense contact group meeting in Ukraine in the Ramstein format. Zelensky and Austin discussed speeding up the delivery of military aid from agreed support packages and expanding training missions for Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets.
The United States officially announced the provision of a new package of weapons to Ukraine
The United States has allocated a new aid package to the Armed Forces of Ukraine worth $250 million, which includes missiles for the air defense system and other weapons. The defense department said in a statement that this is the 65th tranche of equipment provided by the administration of US President Joe Biden from its own stockpile since August 2021. Among other things, the aid package includes: RIM-7 missiles and air defense assistance, Stinger missiles, HIMARS ammunition, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, TOW missiles.
Germany will transfer new military aid to Ukraine
Germany will transfer another 12 Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery units (self-propelled guns) to Ukraine and, together with partners, will arrange the transfer of another 77 Leopard 1A5 tanks. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said this at a meeting of Ukraine’s defense contact group in the Ramstein format. In addition, Pistorius said that Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands are preparing to transfer 77 Leopard 1A5 tanks to the Ukrainian army.
The President said how many soldiers Russia lost in the Kursk region
During the month of fighting in the Kursk region, Russian troops lost about 6 thousand soldiers killed and wounded. According to Zelensky, today Ukraine controls an area of more than 1,300 square kilometers in the Kursk region. It includes more than a hundred communities.
Russian troops attacked the city of Pavlograd
Russian military attacked Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovsk region. Several fires occurred in the city. It is known that more than 60 people were injured due to the strike. 37 people received psychological help. The oldest victim was 86 years old. The youngest is 4. Three people are in serious condition.
The Russians hit the village of Krasnopolye in the Sumy region with the KABs
Russian troops launched a KAB attack in the village of Krasnopolye, Sumy region, killing one woman and wounding four people, including a 15-year-old girl and a 16-year-old which is male. About 15 private houses were damaged.
A video of another Russian execution of a Ukrainian prisoner of war has surfaced online.
Russian war criminals committed another crime: they shot a Ukrainian prisoner of war. The video contains footage of the execution of a Ukrainian by the occupiers. The Russian invader, after killing one person, said that Ukraine was supposedly “their land” and that they “came to free this land from Nazism.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on the world community to strongly condemn yet another war crime by the occupying army of the Russian Federation. The Foreign Ministry stressed that this war crime is part of Russia’s ongoing gross violations of international humanitarian law, and that Russia’s barbarity is a shame to humanity.
In Kyiv, the vice-rector of one of the private universities was detained for taking bribes.
The vice-rector of the educational institution helped the man with the correct answers when passing university entrance exams. He explained the need to pay money by the fact that “now there are many men who want to be students, in addition to documents and passing entrance exams, they also need $2,000.”
The summer of 2024 was the hottest in the history of weather observations
European climate service Copernicus said this summer’s record temperatures make 2024 the most likely contender for the title of hottest year on record. It surpassed the previous year and set a new temperature record, raising the possibility that all of 2024 will be the hottest on record.
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