URGENT – Estonia will purchase ATACMS operational-tactical missiles and HIMARS MLRS from the US.

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Romania’s Defense Ministry reveals that Russia is waging electronic warfare against Romania.

Daniel Petrescu, the Army Chief of Staff of Romania, says Russia is “actively & constantly” jamming GPS communications of ships in Romanian waters, increasing the risk of collisions.

🔗 Visegárd 24

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Royal British Navy aircraft carrier R09 Prince of Wales arrived in Norfolk, Virginia

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The Ukrainian GUR conducted a strike on the "helicopeter tarmak" in Sochi, Russia.

Russian Milanalyst Rybar: "In Sochi, at about eight in the morning, a UAV was shot down by small arms fire on the territory of the air harbor. Due to the fact that at that moment a passenger airliner was landing, the use of the Pantsir air defense system was fraught with risk.

Judging by the video of the UAV flying through the private sector, most likely it was Ukrainian formations of Mugin-3 kamikaze UAVs.

For security reasons, a temporary flight restriction was introduced at the airport
(8.20 am the airport operates as usual)."

🔗 OSINT (Uri)

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NATO deploys surveillance jets to Lithuania

The AWACS surveillance jets will fly missions to monitor Russian military activity near the Alliance’s borders and can detect aircraft and missiles hundreds of kilometres away, making them a key early warning capability for NATO

🔗 NATO

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BREAKING – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will jointly purchase ATACMS missiles.

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Four British Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets have been deployed to Poland. The move is intended to support Ukraine’s neighbor amid the growing threat of
Russian interference.

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German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock: “The EU will expand from Lisbon to Lugansk”

“With every village, with every meter that Ukraine liberates, with every meter where it saves its people, it expands its path to the EU."

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“We are witnesses to the beginning of the battle for Crimea. We need to give Ukraine the help it needs to bring this war to an end. This war can be won,” said former British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.

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The general director of the Bayraktar company, Haluk Bayraktar, said that the Turkish side is now at the stage of considering the issue of transferring the Bayraktar Akinci UAV to Ukraine.

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Possibly the first known video documenting the moment of the launch of the Soviet-made S-200 missile (originally surface-to-air), that was modified for ground-attack role by the Ukrainians.

🔗 Status-6

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Serbian Minister of Defense, Miloš Vučević stated today that if the Armed Forces are given to order to enter the Territory of Kosovo they are prepared to do so Effectively and Successfully, but that it will be done not against and with the knowledge of the NATO “KFOR” Peacekeeping Mission within the Country.

🔗 OSINTdefender

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Against the backdrop of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, NАТО is vigilantly monitoring potential threats.

Exercise Engineer Thunder 23, organized by the Lithuanian Army, with the participation of 1 thousand troops from 11 NATO countries, included measures against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.

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NEW – The first video of the new Iranian electronic warfare UAV Qaman-19 in flight has appeared. It is stated that the duration of its flight can reach 24 hours.

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UKRAINE – President Zelensky visited the Ukrainian Armed Forces grouping in the Kupyansk direction, including the headquarters of the 103rd separate
territorial defense brigade.

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Putin's friend and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder was seated separately from all politicians at the celebration of the anniversary of German reunification.

Bild writes that no one wanted to be in the same frame with him, and only his wife sat next to him.

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The Ukrainian enterprise "Antonov" and the French company Turgis & Gaillard agreed on the joint production of the Aarok MALE UAV.

The agreement was concluded when French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu came to Kyiv, writes La Tribune.

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BREAKING – France signs deal with Armenia to start supplying the country with weapons.

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Iran published a short video today claiming it is from tracking a US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the North Indian ocean by an Iranian Ababil-5 drone in 12,000 ft altitude which lasted for 4 hours.

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