🇺🇸⚓ Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Rhode Island arrived in 🇬🇧 HM Naval Base Clyde (Faslane), Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for a scheduled port visit, July 1.

The visit demonstrates the US Navy's commitment to our allies and partners in the region.

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🇺🇦⚡There are battles on the outskirts of Lysychansk, the situation is difficult. At the same time, it is impossible to definitively say that the city is under the control of the Russian army, Zelensky said in response to Suspilne's question during the briefing.

"There really is the most difficult situation in Lysyschansk, it is the most dangerous one, and we have no advantage there, and it's true, it's our weak point", - Zelensky added.

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Heavy rain has flooded North Korea's region containing its core nuclear reactor, state media reported.

"Yongbyon county is the area that has received the most rainfall this monsoon season in North Phyong province," KCTV claimed.

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US-supplied FGM-148 Javelin in use by Ukrainian serviceman destroying a Russian armoured fighting vehicle from a long distance.


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Algerian sources report that the country's Air Force purchased two AWACS A-100E aircraft from Russia.

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⚡️ Intelligence chief: Belarus is not preparing for war in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Intelligence Directorate Head Kyrylo Budanov says there’s no serious threat of Belarusian troops crossing the border with Ukraine.

🔗 The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)

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UKRAINE – The DPR JCCC (separatists) confirms the shelling of Donetsk by the Ukrainian military from 155-mm NATO howitzers.

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The IAF (Israeli Air Force) begins a drill over Romania, dubbed "Blue Sky," aimed at training the C-130 and C-130J transport aircraft for flights in unfamiliar territory at low altitudes, the military says.

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Iran Media: Hundreds of Russian airborne forces arrive in NE Syria

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🚨 BREAKING – Donetsk Republic sentences a citizen of Sweden to death for allegedly fighting for Ukraine as a mercenary.

The Swede was among Azov Batallion fighters evacuated from Azovtal, and was ironically identified by Swedish mercenaries fighting for Donetsk.

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Not enough Belarusian troops at border to launch attack, Ukrainian interior ministry advisor says

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BREAKING – 300 inmates are on the run after a suspected Boko Haram raid on a prison in Nigeria capital.

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NEW – Ukraine: Two Russian Kalibr cruise missiles were shot down by the Air Defence Unit of Operational Command South on the night of June 6. The missiles were launched from a Russian submarine in the Black Sea and were targeting Mykolaiv Oblast, says the Command

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Ivan, nicknamed “Grandpa", shot down a Russian fighter jet on his first attempt at firing a MANPADS!

Previously,he had only fired them in a digital simulator.

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🔗 Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24)

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Video of Ukrainian air defenses reportedly intercepting Russian missiles.
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Russian warehouse in the south recently destroyed by Ukrainian forces.
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JUST IN – Iran's Fars news agency, close to the IRGC, says a UK deputy ambassador was arrested (along with other Westerners) will be expelled from the country. Claims he was in a desert -- with his family -- collecting soil samples and was therefore a "spy"

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🇺🇦⚡️General Staff: Ukrainian military repels Russian attacks near Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast.

Ukrainian troops stopped a Russian offensive near the village of Myronivka, about 30 kilometers southeast of Bakhmut, and near the settlement of Holmivskyi, 20 kilometers south of the city.

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