Ukraine has recently received a small number of American-made Patriot interceptors capable of shooting down Russian ballistic missiles, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. He did not say how many had arrived or who had supplied them. kyiv also received confirmation of future supplies of the French Crotale surface-to-air missile system, the president was quoted as saying by broadcaster Suspilne. Zelenskyy said this month that Ukraine needs 5% of US Patriot production to meet its needs, but has only been receiving 1%. “From 1% to 5%, I have a few months and millions [of] phone calls and anything else. I do some things I can’t even share. It doesn’t mean it’s outside the law. But I can’t talk about that.” Russia is set to extend its diesel export ban until September as fuel shortages persist in the domestic market, with refineries still idle following repeated Ukrainian drone attacks, three industry sources told Reuters. Russia introduced the ban on diesel exports on July 8. One of the sources said extending the ban until the end of the year is also being discussed. Russia’s Energy Ministry did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. For those fuels other than diesel, the ban is extended until January 31 next year, including a ban on the export of motor gasoline. The export of jet fuel is banned, for now, until the end of November 2026. To make matters worse for the Kremlin, the Ukrainian military attacked the Russian Afipsky oil refinery in the Krasnodar region overnight on Tuesday, causing a fire, the Ukrainian general staff said. The General Staff also reported that two gas separation units at the. Astrakhan gas processing plant in the Astrakhan region were attacked overnight on Monday. Bradley Townsend, a 33-year-old fisherman from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, is believed to be the first British citizen to die fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine, writes Raphael Boyd, a former MP. Conservative security minister and former military man, expressed his solidarity with the family, but added that Townsend had been “incredibly stupid” and “extremely wrong.” “There is no doubt about it, it is criminal because you are participating in an army that is committing the most barbaric war crimes the world has seen in decades.” German investigators found a third drone and suspected military explosives believed to be linked to an attempted attack on Leipzig airport, local media reported. discovered in Kabelsketal, just west of the airport, along with about 50 g (1.8 oz) of a suspected military explosive on August 14, 10 days after the failed sabotage, reports Kate Connolly Leipzig Airport is a military and cargo logistics hub used by NATO and Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines to transport military supplies. Meanwhile, the Swedish military is taking steps to seize Russian-owned land near the Musko naval base in the. Stockholm archipelago “The development of the Russian drone war has changed the threat landscape for Sweden,” the military said. “Therefore, it is necessary to take measures to protect Sweden against the threat posed by aerial and maritime drones.” Ukraine appears to be slowly losing the war against Russia, its ousted Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov told Reuters Ukraine’s presidential office responded that Fedorov had been positive about the conduct of the war when he was in office. changed was his personal status. Fedorov said Ukraine still had “every chance” of winning but urgently needed a plan in the coming months to end the war. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at the weekend that Fedorov’s spending decisions had left a $27 billion hole in the Defense Ministry’s budget and there was no way to fill it.
