Over the past week, the Ukrainian military liberated 9 square kilometers in the east.

The defense forces are moving in the Bakhmut direction, while Russia continues to advance in the Limansky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. In the south, the Ukrainian military continue their offensive in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions.
Over the past week, it was possible to release 28.4 sq. km. territories.

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UPDATE – Israel has launched the first large ground-based offensive against the West Bank in 20 years.

Battles are taking place in Jenin, where at least 7 have been killed on the Palestinian side, while an Israeli soldier has been wounded.

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The United States is looking for contractors to re-equip a number of Greek ports in order to transfer military equipment to the border with Russia, writes the Rizospastis newspaper, an organ of the Greek Communist Party.

Greece and the United States made changes in October 2019 to the agreement on mutual defense cooperation, which was concluded in 1990. The document refers to the expansion of the US naval base in Souda Bay on the island of Crete, the use of an air force base near the city of Larisa, an army aviation base in Stefanovikio (Magnisia region) and the port of Alexandroupolis in northeastern Greece.

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Russian spy ship Admiral Vladimirsky has been in the Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone North Sea for almost a week - Marineschepen

Dutch Frigate Zr.Ms. De Ruyter patrols near Russian ship. Coastguard vessel Guardian also on site.

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Cypriot national guardsman are reported to have been undergoing training in Israel on the Merkave MBT. Training is done in 4 week basic courses and has been ongoing since May.

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UKRAINE – The Russians have concentrated more than 180,000 soldiers in the East, — The speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces, Cherevaty

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The Iranian Tasnim agency publishes footage of tests of the Fateh 360 short-range guided missile.

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Russia agreed with Iran on the launch of production of Shahed drones in Yelabuz, — rosZMI.

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Russian army captured British micro-drone Black Hornet in eastern Ukraine.

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USAF Cobra Ball 61-2662 as Stoic-89. Third straight day on the hunt for North Korean ballistic missile launches.

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German Defense Minister Pistorius said that Ukraine will receive dozens of Leopard 1A5 tanks from Germany and Denmark in the coming weeks.

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Taiwan military holds live fire drills on strategic southern coast

The drills on Monday, which included multiple missile launches from mobile platforms, were intended to simulate a response to an amphibious landing.

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UPDATE – The Israeli army destroys a Palestinian home in Jenin refugee camp, which has been besieged for over 24 hours.

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NEW – The last Ariane 5 rocket was hauled to the launch pad on Monday at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe’s South American spaceport. Ariane 5, which for years was the world’s leading commercial satellite launcher, is scheduled to make its final lift off on Tuesday, carrying a French military satellite and a communications technology testbed spacecraft for Germany.

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The Russian Armed Forces have captured another almost intact British made Storm Shadow Cruise missile launched by Ukraine Air Force's Su-24M/MRs.

It is said that Russia is sharing wreckage of the western captured weapons with Iran for research and studies in exchange for Iranian weapons.

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