Sinéad Baker

Russia is firing 10 times more artillery than Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Russia also has 30 times more aircraft, he said, in a worrying sign for the country.

Ukraine's ammo shortages are also affecting its US-made HIMARS, an American veteran told BI. Soldiers are now having to pass on targets they once would have hit, he said.

A US veteran said ammo shortages have forced Ukraine to hold fire with its HIMARS and give targets they would have hit before a pass.

Ukraine desperately needs more air-defense systems, including Patriots. The Dutch PM said his country could buy them off of more reluctant allies.

The UK's military chief told the FT that Ukraine's "ability to continue deep operations" inside Russia will increasingly become a feature of the war.

Ukraine is preparing for the arrival of F-16s by developing ways to keep the jets safe while they are at base, its air force said, including bunkers.

A Russian zoo said it sent two peacocks to those fighting in Ukraine. It said it wanted to "brighten up soldiers' everyday life in combat."

A US veteran in Ukraine said the US has not been sufficiently training for war with a near-peer or peer-level adversary, like Russia or China.

Foto: Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images An American veteran who fought in Ukraine said the US "kind of forgot what it means to actually fight a war."

A Ukrainian unit is using M2 Brownings on the back of pickup trucks to try to shoot down Russia's expensive Shahed drones and spy planes.