A mass takeoff by Hellenic Army Aviation OH-58D Kiowa Warrior and AH-64 Apache helicopters fills the sky.

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Russian Navy Kilo Class Submarines Retreating From Crimea

The changing tide of the Ukraine War appear to have led the Russian Navy to ‘regroup’ its forces in the Black Sea. Early during the invasion they loitered boldly close to Odessa. Now the Black Sea Fleet barely sails out of sight of Crimea for fear of Harpoon missiles. Its submarines too have recently shifted their base further from the shadow of Ukrainian attack

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CIA Deputy Director David Cohen said that Xi Jinping told his military that he wants to be able to take over Taiwan by force by 2027.

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JUST IN – The chief executives of Boeing Defense and Raytheon are facing sanctions from China over their involvement in Washington's latest arms sales to Taiwan, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

ℹ Boeing Defense, a division of Boeing Co (BA.N), and Raytheon were the contractors for the sale of 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles to Taiwan.

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🇺🇦⚡Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults in the areas of the settlements of Vesela Dolyna, Bakhmut, Zayitseve, Avdiivka and Novomykhailivka.

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UKRAINE – Prior to the major Ukrainian Kharkiv Oblast counteroffensive, Russian forces launched multiple assaults to captured the city of Sloviansk.

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The border service of Kyrgyzstan stated that shelling continues from the Tajik side, and intense battles are taking place in some areas.

In the evening, Tajik military personnel began shelling the Tamdyk border outpost of the Border Guard Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan.

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Armenia and Azerbaijan said Friday that more than 210 people died in border clashes this week, with Yerevan accusing Baku troops of atrocities in the arch foes' worst fighting in two years.

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Several reports that 🇺🇦 army has forced the Oskil river today and controls Dvoricha, Kupyansk ans Ssosnove on the left bank. This would mean 🇷🇺 defense line is not holding and further liberation of Kharkiv oblast looks realistic. Slava Ukraini!

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Situation update: No major nighttime incidents were recorded in Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan on Saturday, indicating that the ceasefire agreed upon following severe fighting on Friday was still in effect, however Kyrgyz border guards said a village was briefly shelled.

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Fighting on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border continued at night, despite the decision to cease hostilities - 24 people were killed, 87 were injured

Meanwhile, Kyrgyzstan is pulling additional forces and military equipment to the border, and is also strengthening its positions.

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Trophy 2S5 Giatsint-S 152-mm self-propelled gun with AFU fighters crosses the Siversky Donets River somewhere in the Kharkiv region

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BREAKING – The Kyrgyz military opened fire on the Sarkhadchi checkpoint using heavy military equipment.

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🔥 The Russian army's strategic errors in the Ukraine war point to insufficient oversight of its rank-and-file fighters and inherent problems in a military still mired in Soviet-era mentality.

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SYRIA – Russian fighter jets targeting Idlib province, while executing airstrikes on areas to the west of city.

Russian airstrikes comes a few hours after Israeli strikes on Rif Dimashq, Damascus.

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🔄 UPDATE – ⚡ The situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border is tense, but under control - the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan

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Explosions heard in occupied Kherson city

Russian air defence was seen to be active

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