Ukrainian sappers have been actively clearing mines in several sectors of the front in recent weeks in anticipation of a counteroffensive.

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NEW – Italian supplied M109L howitzers on their way to Ukraine.

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BREAKING – Ukraine's President Zelensky says that he is now ready to launch the long-awaited counteroffensive

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraines-zelensky-we-are-ready-for-counteroffensive-22f4f3f2

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URGENT – UK Defense Secretary: Ukrainian Armed Forces will liberate Crimea by year's end.

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RUSSIA – Tanks removed from storage by the Russians are being transported to repair plants, the railway station in Perm.

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The Italian military during today's parade showed a very rare, but already decommissioned AE90 underwater vehicle to deliver combat swimmers to the place of operations.

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Taiwan war would be ‘devastating,’ warns US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as he criticizes China at Shangri-La security summit.

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Turkey plans to send commandos to Kosovo on Sunday and Monday in response to a NATO request to join the alliance's KFOR peacekeeping force following unrest in the north of the country, the Turkish defence ministry said.

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a meeting with Erdogan in Turkey: Sweden has done everything that was required of it, and its membership in NATO must be confirmed.

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LEBANON – The 2nd Artillery Regiment of the Lebanese army fired at naval targets with 130 mm rockets and artillery launchers in the Hanoush shooting range - Hamat.

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Kremlin: any supply of long-range missiles to Kyiv by France and Germany will lead to a further round of "spiralling tension" in the Ukraine conflict.

"We are already starting to see discussions about deliveries from France and Germany of missiles with a range of 500 km or more," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "This is a completely different weapon which will lead to, let's say, another round of spiralling tension."

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The United States plans to transfer 300 M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 150 M1A2 Abrams tanks, as well as hundreds of military equipment to Greece.

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Germany will send two warships to the Indo-Pacific in 2024, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Sunday, amid rising tensions between China and Taiwan and over the disputed South China Sea.

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CHINA – High definition visual reveals 2 cracks on the deck of the Fujian aircraft carrier

Recent online rumors says, one of China's two home-built aircraft carriers allegedly has cracks on deck. Satellite images of the Fujian aircraft carrier confirms the rumor.

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The US has approved a sale to the Ukrainian Government of the 'National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System' (NASAMS) and associated equipment, which is estimated to cost around $285 million.

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New missile-warning satellite relay station will deploy to Guam in 2025

Guam has long been called the U.S. military’s “tip of the spear” in the Indo Pacific, owing to its proximity to the South China Sea, North Korea and China

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-06-02/guam-missing-warning-relay-station-10310156.html

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Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar says today Ukrainian troops have made significant advances north and south of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast.

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NATO scrambled to meet Russian bombers, interceptor aircraft north of carrier strike group

The Russian sortie with at least nine aircraft flew to the western Barents Sea, but returned home instead of continuing south towards the areas where the "USS Gerald R. Ford" is operating.

https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2023/06/nato-scrambled-meet-russian-bombers-interceptor-aircraft-north-carrier-strike-group

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Looks like the U.S. Aircraft carrier USS «Gerald R. Ford» (CVN-78) has made it up to the Vestfjorden area, well north of the Arctic Circle.

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