UPDATE – First Deputy Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Nuran Niyazaliev said that Tajikistan during the current conflict used not only armed forces, but also irregular paramilitary formations.

🔥 The Tajik military blew up a 36-meter road bridge in the Batken region of Kyrgyzstan.

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At least 24 people are killed in clashes along Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border

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UA delivers powerful strikes from NATO guns in the center of Donetsk
Today, 5 people have already been killed and 8 wounded in the city...

🔗 Sprinter's shadow (@Sprintershadoo)

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Hezbollah is having a very bad day. A million Captagon pills hidden in a shipment of grapes at Beirut port have been seized by Lebanese authorities.

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Ukraine Situation Report: Biden Warns Russia On Nuclear Weapons Use

Citing claimed Ukrainian attacks, Putin threatens more severe strikes as Biden warns of U.S. response to nuclear, chemical weapons use.

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A rare look at the shadowy Mk 1 Sealy in operation. No photo has ever been taken this close!

🔗 Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation\_Intel)

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The Syrian regime and Russia launched air strikes, artillery shelling and cluster bombs in the north western Syrian provinces of Idlib and Aleppo on Saturday.

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GERMANY – The head of the Union of Bundeswehr military personnel, Andre Wüstner, called on the authorities to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine from the presence of its own army.

The transfer of weapons and ammunition has already led to a colossal depletion of the German Armed Forces, which threatens not only the ability of the troops to ensure the security of the FRG, but also to conduct exercises.

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China and Russia will hold the 17th round of strategic security consultation & 7th meeting of the China-Russia law-enforcement and security cooperation mechanism from Sep 18 to 19. Nikolai Patrushev of the Russian Federation Security Council will attend the meeting in China.

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At night, Russian troops shelled the center of #Kramatorsk, #Donetsk region. The strike struck a hotel.

🔗 NEXTA (@nexta\_tv)

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WATCH: US Navy cruiser USS Antietam (CG-54) fires standard missiles during a live-fire exercise in Philippine Sea on June 8.

🔗 Ryan Chan 陳家翹 (@ryankakiuchan)

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JUST IN – Ukraine is conducting non-public negotiations with the United States on the supply of F-16, Patriot air defense systems, MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAV - Politico

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NEW – None of Germany's partners sent Western-style battle tanks to Ukraine, and Berlin, for its part, does not want to take individual steps - German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht

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SYRIA – After the PKK/YPG organization carried out a mortar attack on the Turkish Esentepe Border Post in Şanlıurfa, Suruç, Turkey from the Ayn al-Arab/Kobani region in Syria, Turkish warplanes are hitting the YPG and Syrian Regime joint positions.

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RUSSIA – New study reveals comprehensive buildup of nuclear missile test-ground at Novaya Zemlya

Russia is about to scale up its dangerous testing of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, according to a study of satellite images

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German Leopard2 MBT for Ukraine:
Initiative lead by Germany to equip a Ukrainian Brigade with ~80 of this tanks:

A dozen countries in Europe, Turkey, Canada... using this tank type, are able to: repair or send spare parts, ammo, train tank crews etc.

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👀 an analysis of satellite images shows that Russia has been emptying air defence batteries around Saint Petersburg to source missiles to Ukraine

Via @yleuutiset

Suomi = Finland
Venäjä = Russia
Viro = Estonia
Pietari = St. Pete
Red dots = empty bases

https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12588962

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