FINLAND – Ready to cast off! The last preparations are done and Freezing Winds 2023 is kicking off. After extensive coordination, vessels head to the Gulf of Finland and Archipelago Sea to train together for the next 9 days. This is the first large NATO Exercise led by Finland.

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BREAKING – Finland will close all checkpoints on the border with Russia, except for the northernmost “Raya-Josepi” - Helsingin Sanomat newspaper

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Bulgaria's Parliament approved the transfer of 100 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine - European Pravda

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TAIWAN – 25 Chinese PLA aircraft and 8 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today.

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UPDATE – Footage from the Russian-Indian naval exercise held over two days in the Bay of Bengal.

🇮🇳Rajput-class destroyer Ranvijay
🇮🇳Kamorta-Class corvette Kiltan
🇷🇺Udaloy-class destroyer Admiral Tributs
🇷🇺Dubna-class medium seagoing tanker "Pechenga".

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The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has accelerated the supply of new weapons to the army — without waiting for approval for operation and with tests already on the battlefield, the supply can be reduced to 20 days

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The Philippine Navy’s BRP Jose Rizal and BRP Gregorio Del Pilar hold tactical exercises with USS Gabrielle Giffords in the West Philippine Sea. The 3-day PH-US joint
patrols will wrap up today.

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Fighting continues in northern Myanmar between Chinese-backed regular army
forces and local rebels.

Government planes attack the rebel-held city of Namkang.

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The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine publishes footage of the destruction of one of the Russian UAVs - kamikaze "Geran-2" by mobile air defense crews on the night of November 22.

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North Korean state media released footage of the country's successful launch of a spy satellite, two days after the launch took place on Tuesday night. Via NK NEWS

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Serbian President Vucic inspected the batch of Mi-35P helicopters, the army receivedy from Cyprus at the Batajnica airfield.

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Footage of the combat work of the mobile group of the Novorossiysk Guards Mountain Airborne Forces in a buggy vehicle.

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The Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant manufactured and handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense another
batch of Su-35S fighters.

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NEW – The EU may consider the possibility of accepting Moldova and Georgia partially the membership, without the territories of Transnistria, Abkhazia and South Ossetia (occupied by Russia), - the official representative of the foreign policy service of the European Union Peter Stano.

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Germany will deploy an additional Patriot air defense system in Ukraine in winter in addition to IRIS-T.

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The US military has analyzed that the object, which North Korea announced was a military reconnaissance satellite that it successfully launched, orbits the earth at an altitude of around 500 kilometers every hour and a half.

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The Israeli company Israel Shipyards delivered the fifth and sixth Shaldag Mk V patrol ships (tail numbers 906 and 907) to the Philippine Navy

The ships were delivered to Manila on November 18 aboard the cargo ship
Koga Royal. Via china 3 army

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UKRAINE WAR – The Russian Armed Forces are advancing north of Krasnogorovka on Avdeevkom in the direction of Ochertino.
The enemy was forced to retreat, leaving their positions.

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