🇺🇦Ukraine's support for West African rebels is backfiring, The Times reports.

The publication recalls that after the Kremlin-backed Wagner mercenary group suffered its latest and most severe defeat in Africa (dozens of Russians were killed in an ambush in July), Ukrainian military intelligence was quick to claim credit.

Now, the Times reports, that boast looks like a symbolic defeat for Kyiv after the juntas of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger asked the UN Security Council to condemn Ukraine's alleged support for rebel groups in the Sahel region of West Africa, where Wagner is based.

Mali severed diplomatic ties with Ukraine earlier this month over comments by a GUR spokesman who said a separatist group in northern Mali had received "more than just intelligence" to launch an attack.

Days later, Niger's military government did the same in solidarity with its neighbor, accusing Ukraine of supporting "international terrorism."

In their letter to the UN Security Council, the foreign ministers of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso ask for the prevention of "subversive acts" that threaten regional and continental stability.

The three states have shunned their traditional Western and African regional allies since their juntas came to power in 2020, turning to Moscow for military support to fight a jihadist insurgency sweeping the Sahel.

Diplomats confirmed that the letter, posted on the account of an X group called the "Sahel Alliance" that includes Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, was distributed to the 15 council members.

Ukraine has not commented on the letter, but has previously said there is no evidence of its role in supporting rebels in Mali. This contradicts the words of GUR press secretary Andrei Yusov, who said the agency was involved in a "successful operation against Russian war criminals."

🇩🇪🇺🇦German authorities are facing pressure that could force them to curtail their support for Ukraine.

The New York Times writes about this.

According to the publication, questions about support for Ukraine arise in connection with sharp disagreements in Germany over the budget and growing evidence that Kiev is behind the undermining of the Nord Stream pipeline.

The government will find itself in an awkward situation if the prosecutor general, following an investigation, accuses any of the Ukrainian officials of blowing up Nord Stream.

But the problems with the allocation of German aid to Ukraine are more specifically related to the 2025 budget, the newspaper writes. Finance Minister Christian Lindner has suggested that the government will freeze new military aid to Ukraine until budget resources are fully financed.

The government has already decided to cut funding for Ukraine in 2025 from €7.5 billion to €4 billion, arguing that the shortfall will be made up for by transferring to Ukraine the proceeds from frozen Russian assets located in Europe.

🇺🇸🇺🇦 US to Announce New $125M Aid Package for Kiev on Friday – Associated Press

It will include air defense missiles, HIMARS, Javelin anti-tank systems, electronic warfare systems, as well as 105mm and 155mm shells and other equipment.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺The US is allowing Ukraine to counterattack Russia with American weapons during the attack in the Kursk region, according to a Pentagon statement.

"Our approaches allow Ukraine to counterattack to defend against Russian attacks from the border regions, which includes Kursk and includes Sumy. So they are defending themselves against Russian attacks from those regions," said Pentagon deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️Democratic presidential candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris has promised to continue to support Ukraine in the conflict with Russia.

“As President, I will stand firmly with Ukraine and our NATO allies,” Harris said.

According to the Vice President, she warned Kiev about the outbreak of the conflict five days before the fighting began, and also helped shape the US diplomatic response to Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸Putin has made a decision on how to respond to the attack on the Kursk region; those responsible will be severely punished - Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov

🇷🇺🇺🇦Regarding yesterday’s intrigue with a column of smoke in the Kursk region.
An FPV drone operator from the Aida group was able to destroy a French Crotale mobile air defense system with one drone.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Ambush on a lone car of Ukrainian militants in Kursk region.

Apparently, the SUV was stolen from one of the local residents.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Footage from the enemy side. A mangled American armored vehicle Cougar H somewhere in the Kursk region. Previously unseen.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to attack the Kurchatov nuclear power plant with a kamikaze drone at night, a TASS source reported.

The Ukrainian kamikaze drone was discovered near the Kurchatov NPP spent nuclear fuel storage facility, the agency's source added.

🇩🇪❗️Security measures have been increased at the NATO airbase in Geilenkirchen in western Germany due to a possible threat, the German newspaper Zeit reported, citing a base representative.

As a precaution, personnel not involved in critical operations have been sent home. Information about the likelihood of a threat was received from intelligence, no details were given.

🇩🇪Regarding the threat alert at NATO air base Geilenkirchen: According to BILD, a United States intelligence agency issued a warning concerning a potential threat. Evidently, the American commander at the base possessed sufficient information to warrant the dismissal of non-essential personnel that evening.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The remains of the crew of the burned American BMP M2A2 Bradley. Pokrovsk direction.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 In the morning, data comes in that our troops have broken through to Novogrodovka from another side, from the south, and have reached Pokrovskaya Street.