🇺🇦🤝🇺🇸 The UKRAINIAN-U.S. exercise Sea Breeze kicks off in the Black Sea on Monday, five days after the high-profile incident with the British destroyer Defender.

What you need to know:

⚓️ The exercise will be the largest in 20 years

⚓️ About three thousand military personnel will take part in the maneuvers, half of which are Ukrainian. The parties involve dozens of ships and aircraft, as well as special forces

⚓️ The exercises will last until July 10 and will be held in the Black Sea, as well as in the Nikolaev, Kherson and Odessa regions

⚓️ The main task is to improve the interaction between the units of the Ukrainian and US Navy, NATO member states.

⚓️ The Ukrainian military intends to focus on the elements of anti-aircraft and anti-submarine defense, countering illegal armed groups and the landing of amphibious and airborne assault forces

⚓️ The Russian Foreign Ministry called the Sea Breeze a provocation.

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🇾🇪 YEMEN – Unconfirmed reports suggest that Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists have captured the Al-Duhaida area in the Al-Jawf province from Saudi-led Coalition forces.

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⚓ Russian Navy exercises in the Eastern Mediterranean ⚓

The operational formation of the Navy, together with aviation, conducted exercises in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, in which the MiG-31K with the latest hypersonic Kinzhal missiles took part - these fighters arrived at the Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria on the eve of the maneuvers.

Also in the air were Tu-22M3, Su-35, Su-34, Il-38 and Tu-142MK anti-submarine aircraft. At sea, they were supported by five ships, including the missile cruiser Moskva, frigates Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov, and two submarines Stary Oskol and Rostov-on-Don.

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⚡ RUSSIA – Anti-aircraft gunners of the Russian military base have been training in South Ossetia, the press service of the Southern District reports.

During the training, the servicemen destroyed "enemy" flying objects using the Tor-M1 anti-aircraft missile system.

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🇦🇫 AFGHANISTAN – Afghan army equipment has been captured by Taliban militants in the Mukur region of Ghazni province.

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The first meeting of combat aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces and the F-35B of the Royal Navy of Great Britain took place in the air over the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. The passage of the fifth generation fighter was recorded from the board of the frigate "Admiral Makarov".

Russian aircraft operate from Khmeimim, the British - from the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.

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⚓🇯🇵 The Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF)

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