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.

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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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🔗 Rob Lee (@RALee85):
One of the many bizarre parts of the argument that Russia might try to start a second front somewhere else or threaten NATO is that the Russian military has thoroughly tapped into its units and military assets based in Kaliningrad and near Estonia and Latvia to fight in Ukraine.
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🔗 Yle News (@ylenews):
Exclusive: Russia moves missiles from St Petersburg to Ukraine
https://yle.fi/news/3-12626182
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UKRAINE – Yarova, Donetsk oblast, has reportedly been liberated.

Ukrainian Forces advancing towards Lyman...

The Ukrainian troops have extended the bridgehead near Lyman to connect it to the Svyatohirsk area, watch Lyman when Drobysheve and/or Yampil are liberated.

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🗣 Oleksiy Sorokin, Journalist, editor, manager of Kyiv Independent today on Twitter:

"There are videos of Ukrainian troops crossing both the Oskil River and Siverskyi Donets.

More information will be made public soon, but when this is confirmed, remaining Russian troops in Kharkiv Oblast will be in big trouble."

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URGENT – Turkish raids on the positions of the Syrian army and the Kurds in northern Syria, killing 3 people.

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