Ukrainian steel firm Metinvest is developing a first-person view drone protection kit for the Bradley infantry fighting vehicles operational in the country.
A Ukrainian military commander claimed that his troops were able to dupe Russia into believing that it had successfully taken out Ukrainian fighter jets.
Russia fired dozens of missiles at cities across Ukraine in a massive barrage that killed at least 24 people and smashed into a children's hospital in Kyiv, trapping victims under the rubble, officials said.
An overnight Ukrainian drone attack set a Russian munitions depot ablaze in the Voronezh region, near the two countries' shared border, Russian and Ukrainian officials said.
US troops have completed a withdrawal from their base in Niger's capital of Niamey and will fully depart from Agadez in the north before a September 15 deadline set by the country's military rulers.
The Philippines and Japan signed a key defense pact that will allow the deployment of troops on each other's territory as they boost ties in the face of China's growing assertiveness.
Some 3,000 to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers are fighting alongside the M23 in east DR Congo, said a UN report, which noted that Kigali has "de facto control" of the rebels' operations.
NATO chief Stoltenberg dodged reporters' questions about the condition of US President Biden and whether he thought the leader of the alliance's most important country was fit for re-election.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Taliban, a banned group in Russia, are Moscow's "allies" in fighting terrorism because they are in control of Afghanistan.