🌐 OSINT NEWS – China is expanding the submarine base of the PLAN’s South Sea Fleet on the southern tip of Hainan island with the addition of two new piers.

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China's 1st and 2nd aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong recently held exercises in the Yellow Sea and the S.China Sea. China's 3rd aircraft carrier Fujian is conducting mooring trials as China marks the 10th anniv. of the commissioning of the Liaoning. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202209/1275983.shtml

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Several carrier-borne J-15 fighter jet onboard China’s first aircraft carrier Liaoning took off and intercepted unidentified targets that flew toward the aircraft carrier formation during a recent training activity in the West Pacific.

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UKRAINE – The defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has collapsed - the UA is retreating from the center of Artyomovsk to the western outskirts of the city.

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RUSSIA – Representative of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat : Russia is producing a new type of heavy 1.5-ton aerial bombs . They will be equipped with wings and GPS navigation.
He also added that so far Ukraine does not have the means to shoot down aerial bombs.

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UKRAINE – Satellite imagery shows new 70-kilometer Russian trench in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Russia has dug a 70 kilometer long unbroken trench as part of their defensive lines in the occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, according  to the Center for Journalistic Investigations.

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The Pentagon transmits real-time information to Kiev about Russian strikes, missile arrival times and targets, which allows the Armed Forces to reduce losses - The New York Times

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North Korea did not answer a routine morning call from South Korea via a military hotline for the third day in a row Sunday, officials said. - Yonhap

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Poland to supply Ukraine with 200 Rosomak armored personnel carriers

Poland will supply Ukraine with 200 Rosomak armored personnel carriers and MiG fighters, Zelensky said. Initially, it was assumed that Warsaw would transfer 100 such armored personnel carriers to Kyiv, then this number increased to 150.

The weapons package that Zelensky agreed with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki also includes Rak self-propelled mortars and Piorun anti-aircraft missile systems.

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BREAKING - Secretary General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah is meeting in these hours with the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh and with senior of Hamas, Saleh Al-Arori.

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Estonia's Foreign Minister: We do not rule out buying F-16 fighters and delivering them to Ukraine.

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China's military buildup shows its ambitions go well beyond Taiwan

“The military forces China is constructing are designed for distant power projection, not solely for flexing muscles in its neighborhood."

https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/China-s-military-buildup-shows-its-ambitions-go-well-beyond-Taiwan

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BREAKING: Nearly 20 military ships, about 10 Chinese and 10 Taiwanese, are involved in a stand-off near the Taiwan Strait's median line - Reuters

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In Abkhazia, a check of the combat readiness of the armed forces began, the Ministry of Defense of the republic said in a statement.

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