The Defence Forces of Ukraine are set to receive new NVDM-14 LS3 night vision monoculars and ATND-TTM-640-50-LRF thermal monoculars. The Ministry of Defence's Defence Procurement Agency DOT has contracted 750 of these devices manufactured in 2026.
There has been a sharp escalation of Ukrainian strikes on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, Energodar, and surrounding areas since the end of April, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said on Friday.
Moscow sees that Kiev is not inclined to a peaceful resolution of the situation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
Russia's air defenses destroyed nearly 5,000 drones over the course of one week, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday that it had thwarted a large-scale terrorist attack planned by Kiev, involving the bombing of the Rostov-Tsentralny military air base.
Volodymyr Zelensky tried to blackmail NATO countries with the prospect of Ukraine having nuclear weapons in order to boost support for Kiev, but his approach was ignored, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
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