Despite economic sanctions Russia capable of producing 100 - 150 tanks per month

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"Iceland is preparing a program of long-term financial support for Ukraine: very important", - Ukrainian president Zelensky

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📰 BILD Newspaper: Russia is going to fight against Ukraine until 2026, the Kremlin plans to capture Kharkiv, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia - NEXTA

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Western intelligence: North Korea is carrying out work at Sunan Airport (Pyongyang) to modernize the Il-76 into an AWACS aircraft.

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A pair of US Air Force F-22A Raptors and a Portuguese F-16 during a recent exercise in the Baltic region.

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South Korea and Japan have scrambled fighter jets to monitor Chinese and Russian military activity near the two countries' airspace.

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Ukraine asked Washington for helicopters withdrawn from combat service

The Times newspaper quoted a Ukrainian officer as saying that Kiev had asked Washington for several months to hand over AH-1Z Viper helicopters out of combat service to the US Army, but negotiations faltered.

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The Russian army seized the strategic initiative along almost the entire front
line in eastern Ukraine.

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Chinese, Russian militaries hold 7th joint aerial strategic patrol over the Sea of
Japan and East China Sea.

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The Indian Ministry of Defense today, at the Chitradurga training ground in the state of Karnataka, today successfully conducted flight tests of its promising unmanned aerial wing for the first time.

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The new French nuclear-powered vessel FS Duguay-Trouin S636 today left the Toulon base and went to sea to practice combat training tasks.

This means that recently another nuclear-powered vessel from this range of boats came to Scotland - the FS Suffren S635.

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The Bologovo missile unit of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces (Tver Region) has held a ceremony to put on combat duty another missile regiment rearmed with the Yars mobile ground-based missile system, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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According to the Global Firepower rating, the 10 most powerful armies in the world today look like this:

1. 🇺🇸USA
2. 🇷🇺Russia
3. 🇨🇳China
4. 🇮🇳India
5. 🇬🇧Great Britain
6. 🇰🇷South Korea
7. 🇵🇰Pakistan
8. 🇯🇵Japan
9. 🇫🇷France
10. 🇮🇹Italy

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JUST IN – Belarus: Footage of a surprise inspection of the on-duty air defense forces. The S-300, S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as the Rosa-RB low-altitude radar systems, are involved.

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Airbus announces that the first NH90 helicopter for the Spanish Navy has
flown today for the first time.

It will still have to pass the certification period to be able to operate in the Spanish army.

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The USS Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group exits the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz while being monitored by IRGC surveillance UAVs and escorted by missile speedboats.

While the carrier group was passing the Strait of Hormuz, the IRGC Navy ordered all U.S. warships to keep their helicopters and planes grounded on deck, with which they complied.

IRGC Communication Officer:
"American warship, this is IRGC Navy. We are sending some speedboats towards you. Keep your helicopters grounded and away from our vessels."

U.S. Communications Officer:
"Understand all. Over."

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UKRAINE – Military commissars staged a hunt for residents traveling in minibuses, in Odesa, who have refused to participate in the war the Russian army

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Europe has 5-8 years to rearm its military - German Defense Minister Pistorus

Judging by the context of the interview, the German Defense Minister said that the West expects an armed conflict at the end of the decade.

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China's fourth amphibious landing ship, 075, with a capacity of more than 40,000 tons, was recently launched with a construction period of less than a year.

China's shipbuilding capacity is similar to that of the United States in World War II.

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RARE Picture from Japan: All of the ships assigned to the US Navy are currently in the Yokosuka Naval Base.

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