🇷🇺🇨🇳⚓️ Russia and China conducted a maritime patrol as part of the "Naval Cooperation 2024" exercises

The route of the Chinese and Russian ships passed south of Jeju Island, through the Osumi Strait, the western Pacific Ocean, and the South China Sea.

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What's behind US Navy’s Silent Swarm drone exercises?

While the RIMPAC and Pitch Black exercises are generating a significant buzz in the Asia-Pacific region, another, albeit smaller, yet seriously significant event has quietly commenced in the US, which is known as Silent Swarm.

◾️The exercises are taking place in Thunder Bay on Lake Huron off the coast of Alpena in Michigan, where the US Navy’s training center is located. Only 500 military specialists are taking part in it.

◾️The main objective of the training is to focus on drone warfare and counter-drone exercises. This entails the US testing the use of both UAVs and BECs in water conditions.

◾️The emblem of Silent Swarm is self-explanatory. It features large flying drones, copters, a ship, and satellite antennas which are used for controlling the drones.

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Putin emphasized the need to widely implement the digital ruble across various sectors of the economy.

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The European Parliament, in its first resolution after the elections, condemned Orban's visit to Russia on a peace mission.

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❗️As a result of the negotiation process, 95 Russian soldiers who were in captivity were returned from Kiev regime-controlled territory, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. In exchange, 95 prisoners of war were transferred to the Ukrainian side.

UAE provided humanitarian mediation for the return of Russian prisoners of war.

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The Israeli army released 13 detainees from the Gaza Strip this morning, including women and teenagers.

Video: social media

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❗️The total losses of Ukrainian troops in a single day amounted to up to 1,980 militants, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry’s daily briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:  

◻️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) lost up to 650 militants, an armored personnel carrier, and three ammunition depots in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.

◻️ The UAF lost up to 610 militants in the Russian Yug Battlegroup's combat zone.

◻️ Russian air defenses shot down a Hammer-guided bomb and 59 Ukrainian drones.

◻️ The Russian Vostok Battlegroup took more advantageous positions, causing the UAF to lose up to 125 militants.

◻️ The Russian Central Battlegroup improved its tactical position and repelled a counterattack by units of the Lyut assault brigade.

◻️ Russian forces destroyed a UAF rocket and artillery weapons depot.

◻️ The Russian Sever Battlegroup hit three enemy brigades and repelled one counterattack, with UAF losses exceeding 170 militants.

◻️ The UAF lost up to 325 militants and a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle in the Russian Central Battlegroup's combat zone.

◻️ The Russian Dnepr Battlegroup destroyed three UAF ammunition depots and a military-technical equipment depot.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳⚓️ Footage of the joint Russia-China "Naval Cooperation 2024" exercises has been released

Sailors visited each other's ships and participated in sports activities, with Russian sailors touring the sights of Zhanjiang. The exercises also included meetings between maneuver leaders, working group discussions on various exercise scenarios, and practical action simulations on maps.

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