Zelenskyy submits draft laws on extension of martial law and mobilisation to Rada

A Ukrainian F-16 has shot down a Russian fighter jet in an air-to-air engagement for the first time. General Dan Kane, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced this aerial victory for Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered Mykhailo Fedorov a position in the government in the field of technology. The former defence minister reportedly turned down the offer, as he believes it is impossible to implement his defence strategy without the powers of the Ministry of Defence.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Mykhailo Drapaty as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He will replace Oleksandr Syrskyi once the personnel decisions have been formally finalised.

The Hungarian party Fidesz has stated that the public prosecutor’s office carried out searches at the office where its servers are housed. The party has accused the government of attempting to obstruct its activities.

Kesh Patel, Director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, may visit Russia this autumn. According to Politico, the trip is currently being planned, and the details are still subject to change.

Over the past 24 hours, there have been 219 combat engagements on the front line. Russian forces carried out two missile strikes and 92 air strikes, whilst the Defence Forces struck enemy command posts and other key targets.

Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has lost a further 1,330 servicemen in the war against Ukraine. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the total losses of Russian personnel since the start of the full-scale invasion have exceeded 1.43 million.

The Ukrainian military carried out a strike on the Russian military airfield ‘Khalino’ in the Kursk region, resulting in the destruction of a MiG-29 fighter jet and a ‘Pantsir-S1’ anti-aircraft missile and gun system.

Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the illegitimate President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, has stated that Russia considers the possible deployment of NATO military contingents on Ukrainian territory to be unacceptable. According to him, this is precisely how the Kremlin justifies the so-called ‘special military operation’.

Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new missile, the Adapted Capability Effector, for the Patriot systems, which is set to become a cheaper alternative to PAC-3 interceptors. The development was unveiled against a backdrop of growing demand for missile defence systems in the wake of ballistic missile attacks.