Many bloggers praised Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose paramilitary organization Wagner group relocated to Belarus after a failed armed action. Infighting among Russia’s pro-war bloggers is increasingly coming to the fore. The jets would then be transferred after training, a task Zelenskyy conceded would be “challenging.” Niha Masih, Victoria Bisset, Serhiy Morgunov, Natalia Abbakumova, and Eve Sampson report for the Washington Post. Ukrainian pilots will begin training in F-16 fighter jets this month, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Vivian Salama reports for the Wall Street Journal. Ammunition shortages have been a problem for Russia and Ukraine. “This is yet another example of how desperate Putin is becoming, because his war machine is being affected by the sanctions and the export controls,” Kirby added. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said would violate several U.N. Russia is looking to secure further munitions supplies from North Korea, a move that U.S. Russian warships destroyed Ukrainian boat drones as they attacked a Russian naval base near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk today, Russia’s defense ministry said. In a meeting with Morawiecki, Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda said, “We stay vigilant and prepared for any possible scenario.” Claudia Chiappa reports for POLITICO.

Morawiecki said that the number of Wagner troops in Belarus could exceed 4,000. The paramilitary organization Wagner group in Belarus is trying to “destabilize” NATO, Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned yesterday. Monika Pronczuk reports for the New York Times. In response to this threat, Poland is redeploying troops to its eastern border from the west.

Poland and Lithuania, both NATO members, warned yesterday of “provocations” and “sabotage actions” from paramilitary organization Wagner group forces in neighboring Belarus, Poland’s defense minister, Mariusz Blaszczak, warned.

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