UKRAINE – A Russian soldier inspecting the aftermath of one of Ukrainian HIMARS precision strike - not much left of the truck, but given the targets of previous strikes and some internals this is likely a command and staff/communications/electronic warfare vehicle.

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UKRAINE – As expected, some of the classic M14 battle rifles, received by Ukraine from the Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia), were converted to be used in a marksman role - this one received a new scope with a mount, suppressor, bipods and modified stock.

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UKRAINE – The Sheikh Mansur Battalion, consisting of pro-Ukrainian Chechens, firing at Russian positions in Zaporizhzhia oblast from one the coolest technicals of this war - a 2B9M Vasilek 82mm self-loading mortar mounted on a GAZ-66 truck.

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1 person died, several injured, a private house damaged as two enemy UAVs had been shot down over Volyn oblast.

📷Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office

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Our capabilities to protect our sky will be strengthened. Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft systems began to arrive in Ukraine. I would like to thank our German partners and personally #DefMin Christine Lambrecht for supporting our country. Looking forward to receiving IRIS-T

🔗 Oleksii Reznikov (@oleksiireznikov)

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Something burning in Donetsk this evening. Unsure what exactly has been struck.

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ISRAEL – Gulfstream G5 Nakhshon-Oron AWACS aircraft for the IAI Force conducted a series of test flights over Israel and the Mediterranean Sea last week.Aircraft took off from Ben Gurion Airport with the time code BDK18,as it is manufactured and equipped at IAI's BEDEK aircraft factory.

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🇺🇦⚡Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled Russian attacks in the Sloviansk direction, on Kramatorsk, in the Ivano-Daryivka area, defenders forced the Russian occupiers to flee, and on Bakhmutsk, near Pokrovsky, battles with an assault group of invaders continue.

Source : evening brief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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Germany has handed over to Ukraine three promised Mars II multiple rocket launchers and three more Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers, said the Minister of Defense of Germany, Christine Lambrecht, according to Welt.

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Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February, 24th. Since this day and until June 28th, Russia launched more than 3,000 missile strikes over the territory of Ukraine.
That's about one missile strike every hour for five months.

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Russia continues to violate the agreement on grain exports from Ukraine.

Early this morning Russia launched 13 rockets on Odesa region. They mostly attacked a railroad bridge in Zatoka near Odesa. This bridge is used to transport grain to smaller ports of Ismail and Reni.

🔗 Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko\_en)

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BIG – Putin 'proposed to have a Turkish drone factory built in Russia' in a meeting with Erdogan

• Erdogan reportedly revealed Putin’s proposal to colleagues while claiming Bayraktar TB2 maker Baykar is establishing a plant in the UAE

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China has for the first time sent a TB001 combat and reconnaissance drone on a solo mission through Okinawa Prefecture’s Miyako Strait, traveling from the East China Sea into the Pacific near Taiwan, according to the Japanese Defense Ministry

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U.S. approves to treat injured Ukrainian troops at US Military Medical Center in Germany: Defense Secretary

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JUST IN – Beijing says it seeks peaceful reunification with Taiwan after both Trump and Biden allies back the proposed Taiwan visit by Pelosi and Pompeo.

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EXPLAINER: Why is a Pelosi visit to Taiwan causing tension?

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Turkish Defense: Two Turkish soldiers were killed in the Euphrates Shield operations areas in northern Syria.

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The Philippines has canceled a contract with Moscow for the purchase of 16 Mi-17 multipurpose helicopters worth $228 million due to possible sanctions, - Associated Press

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