In the early hours of February 24, 2022, Russia launched rocket attacks on Ukrainian territory and launched a direct full-scale invasion. APU repulse the enemy
- South Korea will provide Ukraine with a record $394 million in aid in 2024.
— 98 million for restoration;
— 98 million through international organizations;
— 196 million for humanitarian aid.
The assistance package is 8 times larger than allocated this year. 
- The Ukrainian army declares success in the direction of Verbovo on the Southern Front. 
- Zelensky called Israel's unfair and tough occupation policy towards Palestine an example of Ukraine's honest and justified struggle against Russia.
Zelensky:
“Israel is at war. I see what kind of war this is. Taking Israel as an example, we can minimize losses.”
Israel, which, according to Zelensky, should become a model, has rejected Ukraine's requests for weapons and support from the very beginning of the conflict.
Israel Says It Won't Deliver Iron Dome Ukraine to avoid conflict with Russia. 
- Pope Francis praises historic Russian imperialism against the background of the war in Ukraine
The Pontiff glorifies the reign of the Russian tsars who subjugated Ukraine for their "great culture and great humanity"
Pope Francis praised the 18th-century Russian emperors whom President Vladimir Putin used as a model for his territorial annexations in Ukraine, drawing condemnation from the Ukrainian government and the country's Greek Catholic leader.
On Friday, speaking via video link to a gathering of Russian Catholic youth in St. Petersburg, Pope Francis urged them to follow the path of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, whom he called the rulers of a "great, enlightened empire of great culture." and great humanity.
Source: WSJ 
- The Russian Mi-8 helicopter crashed in the Sosnovsky district of the Chelyabinsk region, killing three crew members.
The crashed Russian Mi-8 helicopter was operated by the FSB 
- German SPIEGEL:
German Investigators Arrest Businessman Selling Electronic Components Used in Russian Orlan-10 UAVs from 2020 to March 2023.
He sent part of the deliveries through third countries, for example, Lithuania and the United Arab Emirates.
The entrepreneur has German and Russian citizenship. 
- Forbes:
During the 13 weeks of the counter-offensive, Ukraine lost only five Leopard 2 tanks out of 71 transferred.
Another 10 tanks were damaged, although even with extremely severe damage, tanks are sent to Poland and Germany for repairs and returned to the front. 
- Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto:
The European Union is in a very bad shape – is constantly weakening due to sanctions and the supply of weapons to Ukraine. 
- New York Times;
The liberation of the village of Robotino by Ukraine means that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have overcome the first layer of Russian minefields, tank traps, trenches and bunkers.
And this, according to military analysts, could potentially create new strategic opportunities.
In addition, the liberation of the village will contribute to raising the morale of the population.
The ultimate goal of the attack on Robotine — Melitopol.
About 24 km from Robotin is the city of Tokmak, controlled by the Russians.
His capture would be of strategic importance.
Abouthowever, as satellite images show, to reach Tokmok, Ukrainian forces will have to break through two more Russian defensive lines. 
- The United States announced a package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $250 million. 
- Lieutenant Colonel Sebastian Vorgull, who heads the German contingent in Slovakia, said that there were still no fatalities among the crew members of the Ukrainian Leopard 2A6 tanks. 
- Ukraine expects to produce and purchase 200 thousand drones per year 
- OSINT-analyst H.I. Sutton:
Russia deployed blockships on the western approaches to the Kerch (Crimean) bridge after attacks by Ukrainian aircraft carriers.
According to reports, these are sunken ferries.
There are no analogues 
- The War Zone:
Representative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that Ukraine has modified its anti-ship missiles "Neptune" to destroy ground targets, and that in the near future they will fly to Moscow and other Russian cities.
In April of this year, Ukraine worked on a modification of the P-360 "Neptun" for the use of missiles on ground targets, but this required a new guidance system, which at that time did not exist.
However, Ukraine has developed a guidance system that delivers a missile to a given location.
The missile's infrared homing head then searches for and locks onto a target based on a preloaded image, and then makes a final attack against that target.
If it can't find the target, the missile stops attacking. 
- Another leak of military secrets on the War Thunder forum.
Limited export documents leaked on the War Thunder forums, this time for the Eurofighter Typhoon DA7.
A user has uploaded a complete 730-page combat manual for the Eurofighter Typhoon DA7 fighter, noting that it hopes to help the developers and that he "can't wait to put it into the game." 
- It is reported that at least 20 Ukrainian kamikaze UAVs attacked the Russian airport of Pskov, some of them hit the battlefield.
Explosions continue at the Pskov airport. 1000 km from Kyiv.
Russian officials confirm that four Il-76 aircraft were damaged in Pskov as a result of a drone attack on a military airfield.
The attacked airport of Pskov is located about 700 km from the border with Ukraine. 
- French mining company "Eramet" announces the suspension of all its operations in Gabon following the coup of the army leadership.
France says it is closely following the situation in Gabon. 
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban:
Statements about the possibility of Ukraine's victory over Russia are lies, such a development of events is impossible. 
If any Western country sends troops to Ukraine, it will mean a direct war between the West and Russia.
This immediately escalates into World War III, so we are in a very dangerous moment.
World War III is knocking at the door and we must be very, very careful.
- Minister of Defense of the Netherlands Kaisa Ollongren:
Romania and the Netherlands have agreed to create a base for training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighters and the corresponding maintenance of these aircraft in one of the training centers in Romania. 
- The military junta of Niger announces the cancellation of all security agreements and hostilities with France.
- The soldiers of Gabon announce on television the cancellation of elections and the dissolution of institutions. 
- Forbes found out whom the authorities have in mind when talking about the nationalization of the energy sector.
It was about the regional gas companies of Firtash, the Russian regional energy company VS Energy and energy assets of Zhevago.
These assets are of strategic importance and the way they are managed poses a threat to the country's security.
Pro-Russian oligarch Firtash still controls up to 70% of the country's regional gas companies, Russians from VS Energy — 6 key oblenergos, including those in the West of the country. Zhevago still controls the largest thermal power plant in the Kyiv region, Belotserkovskaya. 
- Armed Forces of Ukraine have overcome the first layer of Russian minefields, tank traps, trenches and bunkers, – The New York Times.
At the same time, according to Forbes and Oryx estimates, out of 71 German Leopard 2s delivered, only 5 were destroyed during the entire counteroffensive. About 10 more were damaged, but such equipment can be repaired, and almost the entire crew of the destroyed vehicles was able to survive. 
- There will be 200 thousand different drones per year on the balance sheet of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, – Yury Shchigol, Chairman of the State Special Communications Service.
According to him, UAVs will be both purchased and produced by the state. He also added that, on average, 40-45 reconnaissance drones are lost per day by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 
- The United States allocates a new $250 million military aid package for Ukraine.
It will include:
▪️Demining equipment.
▪️Ammunition for air defense, artillery and HIMARS.
▪️Javelin and other anti-tank systems and missiles.
▪️Over 3 million small arms ammunition.
▪️Ambulances.
▪️Explosive ammunition to eliminate interference. 
- NATO is attacking us, - Russians are hysterical after the attack on Pskov 
Carpet Mode introduced in the Tula, Kaluga, Moscow regions and in Ryazan. 
- The map of night events in the swamps looks like this.
it's time for the Russians to create their own application for airborne alarms xD 
- The Russian Ministry of Defense woke up.
All UAVs were shot down by four Il-76s and an oil storage facility in Pskov 
- The record for the duration of the air raid was in Kyiv 
- Approximate missile route 
- All 28 cruise missiles and 15 out of 16 UAVs were shot down over Ukraine at night, – Zaluzhny.
Air defense thank you 
- Public catering establishments in Kyiv will extend their working hours until 23:00, – Klitschko.
The decision will come into force on September 1. Previously, establishments were open until 22:00.
We made a decision just in time, as the summer ended
- French military presence in Gabon: (AP & Le Monde)
About 400 French military instructors are in Gabon.
They are in charge of a regional military training operation and the situation in Gabon has not affected their activities.
The French base in Gabon is considered "one of the smallest on the continent." 
- Where did the attack on Pskov come from? 
We entered from the rear. They even noted on the map how the Russians overlooked it.
- Nuclear superpower - 20 drones attacked an airfield 1,200 kilometers from the front line. At this time, a country whose entire aviation and air defense was destroyed a year and a half ago in three days: 
- Putin does not feel sorry for killing people in the war. And the treatment is fatalabout sick children — don't even dare to ask! 
- Notably burnt 
- We are observing a smooth change in the narrative - Russia was attacked not by the "Kiev regime", not by "terrorists", but simply by "unmanned aerial vehicles" 
- A person who earned 58 million rubles in 2020 is thinking about what else to take away from people with a salary of 15 thousand rubles a month. 
- Movie villains are mostly played by very good people. Alexander Filippenko, who played Azazello, left Russia and is raising money to help Ukraine 
- As soon as we finish with Ukraine, we must immediately take on Kazakhstan © 
- Negative win 
- The company "Baikal Electronics", which produces breakthrough Russian processors "Baikal", went bankrupt.
The company "Baikal Electronics", which produces breakthrough Russian processors "Baikal", went bankrupt.
Initially, the production of all processors «Baikal» stopped on February 27, 2022, when the Taiwanese company TSMC refused to produce completely Russian processors at a factory in the city of Hsinchu.
A little later, in May 2022, the British company ARM revoked the license for the Baikal core design. series M, S and L. After that, the completely Russian according to the documents processor "Baikal" became just an unlicensed copy of ARM, and no other factory in the world, even non-Taiwanese, has the right to produce it anymore.
After the introduction of sanctions from Baikal, as from the plague, even edits to the open Linux kernel were no longer accepted.
August 24, 2023 the company declared bankruptcy and was put up for auction. 
- The White House:
North Korea and Russia make 'major progress' on the supply of arms.
The United States has received information that arms talks between Russia and North Korea have made "significant progress."
Representatives of the Russian Federation and North Korea are constantly discussing possible agreements in the defense sphere.
In particular, Moscow wants to get from Pyongyang "raw materials that will help the Russian military-industrial complex." 
- Forwarding documents VLK: mov can be found about ten thousand people.
"Obviously, I can't say that everything was unprocessed with non-subordinates, but it means partially – tse hulks that we fought through corruption schemes that destroyed the prize. Ukrainians who buy false documents take part in atrocities, – Venislavsky. 
- Ukrainian pilots have accelerated in these preparatory visits and are ready to distribute summer preparatory work on the F-16 vinischum, – Zaluzhny. 
