The Defense Forces struck the infrastructure of the port of Novorossiysk, through which Russia exports up to 20% of its total oil volumes.
Also, Ukrainian drones hit the Kalibr cruise missile carrier — the frigate “Admiral Makarov”. https://t.co/atLYlDZ44B

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Honoring excellence in military medicine 🩺

In Paris, Brig. Gen. Roger Giraud awarded the Order of Military Medical Merit (O2M3) to Lt. Gen. Jacques Margery, recognizing his contributions and strengthening allied medical collaboration.

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U.S. Army Europe and Africa

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RT @SpoxCHN_MaoNing: On #Iran and #Venezuela, the facts and merits are rather clear and so is China’s position. Mr. Burns evaded the root cause, used the U.S.’s hegemonic logic to attack and distort China’s just position for peace, and sought to sow discord. The motive is simply nefarious. https://t.co/irgfRReXWt

CHINA MFA Spokesperson 中国外交部发言人

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🇹🇷 Mavi Vatan Emin Ellerde!

🗓️ 3-9 Nisan 2026
📍 Karadeniz, Ege Denizi ve Doğu Akdeniz

⚓ Mavi Vatan-2026 Tatbikatı, tüm hızıyla devam ediyor.

Tatbikatın amacı;

🔹 Deniz Kuvvetleri Karargâhı ile kuvvete bağlı Komutanlıkların harekâtı sevk ve idare etkinliğinin değerlendirilmesi,
🔹 Unsurların harekâta hazırlık seviyelerinin yükseltilmesi,
🔹 Karargâh personeli ve tatbikata katılan unsurların çok tehditli ortamda muhakeme, öngörü ve karar verme yeteneklerinin geliştirilmesidir.

Ayrıca diğer Kuvvet Komutanlıkları ve Kamu Kurumları ile müşterek çalışabilirlik usullerinin denenmesi hedeflenmektedir.

📌 Bugün (7 Nisan 2026);

🔹 Denizde Akaryakıt İkmali,
🔹 Amfibi Hücum Harekâtı Eğitimleri,
🔹 Denizaltı Savunma Harbi Eğitimleri,
🔹 Karadeniz’de Sürüklenen Mayının Tespiti ve İmhası,
🔹 Hava Temaslarının Takibi ve Hava Savunma Eğitimi icra ediliyor.

🇹🇷 Security of Mavi Vatan is Assured!

🗓️ 3–9 April 2026
📍 Black Sea, Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean

⚓ Mavi Vatan-2026 Exercise is ongoing at full pace.

The objectives of the exercise are:

🔹 To evaluate the operational command and control process of the Naval Forces Headquarters and affliated commands,
🔹 To enhance the operational readiness levels of participating units,
🔹 To improve the judgement, anticipation, and decision-making capabilities of headquarters personnel and participating units in a multi-threat environment.

It is also aimed to test interoperability procedures with other Force Commands and public institutions.

📌 Today (7 April 2026):

🔹 Replenishment at Sea,
🔹 Amphibious Assault Operations Training,
🔹 Anti-Submarine Warfare Training,
🔹 Detection and Disposal of Drifting Mines in the Black Sea,
🔹 Air Surveillance of Contacts and Air Defense Training are being conducted.

#MillîSavunmaBakanlığı
#MaviVatan2026

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Resilient just like the wolves 🐺🇳🇴

Through dark winters and Arctic conditions Norway’s Jaegerbattalion GSV, known as ‘the wolf pack’, patrols the border with Russia from remote cabins and watchtowers, becoming NATO’s "eyes" in the north https://t.co/2diNkeLIcy

NATO

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RT @StateDept: PRESIDENT TRUMP: I’m very disappointed in NATO. Now all of a sudden they want to send us things, but they said it loud and clear at the beginning that they would rather wait until we won to help. https://t.co/wtHYzDhf6q

U.S. Mission to NATO

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تتعامل حالياً الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية مع اعتداءات صاروخية وطائرات مسيرة قادمة من ايران وتؤكد وزارة الدفاع أن الاصوات المسموعة في مناطق متفرقة من الدولة هي نتيجة تعامل منظومات الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية للصواريخ الباليستية، والجوالة والطائرات المسيرة.

UAE Air Defences system are actively engaging with missiles and UAV threats

MOD asserts that the sounds heard across the country are the result of ongoing engaging operations of missiles and UAV's

#وزارة_الدفاع
#وزارة_الدفاع_الإماراتية
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#UAEMinistryOfDefence

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تعاملت الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية مع 1 صاروخ باليستي و11 طائرةً مسيّرة.

أعلنت وزارة الدفاع أنه في 7 إبريل 2026، تعاملت الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية مع 1 صاروخ باليستي و11 طائرةً مسيّرة قادمة من إيران.

ومنذ بدء الاعتداءات الإيرانية السافرة، تعاملت الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية مع 520 صاروخاً باليستياً، و26 صاروخاً جوالاً، 2221 طائرةً مسيّرة.

ولم تُسجَّل أي حالات استشهاد أو إصابات أو وفيات خلال الساعات الماضية، وبذلك، ومنذ بدء الاعتداءات الإيرانية السافرة، بلغ إجمالي عدد الشهداء شهيدين، بالإضافة إلى استشهاد مدني من الجنسية المغربية متعاقد مع القوات المسلحة. فيما بلغ إجمالي عدد القتلى 10 مدنيين من الجنسيات: الباكستانية، والنيبالية، والبنغلادشية، والفلسطينية، والهندية، والمصرية.

كما بلغ إجمالي عدد الإصابات منذ بدء الاعتداءات الإيرانية السافرة على دولة الإمارات 221 إصابة، من جنسيات متعددة تشمل: الإماراتية، والمصرية، والسودانية، والإثيوبية، والفلبينية، والباكستانية، والإيرانية، والهندية، والبنغلادشية، والسريلانكية، والأذربيجانية، واليمنية، والأوغندية، والإريترية، واللبنانية، والأفغانية، والبحرينية، وجزر القمر، والتركية، والعراقية، والنيبالية، والنيجيرية، والعمانية، والأردنية، والفلسطينية، والغانية، والإندونيسية، والسويدية، والتونسية، والمغربية، والروسية.

وتؤكد وزارة الدفاع أنها على أهبة الاستعداد والجاهزية للتعامل مع أي تهديدات، والتصدي بحزم لكل ما يستهدف زعزعة أمن الدولة، بما يضمن صون سيادتها وأمنها واستقرارها، ويحمي مصالحها ومقدراتها الوطنية.

#وزارة_الدفاع
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UAE Air Defenses engaged 1 Ballistic Missile and 11 UAV’s.

The Ministry of Defense announced that on April 7, 2026, UAE air defense systems successfully engaged 1 Ballistic missile and 11 UAV’s launched from Iran.

Since the onset of these blatant Iranian attacks, UAE air defenses have engaged a total of 520 ballistic missiles, 26 cruise missiles, and 2,221 UAV’s.

No martyrs, fatalities, or injuries have been reported in the past hours. Since the onset of the blatant Iranian attacks, the total number of martyrs has reached 2, in addition to the martyrdom of a Moroccan civilian contracted with the Armed Forces. The total number of civilian fatalities stands at 10, from Pakistani, Nepalese, Bangladeshi, Palestinian, Indian, and Egyptian nationalities.

The total number of injuries has reached 221 since the onset of the blatant Iranian attacks, involving individuals of various nationalities, including Emirati, Egyptian, Sudanese, Ethiopian, Filipino, Pakistani, Iranian, Indian, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Azerbaijani, Yemeni, Ugandan, Eritrean, Lebanese, Afghan, Bahraini, Comorian, Turkish, Iraqi, Nepalese, Nigerian, Omani, Jordanian, Palestinian, Ghanaian, Indonesian, Swedish, Tunisian, Moroccan, and Russian.

The Ministry of Defence affirmed that it remains fully prepared and ready to deal with any threats and will firmly confront anything that aims to undermine the security of the country, in a manner that ensures the protection of its sovereignty, security and stability and safeguards its interests and national capabilities.

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الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية تتعامل مع الصواريخ الباليستية والجوالة والمسيرات الإيرانية.

UAE Air Defences engaged Iranian
Ballistic and Cruise Missiles and UAVs Attacks

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#MOD
#UAEMinistryOfDefence https://t.co/HBDlALqy21

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Mavi Vatan’ın Barbarosları ile gökyüzünün çelik kanatları daima göreve hazır! 🌊 🇹🇷

#MillîSavunmaBakanlığı
#GününFotoğrafı 📸 https://t.co/NMP8L4SdYY

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Russia has reportedly provided Iran with a detailed list of critical Israeli energy infrastructure sites that could be targeted in potential strikes, signaling a deepening of military and intelligence cooperation between Moscow and Tehran.
https://t.co/mzQFvF4zj7

Defense of Ukraine

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RT @SpoxCHN_MaoNing: On #Iran and #Venezuela, the facts and merits are rather clear and so is China’s position. Mr. Burns evaded the root cause, used the U.S.’s hegemonic logic to attack and distort China’s just position for peace, and sought to sow discord. The motive is simply nefarious. https://t.co/9hdq6bxWMp

CHINA MFA Spokesperson 中国外交部发言人

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RT @SECNAV: To create a more lethal and ready @USNavy and @USMC, we're not just talking about the future, we're building it. Over the past year, we have taken decisive action.
 
A New Way of Doing Business
▪️The era of free money is over—industry now has skin in the game and investing in their own expansion.
▪️Canceled programs that were not delivering, too expensive, or too slow.
▪️Created accountable Portfolio Acquisition Executives to deliver integrated capabilities.
▪️Established the Rapid Capabilities Office to accelerate the delivery of technology to the warfighter.
▪️PAE Robotics and Autonomous Systems is paving the way to streamline requirements, work with industry, and develop capability.
 
Building the Golden Fleet
▪️Implementing @POTUS’s directive to restore America’s maritime dominance.
▪️Executing the 3 pillars of the Golden Fleet: 1) revitalizing the industrial base, 2) delivering the fleet of the future, 3) changing how we do business.
▪️Expanded shipbuilding capability in a public-private partnership with @HadrianInc to build a shipbuilding ‘factory of the future.’
▪️Integrating 21st Century Force Structure and to realize @USMC Force Design and @USNavy High-Low mix with continued investments in carriers, subs, destroyers, and amphibs.
▪️Delivering new capabilities by accelerating a proven frigate design, and unprecedented investment for the future with a new battleship, Medium Landing Ship, and unmanned capabilities.
▪️Deployed Data Edge Collection Kits to the fleet, allowing ships to collect operational data at the tactical edge for AI and software updates.
▪️Scaled ShipOS to 2 major shipbuilders, 4 public shipyards, and 100 suppliers.
 
Investing in Our People
▪️With @POTUS and Congressional support, delivered a 3.8% pay raise to our Sailors and Marines.
▪️Funded investments to modernize barracks to improve the quality of life on our installations.
▪️Supported our families through childcare fee assistance and increased staffing at our child development centers.
▪️Redefined promotion board precepts to identify and advance leaders based on initiative, competence, and sustained superior performance.

U.S. Navy

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