Since the beginning of the year, the State Special Transport Service, on the order of the Ministry of Defence, has installed 1,066 km of anti-drone protection along key logistical routes.
The Polish defense industry is unable to fully expand its cooperation with Ukrainian companies due to being overwhelmed by large-scale orders; however, in the long term, such a partnership could become one of the most profitable for Poland.
Over the past six months, fighters from the Security Service of Ukraine’s (SSU) “Alpha” Special Operations Center have neutralized more than 50,000 Russian invaders.
The debate in Poland over the transfer of missiles for Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine is primarily driven by domestic politics and is not linked to any actual weakening of the country’s defense capabilities.
From July 1 to 18, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Systems Forces struck 83 power substations in territories temporarily occupied by Russia, including 12 of them over the past three days.
Ukraine's military intelligence has released an intercepted conversation in which a Russian unit commander outlines an assault plan that calls for African mercenaries to attack first, followed by fighters from the Middle East.
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations and special envoy of Pope Leo XIV, visited the site of a Russian missile strike in Kyiv that destroyed residential buildings and claimed civilian lives.
Russian forces have launched 69 attacks on the positions of Ukraine's Defense Forces since the beginning of the day, with the heaviest fighting taking place in the Sloviansk, Kostiantynivka, and Pokrovsk sectors.