ARMENIA – Yerevan and Brussels are discussing the possibility of expanding the European observer mission in Armenia and the supply of non-lethal weapons, after the Russian peacekeeper mission has left the Nagorno Karabakh region.

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The re-equipment of units of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces with the latest Avangard intercontinental ballistic missiles with a hypersonic glide unit continues.

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Tu-160 strategic missile carriers and Tu-22M3 long-range bombers escorted by Su-30SM and Mig-31BM fighters performed scheduled flights in the airspace above the waters of the Barents, Norwegian and Black Seas.

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UKRAINE BATTLEFIELD – A Russian soldier was aware of the situation that an MT-LB ( Soviet multi-purpose, fully amphibious, tracked armored fighting vehicle) has been hit by a mine before reaching the Ukrainian lines of Defense.

Japan and the United States will continue to support Ukraine and impose sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation. The Japanese Foreign Ministry reported this - RIA-Novosti

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The Amur long-range aviation unit of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out scheduled flights on Tu-95ms strategic missile carriers.

📹 MoD RF (Nov. 16, 2023)

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🚀 The Israeli military seized an Islamic Jihad Badr 3 rocket during it's military operation in the Gaza Strip.

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JUST IN – US president Biden signed a government funding bill that does not include additional financial aid to Israel and Ukraine.

Although the White House had previously asked the Congress for $105 billion to support Tel Aviv and Kiev, the US president signed the bill to fund the government without the specified requirements from
the Congress.

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Ukrainian president Zelensky admits that without western help, Ukrainian forces will withdraw - Bloomberg

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US and Philippines sign agreement to export nuclear technology and materials to Manila - SCMP

The United States will be able to share equipment and materials with the Philippines as it works to develop small modular reactors and other civilian nuclear energy infrastructure.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the signing of a contract on the sidelines of the APEC summit in San Francisco.

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NEW – The US Department of Defense has begun training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 aircraft, - Pentagon website.

“To ensure Ukrainian pilots are successful in operating the F-16, they undergo training in the United States and Europe in both flight operations and maintenance,” the statement said.

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First Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Edward Asryan visited the headquarters of the US European Command in Stuttgart.

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Russian pontoon-ferrying units conducted large-scale exercises in eastern Ukraine.

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Armenia has officially handed over documents confirming the ratification of the Rome Statute and will become a full member of the International Criminal Court on February 1, 2024

This would mean that if Putin is in Armenia, law enforcement is able to arrest him to hand him out to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

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10 Indicted in Taiwan on Charges of Spying for China

One of the main people charged is a well known teacher of diabolo (Chinese yo-yo). He & 10 others are accused of taking money from China to recruit spies from Taiwan's military.

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The Armenian Ministry of Education has stopped issuing Russian textbooks in schools.

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US Secretary of Defense Austin says Biden-Xi summit will not impact US arms sales to Taiwan

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BREAKING – ABC News reports that Australian naval personnel from HMAS Toowoomba, which was operating in international waters off Japan, have 'sustained minor injuries after being subjected to sonar pulses from a Chinese warship'. Via The Spectator Index.

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NEW – The US State Department has approved the sale of 200 Tomahawk cruise missiles (200 Block IV and 200 Block V) to Japan.

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Commander of the Turkish Navy, Admiral Ercument Tatlioglu:

“We declare that we do not want NATO and America in the Black Sea.”

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