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Pentagon Spokesperson John Kirby announced that Ukraine had received more fixed-wing fighter aircraft through its allies. He did not specify which fighter jets were sent, how many units were donated, and which country gave them. He later backtracked and said only parts were sent.

40,000 Syrian fighters have reportedly signed up to fight alongside the Russian forces in Ukraine according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

“Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, a fact and status quo that no one can change,” Chinese Minister of National Defense General Wei Fenghe said.

An uncommon but lethal Russian fléchettes from 122mm 3Sh1 artillery rounds were used in Bucha, Ukraine, against civilians.

Members of the Rosgvardia, Russia’s National Guard, are suing the Russian government after they refused to fight in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces reportedly fired cluster munitions at Russian troops to force them out of a village in Husarivka, Ukraine.

A Russian soldier’s wife was recorded allowing her husband to rape Ukrainian women during the onslaught of Putin’s forces in the first phase of its invasion. The couple was later revealed to be Russian soldier Roman Bykovsky and Olga Bykovskaya.

Russian shipbuilder Vostochnaya Verf, the main supplier of ships for the maritime border forces of the Russian Navy, has allegedly stopped production due to no supply of foreign-made components.

Russia is reportedly struggling to recruit new soldiers because potential conscripts are afraid they might die in Ukraine.

Despite being surrounded by the Russians, the remaining Ukrainian forces in Mariupol have refused to surrender and launched a counterattack.

The Russians have launched a new reenergized offensive on the eastern flank, signaling the start of the battle of Donbas.

Putin’s forces captured British fighters Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner after they defended the Ukrainian city of Mariupol with the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Russians are now using them for propaganda.