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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the IDF Yahalom Unit (special unit of the Combat Engineering Corps), at the IDF Immanuel Base, and was accompanied by the Head of Ground Forces Command, Maj.-Gen. Tamir Yadai and IDF Chief Engineering Officer

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Ihor Tantsiura from the post of commander of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and appointed Anatoliy Barhylevych to this position.

Ukraine needs a professional army in the long run, relying on several trained reserves, says the country's Defence Minister, Oleksii Reznikov. Source: Reznikov's article for Interfax-Ukraine news agency Quote: "The human aspect of Ukraine's defence of the future is a professional army with a transparent military career path and a high level of social protection, based on a trained reserve formed of all men liable for military service and involving women on a voluntary basis (...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the Ukrainian military for liberating Zmiinyi (Snake) Island in the Black Sea from the Russian invaders. Exactly one year has passed since this event. Source: Zelenskyy's evening address Quote: "Today is the first anniversary of the liberation of Zmiinyi Island from the Russian invaders.

The IDF says an investigation launched by the Military Police to obtain further details in the incident which also wounded three with findings to be delivered to the Military Advocate General,

Work is proceeding according to plan, no waves of mobilization are expected, the fact that up to 300,000 people have been called up in the Russian Federation has long been taken into account, Roman Horbach, head of the personnel department of the headquarters of the Ground Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), said.

The presentation of a film about sexual crimes committed by Russian troops has taken place in the city of Kyiv — Ukrinform.

Eitan Fichman's sister Shira says he 'kept the family strong' after the loss of their sister Efrat; family says agreed to autopsy of body of soldier, who was otherwise healthy, but postmortem not carried out due to lack of available doctors

Tank loader Eitan Fichman was found unconscious by his commander with a severe head injury, having apparently been hit by a breechblock; IDF launches probe into the incident

Ukrainian armed forces say a Russian BTR-82—wheeled armored personnel carrier—and its personnel have been attacked in by the 53rd Mechanized Brigade.