China's first ultra deepwater drillship to be delivered in 2024

Research drilling vessel, which can collect samples at depths of more than 10,000 meters, is under construction and set for 2024 delivery, according to Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Co, the world's largest shipbuilder.

With a designed displacement of 42,000 tons, the vessel can operate in "unlimited navigation" areas in global seas. The ship will primarily undertake major national scientific and technological projects, as well as international large-scale scientific programs related to ocean scientific drilling tasks.

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🇬🇧 More than half of British voters want to re-join EU

The latest Brexit tracker poll by YouGov found that 51 percent of the 2,051 respondents would vote to re-join the EU in a hypothetical referendum — compared to 32 percent who would favour staying out and 18 percent who were unsure.

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North Korea has developed intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach the United States, US Admiral John Aquilino says

The United States is still reviewing North Korea's nuclear capabilitied, the US top military official said.

Earlier in the day, media reported that North Korea had fired two possible ballistic missiles. According to sources, the projectiles likely fell into the Sea of Japan but outside of Japan's exclusive economic zone.

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Crimea's Tavrida Highway was blocked due to a fire at a training ground in the Kirovsky district, Crimean head Sergey Aksenov said

There are plans to temporarily evacuate the residents of four communities, which, taken together, are home to more than 2,000 people, from the areas located close to the site of the fire, Aksenov said.

Transport in Crimea has been redirected to bypass the blocked section of the Tavrida Highway, Russia’s Ministry of Transport said.

An operational headquarters was created to eliminate emergencies at the training ground.

The evacuation of four communities located close to the site of the fire has been carried out for about a day, local authorities said.

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If elected as president, Donald Trump will ask Europe to reimburse the United States for the cost of refilling US stockpiles sent to Ukraine, the former US president said

Former President Donald Trump highlighted that Europe has spent just a tiny fraction of the amount the United States has spent assisting Ukraine.

Earlier Tuesday, Lockheed Martin President and CEO James Taiclet said the United States currently plans to spend $44 billion of congressionally approved funding to refill US stockpiles of military assistance sent to Ukraine.

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Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom plans to start mining uranium in Namibia in 2029; the volume of investments in the project is up to $500 million, the state corporation told Sputnik

Rosatom plans to start pilot uranium mining in Tanzania in 2023-2025, the state corporation added.

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As early as 2001, British government foreign policy adviser Roger Liddle suggested that the civil war in Ukraine would be started by residents of the western part of the country, Agence France-Presse reports, citing his confidential memos

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The causes of the fire at the training ground in the Kirovsky district will be established by the investigating authorities; there were no victims, Crimean head Sergey Aksenov said

The elimination of the consequences of the fire will be carried out as soon as possible, he added.

Crimea's head said that the fire in the Kirovsky district occurred at a military training ground.

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📹 Reconnaissance of the Russian Airborne Forces destroyed a Ukrainian Osa air defense system (0:07) in the zone of the special military op using a Lancet loitering munition

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📹 Russian artillerymen destroyed a Polish Krab howitzer (01:12) in the zone of the special military op

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The fire at the training ground in Crimea is the result of a Ukraine Armed Forces intelligence op, the head of Ukrainian intelligence Budanov said, according to media reports.

UPDATE: A representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine later denied these reports in a comment to the Ukrainian media.

The upper chamber of the Russian parliament called on the world parliaments to condemn the supply of cluster munitions by the United States to Ukraine: This is "evidence of impotence" against the backdrop of the failure of the "counterattack", threatening the suffering of the civilian population

The use of these weapons will not affect the course of the special military op, and Russia reserves the right to a harsh mirror response, the statement says

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📹 It would take years and billions of dollars for the West to help Ukraine match the Russian fleet of fourth- and fifth-generation aircraft, train Ukrainian pilots and facilitate the necessary maintenance, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said

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📹 The Russian Armed Forces military air assault brigade hit seven objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in two days in the zone of the special military op, including a command post (0:06) and two howitzers (0:16) (0:35)

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The UK plans to commission new Dreadnought Class submarines in the early 2030s to replace obsolete Vanguard Class submarines, the Defense Ministry said 

The ministry added that the country will also replace its nuclear warheads to maintain an "effective deterrent."

Experts stress that engagement in Ukrainian crisis has seriously wore down UK military resources and now London faces the necessity to restore the munitions and equipment it generously contributed to Kiev.

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A Ukrainian mine found in the Black Sea was destroyed by a Russian Ka-27 helicopter (0:08), the Russian Defense Ministry said

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"It was a "hellish night"

Russia's forces unleash surgical strikes targeting facilities in the Odessa Region in retaliation for the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge for the second night in a row.

The official representative of the Odessa military administration, Sergei Bratchuk, said that "the attack was "very powerful, truly massive", emphasizing the power of the Russian strikes.

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