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The United States is on track to produce 100,000 155mm artillery shells each month by 2025, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante stated on Friday.

The Ukrainian forces have lost approximately 440 soldiers in the Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said, adding that the Russian forces have repelled 11 attacks in these areas.

NATOs ammunition stockpiles are running dangerously low, with demand outstripping supply, head of the Norwegian armed forces Eirik Kristoffersen said on Thursday.

Russian T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks ravage Ukrainian defenses as the counteroffensive stalls. On Thursday, Russian forces successfully destroyed strongholds with Ukrainian troops in the Krasny Liman Direction.

Battles raging around-the-clock – the enemy never stops trying to pincer the city, trying to seize the dominant heights, while the volunteer formations are holding the southern flank. Why deputies, children of wealthy parents and other ordinary people decided to go to the front - read in Sputniks material.

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) withheld documents from the White House on anti-government extremist groups in Syria producing sarin gas and has been providing "insanely" optimistic assessments on the conflict in Ukraine, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh stated on his Substack blog on Wednesday.

Ukraines potential membership in NATO will not bring peace to Europe, while Russia will only consider it as provocation, Frances ex-president, Nicolas Sarkozy, told said on Wednesday.

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Monday dismissed accusations of "treason" in connection with his refusal to activate the Starlink satellite network over Crimea to aid Ukraines attack on Russias fleet.

Ukrainian troops tried to advance with tanks and armored combat vehicles near Opytnoye village, but suffered serious losses, Denis Pushilin, acting head of the Donetsk Peoples Republic (DPR), said on his Telegram account.

Russian air defense systems intercepted another Ukrainian aircraft-type drone over the Bryansk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.