#NorthKorea Korea and #Russia may be preparing a large-scale military provocation in October, before the US presidential election, NBC News reports.
The #US is also worried that the strengthening of the military alliance between Putin and Jong-un could significantly expand the DPRK's nuclear capabilities.
#Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation opened an inquiry into the 125th Brigade and its subordinate units over the lack of preparedness and improper organization of defenses in #Kharkiv Oblast.
According to the preliminary investigation detailed in the court document, the 125th Brigade and its subordinate units "did not properly organize the defense of positions on the border of Kharkiv Oblast" due to a "careless attitude to military service."
#Germany has delivered a new batch of military assistance to #Ukraine, which includes artillery shells, #Leopard 1 AP tanks, machine guns, drones, rifles and ammunition.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, #Russia has suffered heavy losses in both personnel and military materiel. The high rate of losses is forcing #Moscow to send units into battle with improvised equipment, saving its limited resources until everything else has failed. It is a sign of weakness in the invading forces which can be overlooked by headlines about Russian advances on multiple fronts.
While the Russian authorities boast that they were able to replace the “toxic” #dollar and #euro by transferring a significant part of transactions to the #yuan, the Central Bank is sounding the alarm. For normal operation, companies must be able to attract financing in yuan, but Russian banks are in short supply. #China does not provide them, so you can only rely on the Central Bank and the savings of Russian companies and citizens.