Ukrainian sappers race to clear the world’s biggest minefield. Frontline report: Ukrainian commandos counterattack Russian positions using drones, stopping infiltration into Donbas routes. A lightning-fast redeployment by Ukrainian elite forces stopped an ambitious Russian attempt at outflanking the strategic town of Lyman. Ukraine intercepts 44 of 90 Russian drones during overnight assault. Sharp drop in defense rate. The Ukrainian air defenses only intercepted less than half of the drones that were coming in, a dramatic drop from their normal success rate of 80-90%. US will arm Taiwan with NASAMS combat-tested air defense systems. NASAMS systems have been 100% effective at intercepting Russian missiles above Ukraine. German arms giant Rheinmetall will open a second Ukraine plant, making it four in total. Rheinmetall will produce infantry fighting vehicles as well as ammunition, gunpowder and air defense systems in its four planned Ukraine factories. Zelenskyy: Ukraine must fight North Korea in Europe. The deployment of thousands of North Korean troops to the Russo-Ukrainian War marks a dangerous new phase in the war and tests the Western resolve to support Ukraine’s territorial integrity. Up to 5,000 North Korean troops have arrived in Russia’s Kursk Oblast to support Moscow’s counteroffensive.Bloomberg: France and Germany skeptical of plan to override Hungary’s veto on Ukraine aid. The European standoff threatens more than EUR6 billion of military assistance as the Russo-Ukrainian War enters its third year. A Russian strike causes a blackout in Khmelnytskyi Oblast – home to a key Ukrainian nuclear facility. Five people are killed in a Russian missile strike on Dnipro, including a police officer’s entire family. The wife and daughter were killed by a local policeman, but his younger daughter survived. Russian drone kills 14-year-old girl in Kyiv highrise. The body of the teen was found on the 20th-floor. EU and G7 members agree on $50 billion in financial assistance for Ukraine. The loans will be serviced by the extraordinary revenues that will result from the immobilization and sale of Russian Central Bank assets. As Ukraine continues its fight against the Russian invasion, and amid growing concerns about Georgian Dream’s democratic backsliding and apparent pivot toward Moscow–polls show that a majority of Georgians support EU and NATO membership.Investigative journalist Christo Grozev: Kremlin plans to interfere in Georgia‘s elections. Grozev warned that if Russia’s plans succeed, it would be the end of Georgian freedom as we know it. Read our earlier daily review.
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