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Ukraine’s Defense & Military Developments (1/3)
>>> President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Copenhagen for talks with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Nordic–Baltic leaders, securing an additional air-defense system from northern countries and the Baltics and announcing a joint plant in Denmark for missile and drone production to speed Ukraine’s rearmament.

>>> President Zelensky traveled on to Paris ahead of the Coalition of the Willing meeting, emphasizing that security guarantees—not territorial “gifts”—are the near-term objective and rejecting any “South Korean scenario” for Ukraine’s sovereignty and borders.

>>> The Security Service of Ukraine sabotaged the Kuteynikovo rail station in Russia’s Rostov region by destroying a relay system and cutting voltage to the contact network, disrupting military rail logistics to the front.

>>> Air defenses reported a major overnight interception: 430 of 502 Shahed-type drones and most cruise missiles were shot down, with debris causing additional damage at multiple sites; across broader tallies, 451 of 526 air targets were downed, and in August the Air Force neutralized 6,346 aerial threats and struck 438 targets.

>>> The Ukrainian Navy destroyed a Russian high-speed boat attempting to land airborne troops at Tendrivska Spit, eliminated seven and wounding four, thwarting a coastal insertion.

>>> Ground forces repelled multiple assaults and destroyed enemy assets: the 65th Mechanized wiped out a mixed armored group of MT-LBs, APCs and a tank (seven vehicles and 30+ troops); the 118th Mechanized stopped attacks near Mala Tokmachka; the 5th Assault eliminated infantry, shelters and bunkers in the Kramatorsk sector; and Ukrainian fire broke a seven-vehicle column near Vozdvyzhenka.