The USA will provide $300 million in additional aid to Ukraine tomorrow, which will include:

— ammunition for the "Patriot" air defense system;
— ammunition for artillery and HIMARS;
— "Zuni" aviation missiles
— SAM "Avenger";
— MANPADS "Stinger".

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Ukraine has already received about 60 Leopard 2 tanks from the allies, - Defense Minister of Ukraine Reznikov

The coalition includes:
🇩🇪Germany
🇵🇱Poland
🇳🇱Netherlands
🇸🇪Sweden
🇵🇹Portugal
🇪🇸Spain
🇨🇦Canada.

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BREAKING – Poland announces it has signed a deal with the U.S. to buy 800 Hellfire missiles

They will be used by the 32 multirole AW149 helicopters and 96 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters that Poland is also buying.

128 helicopters that can turn Russian tanks into dust.

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JUST IN – South Korea's military says it has located and is salvaging a suspected part of a North Korean spy satellite that crashed into the sea shortly after launch due to a rocket failure. Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff says.

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NATO’s 31 member countries are attending an informal meeting in Oslo today. Sweden’s foreign minister will also take part as an invitee. The meeting is in preparation for the NATO summit in Vilnius in July.

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Soldiers from Bulgaria, France, Italy, North Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania & the U.S. attended the "Saber Guardian 23" exercise, opening ceremony in Romania.

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The Pentagon signed a contract with Global Military Products for the supply of Gepard anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine. The contract is valued at $118 million, the number of Gepard systems is unknown. An estimated completion date May 30, 2024

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Turkish non-nuclear submarine S330 Piri Reis type 214TN first entered the Aegean Sea.

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Finnish F/A-18s, USAFE F-15s and Swedish JAS Gripens flying in close formation over the Arctic skies at joint training exercise ACE23.

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China will send warships to a multilateral naval exercise hosted in June by Indonesia, which has also invited countries such as North Korea, Russia, South Korea and the United States, amid rising tension in the Asia-Pacific region.

China’s navy will send its destroyer Zhanjiang and frigate Xuchang, both equipped with guided missiles, to the 2023 Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo, the defence ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

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Defense ministers of the Philippines, Japan, the US and Australia will hold the 1st quadrilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shangri-La dialogue next month.

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BREAKING – Netherlands wants to buy dozens more Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine, sources say - ANP

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicated that the United States could intervene in Sudan where rival factions are fighting for control of the capital Khartoum.

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Hungarian Foreign Ministry: We refuse to train Ukrainian soldiers under the NATO flag.

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US infantry fighting vehicles M2A2 IFV Bradley in service with the new 47th Ombre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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URGENT – Japan will transfer TNT to USA for shells for Ukraine — Reuters

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"The United States will help Ukraine build a powerful modern armed forces" - US Secretary of State Blinken said this during a speech in Finland

He emphasized that Washington will continue to provide Ukraine with military aid so that ZSU can fight against Russian aggression.

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Germany to look into report that ex-air force officers training Chinese pilots

Der Spiegel & ZDF reported that “at least a handful” of former German air force officers are working as trainers in China, getting paid through companies in the Seychelles.

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