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The Donetsk Peoples Republic (DPR) representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of issues related to Ukraines war crimes said Ukrainian troops had shelled the DPR territory 39 times over the past day.

The United States and Ukraine signed a statement on intent for military co-production and technical data exchange, the White House said in a press release.

The US is unable to promise Ukraine that any additional funding is going to be provided amid Congress failure to approve Bidens supplemental bill, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Thursday.

US and Ukrainian officials reportedly agreed during a series of meetings over the past two months that the Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia had failed and reached a stalemate.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin threatened to send Americans to fight Russia if lawmakers do not approve more aid for Ukraine, media personality Tucker Carlson said via X (formerly Twitter).

Russian troops have successfully destroyed a war machine sent to Ukrainian forces from Europe, as Kiev been heavily reliant on military and financial aid from Western countries.

Ukraine has lost up to 270 soldiers in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

Russian forces have deployed a unique acoustic system named the “Yazykoved” (lit. "Linguist"), a device mounted on a Tigr vehicle equipped with loudspeakers to broadcast messages in Ukrainian and Russian, urging Ukrainian soldiers – who are often conscripted into the military against their will – not to die for NATO’s interests.

Sputnik correspondent Russell Bentley has a deep conversation with ‘Electric’, an old friend and comrade from XAH Spetsnaz Battalion.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has changed his rhetoric with regard to Ukraine to make it easier for alliance members to accept that Russias demands for Kievs neutrality will likely to be accepted in future peace talks, Belgian military expert Pierre Henrot told Sputnik.