Nearly all sophisticated electronic components in Russian artillery systems are imported, and without them Russian forces could barely carry out large-scale strikes on Ukrainian civilians, a representative of Ukraine’s General Staff said, citing US- and Swiss-made chips.
US Transportation Command has shipped the first batch of Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine, sending more than 60 Bradleys from North Charleston, South Carolina, to give Ukrainian forces additional offensive and defensive capabilities against Russia’s invasion.
Ukraine is forming what it calls the world’s first drone attack companies as part of the Army of Drones project, after Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi approved the units, with each commander to receive drones, ammunition, Starlink terminals and other equipment.
The US and its allies are working with Ukraine to combine technology, weapons, tactics and intelligence to counter Russian missile and drone attacks, Pentagon officials told The New York Times, with two NASAMS, Hawk and Avenger interceptors and over 1,600 Stingers sent.
Ukraine’s anti-tank missiles such as Javelins, NLAWs and Stugna-Ps drew global attention, but it was massed Ukrainian artillery that did most to halt Russia’s drive on Kyiv, according to a Royal United Services Institute report on preliminary lessons of the war in Ukraine.
The US is planning to send Ukraine electronic kits that convert unguided aerial bombs into GPS-guided smart bombs, known as Joint Direct Attack Munitions, allowing Kyiv to strike Russian military positions more precisely, The Washington Post reports, citing officials.
Russia is firing ageing nuclear-capable Kh-55 cruise missiles stripped of their warheads at Ukraine, likely as decoys to exhaust Ukrainian air defences, according to British intelligence and Ukrainian reports, in a sign of depleted Russian stocks of long-range missiles.
Russia and the US expect to meet in the coming weeks to discuss resuming inspections of nuclear weapons sites under the New START treaty, a small step towards reviving arms control talks that were suspended after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg reports.
Air defence systems delivered by NATO allies and partners have made a huge difference in Ukraine and are one reason Russia has failed to gain air superiority, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, adding that NATO would soon send hundreds of jammers against drones.
SpaceX will continue to fund Starlink satellite internet in Ukraine for free, Elon Musk said, days after confirming the company wanted to stop paying for the service, which has become vital for Ukraine’s military communications and for civilians in areas hit by strikes.
The Baltic Pipe, inaugurated in Goleniów, Poland, will allow imports of up to 10 billion cubic metres of gas a year from Norway to Poland and transport of 3 bcm annually from Poland to Denmark, helping Central and Eastern Europe cut its dependence on Russian gas supplies.
An overwhelming majority of EU citizens supported investment in renewable energy and reducing reliance on Russian energy, according to summer 2022 Standard Eurobarometer findings released on September 6, 2022.
