NATO members working with defence companies to ensure Ukraine gets more supplies of weapons and equipment, Stoltenberg says "We are providing a lot of support but we need to do even more and be prepared for the long haul," Stoltenberg told Reuters
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Candies in Honor of Patron the Mine-Detection Dog

One hryvnia from each kilogram sold of 'Tuzya classic (Patron)' candies is donated to support Ukraine's State Emergency Service. https://instagram.com/p/CgzAx1ZDEnF/ patron_dsns Instagram
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Soldier’s service record details alleged drug use, robbery, and anal orgies.
This is a remarkable thing to write in a Russia soldier's service record, presumably as retaliation for refusing to fight in Ukraine. "Prone to consuming alcoholic and narcotic substances in large doses, robbery, and anal orgies." (h/t @HelenSzymaski
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Bucha yard infested with Russian vehicles on Feb 24 endangers civilians
My colleague Viacheslav Shramovych lives in Bucha. He shared this pic taken on 24 Feb of a yard in Bucha infested with RU military vehicles. Not going to share photos of mass graves sites here, the ones that tend to occur in Russia-occupied lands. Isn’t it endangering civilians?
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More from Bakhmut: Video linked to Wagner claims of entering the city
More from Bakhmut. Not if it's from today, but it's used with the claims of Wagner entering the city. I would hope my last 3 posts would be enough, but people keep asking questions. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/Rtk8Is45Yj
— Def Mon (@DefMon3) 4 août 2022More from Bakhmut. Not if it's from today, but it's used with the claims of Wagner entering the city. I would hope my last 3 posts would be enough, but people keep asking questions. 1/3
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Ukrainian ambush kills 11 Russian officers at command meeting
Reportedly, this was a Ukrainian ambush of senior Russian officers attending a command meeting and their bodyguards – 11 between the two cars. None are said to have survived.
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Bribed commander fails to transfer soldier as promised
44/ Other commanders abused their position to accept bribes. The mother of a soldier serving with the 126th Coastal Defence Brigade bribed an officer to transfer her son to a safe military base, but was distraught to learn that the promised transfer hadn't happened.
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Battalion Commander Threatens to Shoot Troops to Prevent Desertion
"The battalion is slowly crumbling, who wants to [leave], leaves. The [battalion commander] said we only have one road out – “We have a loaded machine gun, I’ll go out on the road and start [shooting at you] if you try to get out”."
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Sergeant who stole Ukrainian car avoids charges due to clean record
41/ A sergeant "drove away on a car taken from Ukrainians. He crossed the border, gave up his assault rifle, armour, weapon, made it home and they cannot even start a case against him … since he has … no previous criminal case, nothing, so they can’t dig anything up."
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Soldiers rebel and refuse orders while awaiting departure decision
39/ The soldiers in the unit in question faced a potential 30-day wait to hear the outcome of their requests to leave, but in the meantime, they were keeping themselves out of the fighting by "rebelling" and "refusing to carry out orders."
