- Poland plans to grant Ukraine’s request for fighter jets (apnews.com)
- Ukraine short of skilled troops and munitions as losses, pessimism grow (washingtonpost.com)
- Zelensky gets the better of Kevin McCarthy (palmerreport.com)
- Ukraine Steps Up Calls for Evacuation of Northeast Town Under Relentless Russian Shelling (nytimes.com)
- U.S. Says It Won’t Stop Drone Flights Near Ukraine War Zone as Tensions Flare With Russia (nytimes.com)Ukraine's military chiefs united in defending Bakhmut, Zelenskyy says (nbcnews.com)Russia plans to recruit 400,000 contract soldiers (theguardian.com)
- Ron DeSantis says protecting Ukraine is not a ‘vital’ U.S. interest (aol.com)
- Turkey cuts trade ties with Russia, Hungary to “rethink” relationship as Western pressure to end sanctions-busting mounts (msn.com)
