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North Korea is sending massive amounts of munitions to Russia and is on track to be one of its biggest weapons suppliers, UK intel says

New danger for Ukraine: Taking Israel’s side in war against Hamas and Gaza
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/202...a-support/

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Designed For Egypt, Delivered To Ukraine? Kyiv Receives Another IRIS-T System From Germany
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/designed-f...other/?amp

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Putin miscalculated is in Self-inflicted

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Putin Miscalculated is not only a self-inflicted, it also to kill Ukraine

https://youtu.be/8YkGrKQXZxE

AND NOT THIS WAY...

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Putin Miscalculated is not only a self-inflicted, it also to kill Ukraine

https://youtu.be/8YkGrKQXZxE

Ukraine’s commander-in-chief said the war with Russia was moving to a new stage of positional warfare involving static and attritional fighting, a phase he warned could benefit Moscow
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...ng-support

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Putin said (Wed) US long-range missiles supplied to Kyiv will prolong Russia agony,  Ukraine's Zelensky said they had already proved their worth. Ukraine also reported more deaths from the latest wave of US missile strikes and said they were bracing for an expected of fresh assault on frontline town of Avdiivka. It been a long-time Putin best "mistake" giving Ukraine long-range ATACMS missiles.

Ukrainian Armed Forces plan to bypass Tokmak rather than launching frontal assault. This siege could last several weeks. There won't be any direct attacks on Tokmak; instead, it will be bypassed. It's uncertain how long the encirclement will last, but it could take several weeks."

Putib troops had fortified Tokmak, intending to defend it. But the primary objective Ukrainian Armed Forces' advance in that area is not to liberate Tokmak but to disrupt Russian supply lines.

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Ukraine’s army should have been able to push back at a pace of 18 miles a day as it breached Russian defensive lines, the general said. UK’s Ministry of Defence. Russia is preparing to attack Ukraine’s critical infrastructure once temperatures drop.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...imir-putin

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They’re Just Meat’ – Kremlin Regulations Confirm Storm Z Units Are Just Cannon FodderThe once elite “Z Assault Companies” are now made up of members of the “special contingent,” the Kremlin’s euphemism used to denote convicts, or those being punished for ill-discipline.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/23580

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stark assessment of Ukraine’s prospects in its war with Russia. One – by the commander in chief of the Ukrainian military – admits the battlefield has reached a stalemate and a long attritional war.
https://twitter.com/KyivPost/status/1720...gr%5Etweet
US$125m will be allocated for Ukraine's immediate needs on battlefield & $300 million will be used to strengthen air defense in the long term, US reports.

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The Narrative was to force a negotiation but now they have to destroy Ukraine

bec Ukraine will never forgive what Russia did and as long they can fight , they will fight till they no longer can

Ukrainian media say two trucks brought two dismantled F-16s to Ukraine from Poland. 

Bulgarian Military.com says Ukraine intended to expedite integration F-16 with Taurus missiles, product of German engineering. Berlin has consistently remained un willing to assist in transfer of this advanced long-range missile technology to Kyiv. The projected timeline for incorporating Taurus system into Ukrainian aircraft, inclusive of mandatory training guide, is expected tobe a minimum of half a year.
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/amp/2023/1...and-rybar/

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The Taurus aviation cruise missile, known as the 'bunker buster', has the capability to penetrate air defences, delivering a deep hammer-like blow to the enemy.

With its dual-stage warhead system, the first part is designed to bust through hard or deeply buried targets, the second produces fragmentation damage at a specific level of a building or bunker, thanks to what the manufacturer says is the world's only multi-programmable fuse.

Those calling for its delivery to Ukraine say that with a range of over 310 miles, it will allow the targeting of Russian military infrastructure far behind the frontlines.

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Ukrainian Marines Almost Wasted Their First Batch Of French AMX-10RC Scout Vehicles. Now They’re Getting A Second Batch.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...e659da48da

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Ukrainian media say two trucks brought two dismantled F-16s to Ukraine from Poland. 

Bulgarian Military.com says Ukraine intended to expedite integration F-16 with Taurus missiles, product of German engineering. Berlin has consistently remained un willing to assist in transfer of this advanced long-range missile technology to Kyiv. The projected timeline for incorporating Taurus system into Ukrainian aircraft, inclusive of mandatory training guide, is expected tobe a minimum of half a year.
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/amp/2023/1...and-rybar/

1997, Polish gov started looking for replacement for its ageing fleet MiG-21 & Su-22 aircraft. The requirement was for 100 multi-purpose fighters, to replace an exisitng fleet, 350 combat aircraft.

Now, Poland has 48 F-16C/D block 52 aircraft, is becoming first former WarPac member operate F-16 Fighting Falcon. Equiped with JHMCS and Sniper ER pods, and aremd with AIM-9X, AIM-120C, JSOW and JDAM, the Polish F-16s will be the most advanced in NATO.

https://www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article15.html

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The Taurus aviation cruise missile, known as the 'bunker buster', has the capability to penetrate air defences, delivering a deep hammer-like blow to the enemy.

With its dual-stage warhead system, the first part is designed to bust through hard or deeply buried targets, the second produces fragmentation damage at a specific level of a building or bunker, thanks to what the manufacturer says is the world's only multi-programmable fuse.

Those calling for its delivery to Ukraine say that with a range of over 310 miles, it will allow the targeting of Russian military infrastructure far behind the frontlines.

Telegram channels news claim that the ship repair plant in Kerch was attacked and Russia new missiles navy ships is also destroy near to Sevastopol Bay area is used by Russia military.  "Update: Radio Liberty and Russian channels are reporting explosions in Kerch. 

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Telegram channels news claim that the ship repair plant in Kerch was attacked and Russia new missiles navy ships is also destroy near to Sevastopol Bay area is used by Russia military.  "Update: Radio Liberty and Russian channels are reporting explosions in Kerch. 

Ukraine Air Force pilots launched successful strikes on Kerch, sinking one of most modern ships of Black Sea Fleet of Russian Federation, capable of carrying Kalibr cruise missiles. This was confirmed by Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, the Air Force Commander.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/11/4/7427223/

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Military chiefs in Kyiv under pressure over deadly Russian strike.19 of its soldiers were killed in a Russian attack near the front lines in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. The 128th Mountain Assault Brigade said its "best fighters have been killed".
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67327411

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Former US President Donald Trump decided not to accept the invitation of Zelenskyy to visit Ukraine and see for himself that it impossible to agree on an early end to war with Russia. Trump in a comment to the American television channel Newsmax, as reported by European Pravda

Quote: "I have great respect for President Zelenskyy, but think it would be inappropriate to go to Ukraine at this time. The Biden administration is currently dealing with him, and I would not want to create a conflict of interest," Trump said in his comment.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/11/6/7427530/

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Ukrainian media say two trucks brought two dismantled F-16s to Ukraine from Poland. 

Bulgarian Military.com says Ukraine intended to expedite integration F-16 with Taurus missiles, product of German engineering. Berlin has consistently remained un willing to assist in transfer of this advanced long-range missile technology to Kyiv. The projected timeline for incorporating Taurus system into Ukrainian aircraft, inclusive of mandatory training guide, is expected tobe a minimum of half a year.
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/amp/2023/1...and-rybar/

Zelenskyy calls for discipline as cracks emerge in Kyiv’s unity

Ukrainian president fires head of special forces and rebukes top commander who said war with Russia was at a ‘stalemate’. As soldiers in the Bakhmut district of Ukraine is long-awaited summer counteroffensive has fallen short of its objective to free territories under Russian occupation.

“We need to pull ourselves together,” the Ukrainian president said. “We cannot relax or allow ourselves to be divided by disputes or different priorities.”

Message to Ukrainian feeling the heavy strains, 19-months of war of aggression was also a message to his own team advisers and military officers whose morale has hammered by limited progress on battlefield deep have over faltering western support for Ukraine’s war effort.

Kyiv’s ironclad communications discipline has faltered in....
https://www.ft.com/content/e6013794-f4dc...5fa4121737

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Russia has attacked Ukrainian energy infrastructure 60 times in the last several weeks as winter approaches and temperatures drop, driving up public energy consumption, officials said on Wednesday.

Ukraine fears Russia may have already begun a concerted campaign of attacks on the power grid for a second winter at war. Last winter, thousands of Russian drones and missiles targeted Ukraine's power sector, causing sweeping blackouts.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/rus...023-11-08/

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Russia has attacked Ukrainian energy infrastructure 60 times in the last several weeks as winter approaches and temperatures drop, driving up public energy consumption, officials said on Wednesday.

Ukraine fears Russia may have already begun a concerted campaign of attacks on the power grid for a second winter at war. Last winter, thousands of Russian drones and missiles targeted Ukraine's power sector, causing sweeping blackouts.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/rus...023-11-08/

Kyiv/Ukraine said it was responsible for the assassination of a Russia-backed official with a car bomb in the occupied eastern city of Luhansk on Wednesday.

Mikhail Filiponenko, a lawmaker in the Kremlin-installed assembly, was a former head of the army of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR). He had been active in the region’s pro-Russian separatist movement since 2014.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/europe/uk...index.html

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Kyiv/Ukraine said it was responsible for the assassination of a Russia-backed official with a car bomb in the occupied eastern city of Luhansk on Wednesday.

Mikhail Filiponenko, a lawmaker in the Kremlin-installed assembly, was a former head of the army of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR). He had been active in the region’s pro-Russian separatist movement since 2014.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/europe/uk...index.html

Filiponenko Mikhail Yuryevich was eliminated.”
Filiponenko had been “involved in organization of torture chambers in occupied territories of Luhansk region, where prisoners of war and civilian hostages were subjected to inhuman torture,” according to the Defense Intelligence.
Filiponenko personally brutally tortured people.
Filiponenko had been killed in a car bombing early Wednesday morning. Ukraine’s military intelligence service immediately claimed responsibility and warned others serving “terrorist Russia” would receive “retribution.”

IMAGE was DIRECTLY PROVIDED by 3rd PARTY & HAS NOT BEEN VETTED for EDITORIAL ACCURACY by AP EDITORIAL TEAM. CONFLICT IN UKRAINE. AP also connot independently verify, the Date, Location Or Conitions under which it Shot. 

08.11.2023 A view shows the scene of a car bomb explosion which killed Mikhail Filiponenko, a member of the People's Council of the 

Luhansk People's Republic and former chief of the LPR People's Militia, in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic, Russia. Stanislav Krasilnikov / Sputnik via AP

There growing evidence of Russia’s widespread use of torture against Ukrainians in territories it has occupied. A report in August found nearly half of Ukrainians held in Russian detention centers in Kherson were subject to widespread torture including sexual violence. Separately, Ukrainian prosecutors in September opened more than 3,000 criminal cases over Russia’s alleged crimes against children in the country, including torture.

Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence posted Filiponenko’s address and warned others: “All addresses of traitors and places of their service to terrorist Russia in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are known! Defense Intelligence of Ukraine states that all war criminals and collaborators will receive a fair retribution!”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, following their press-conference in Kyiv on May 9. Ukraine is ready to start process of joining European Union, Commission says there have been several assassination attempts against Russian-backed officials in occupied Ukraine. The acting interior minister of the self-declared LPR, Igor Kornet, was “severely” wounded in an explosion in May.

Luhansk is one of the four regions that Russia unilaterally annexed in September last year, along with Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Luhansk and Donetsk are home to two Russian-backed breakaway republics where fighting has been ongoing since 2014. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, in the south of Ukraine, have been occupied by Russian forces since shortly after the full-scale invasion began in 2022.

Moscow staged sham elections in all four regions in Sept, in an attempt to enforce Russian legitimacy in Ukraine it holds. “The election results are already well known,” a resident of Zaporizhzhia which predictably delivered landslide victories for President Putin’s United Russia party.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/europe/uk...index.html

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Putin Miscalculated is not only a self-inflicted, it also to kill Ukraine

https://youtu.be/8YkGrKQXZxE

The war at sea actually began days before the onset of the full-scale invasion, with Russian warships imposing a naval blockade on Ukraine’s Black Sea ports in mid-February 2022.
Inspiration for an entire genre of patriotic memes on social media, incident even prompted Ukraine’s national postal service to issue an iconic stamp and in April 2022, Ukraine struck its first major blow in the war at sea by sinking the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the Moskva, with two Ukrainian-produced Neptune anti-ship missiles.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/uk...black-sea/

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The war at sea actually began days before the onset of the full-scale invasion, with Russian warships imposing a naval blockade on Ukraine’s Black Sea ports in mid-February 2022.
Inspiration for an entire genre of patriotic memes on social media, incident even prompted Ukraine’s national postal service to issue an iconic stamp and in April 2022, Ukraine struck its first major blow in the war at sea by sinking the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the Moskva, with two Ukrainian-produced Neptune anti-ship missiles.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/uk...black-sea/

Ukrainian forces carried out precision strikes against Russian air defenses and other strategic targets across occupied Crimean peninsula has paved way for devastating September attacks that seriously damaged a Russian warship and submarine at dock in Sevastopol along with the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Meanwhile, Ukraine was also active at sea, using innovative Ukrainian-produced naval drones to hit Russian warship and army supply vessel in the Black Sea.

This campaign of drone and missile attacks has succeeded in forcing Russia to withdraw bulk of its Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol and retreat to ports in the eastern Black Sea. In early October.  it emerged Kremlin plans to build a new naval base in Russian-occupied Georgian region of Abkhazia on the eastern coast of the Black Sea.

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Ukrainian forces have reportedly stepped up their attacks on Russian positions. They aren’t quite there yet, but assaults on the eastern bank could mean Ukraine is getting closer to opening a new front in the south. Ukraine has conducting raids into Russian-occupied territory on eastern bank since February. Russian military bloggers claimed Ukrainian troops began bringing heavy equipment across the river for the first time.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainians-s...n-kherson/

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Russia parades Ukrainian war prisoners as ‘volunteers’ for its army in apparent violation of international law

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Russia parades Ukrainian war prisoners as ‘volunteers’ for its army in apparent violation of international law

Coercing POWs to serve in the Russian forces would be a violation of 1949 Geneva Conventions, which have been adopted by all nations, according to the International Red Cross.

“Russian authorities have Ukrainian prisoners of war into joining a ‘volunteer’ formation that will fight in Ukraine, which would constitute an apparent violation of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War,” the ISW said.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/10/europ...index.html

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Kyiv hit by first air attack in 52 days. Ukraine's capital Kyiv has been hit by Russian air attack in 52 days. Telegram messaging app, Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko said "strong explosions were heard" in the early hours of Saturday morning.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67389342

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Pro-Russian official assassinated and Black Sea battles: Here’s what to know about the latest in Ukraine November 11, 2023. A view shows the scene of a car bomb explosion which killed Mikhail Filiponenko, a member of the People's Council of the Luhansk People's Republic and former chief of the LPR People's Militia, in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic, Russia. Stanislav Krasilnikov / Sputnik  via AP
A view shows the scene of a car bomb explosion which killed the former head of the so-called People’s Militia of the Russian-backed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), Mikhail Filiponenko.
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The battle for dominance in the Black Sea raged on this week between Ukraine and Russia, as elsewhere each side’s forces continued the bitter fight for control in Ukraine’s east with winter looming.

Ukraine claimed it hit small Russian naval vessels with sea drones, demonstrating its determination to keep striking Russian positions at depth in occupied Crimea.


Meanwhile, a blast in Russian-occupied territory in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, killed a pro-Moscow official, with a Ukrainian intelligence agency taking credit for the assassination.

Here’s what you need to know about developments this week in Ukraine.

The Black Sea front
Ukrainian Defense Intelligence (GUR) claimed it hit two small Russian naval vessels in the Black Sea on Friday, its latest display of Ukraine’s ability to hit Russian targets in occupied Crimea.

“Two Russian landing craft have been hit with Ukrainian sea drones near Chernomorske, Crimea,” Andriy Yusov, a representative of GUR, said in comments to CNN.

Defence Intelligence released grainy, grayscale video showing what it claims is the moment of the strikes.


Ukraine Defence Intelligence released grainy, grayscale video showing what it claims is the moment of its srikes on Russian navy vessels in the Black sea.
Ukraine Defence Intelligence released grainy, grayscale video showing what it claims is the moment of its srikes on Russian navy vessels in the Black sea.
CNN cannot independently verify the video, date or location. The footage, which seems to be filmed from onboard dash cameras on two unmanned surface drones, appears to show them approaching targets that appear to be landing craft at a dock. The second drone films the first one as it hits what appears to be the Russian landing craft. As the second drone approaches its target, there is what looks like heavy equipment on board the Russian vessel.


Russia has not officially commented on the incident. But Russian military bloggers said unmanned boats had targeted Russia’s Black Sea fleet vessels.

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Exclusive: Rare access to Ukraine’s sea drones, part of Ukraine’s fightback in the Black Sea
Ukraine has been aggressive in going after targets in occupied Crimea as a part of a broader effort to hit Russian logistics, fuel, maintenance and command centers, in order to disrupt their ability to supply the front lines. Kyiv has also focused on breaking Russia’s dominance in Ukraine’s territorial Black Sea waters.

Moscow unleashed more missiles and attack drones on Odesa over the past week in an effort to hamper Ukraine’s ability to maintain a shipping route out of its Black Sea ports, Ukraine’s military said.


On Wednesday, a Liberian-flagged cargo ship was hit just as it approached port in the Odesa region, killing the ship’s pilot and injuring four others, according to Ukraine’s Operational Command South.

It is thought to be the first time a civilian vessel has been hit since Ukraine established the shipping route – what it calls a humanitarian corridor – from its ports out to the Black Sea, following the collapse of a UN-brokered deal allowing safe passage.

Ukrainian authorities have said the corridor remains open despite the attacks this week.

Fight for Avdiivka
The eastern town of Avdiivka is enclosed on three sides by Russian forces. They have been launching waves of assaults over the past month to complete the siege but Ukrainian soldiers continue “standing their ground and inflicting major losses on the occupiers,” according to Ukraine’s military.


The weather has been unfavorable for Russian assaults with tracked vehicles. That has made the Russians change tactics, according to the Ukrainian military. Russia’s forces have been using more drones to target heavily defended Ukrainian positions and carrying out more assaults on foot using infantry.

AVDIIVKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30: Police conduct evacuation work on October 30, 2023 in Avdiivka, Ukraine. The National Police of Ukraine, along with the "White Angel" special unit, is conducting an operation to evacuate the remaining local residents from the city, which faces daily destruction from artillery fire. According to the national police, approximately 1,400 people are still in the city. 

The fighting has escalated in recent days following Russia's major offensive earlier this month. Police conduct evacuation work in Avdiivka, Ukraine, on October 30. Ukrainian defenses are well dug-in in the town, fortifying defensive positions since 2014, when pro-Moscow separatists seized a large portion of the Donbas region, including the nearby city.

Avdiivka has been under fire since launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. Ukraine
defensive positions are allowing the Ukrainian military to resist waves of relentless Russian attacks. This counteroffensive delivered few gains by Russia. Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, commander of the Tavria Joint Forces Operation, said on Telegram: “We are still standing. And we will continue to stand. B'cos Avdiivka is not just a territory on the map, but a part of Ukraine, a part of soul of Ukrainians and is part Ukrainian Donbas.

“Let the enemy remember we will continue to fight. For every building, terricone or lake” In occupied Luhansk, a car explosion killed a pro-Moscow former head of police on Wednesday. Defense Intelligence took credit for the blast, an operation conducted jointly with pro-Ukrainian partisans. Russian authorities launched an investigation into the explosion, which killed the former head of the so-called People’s Militia of the Russian-backed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) Mikhail Filiponenko. Moscow-backed separatists proclaimed a breakaway republic in Luhansk in 2014.

Defense Intelligence issued a warning to other pro-Russian officials in occupied areas, saying: “All addresses of traitors and places of their service to terrorist. Defense Intelligence of Ukraine states that all war criminals and collaborators will receive a fair retribution!” There have been several assassination attempts against Russian-backed officials in occupied Ukraine, acting interior minister of the LPR, Igor Kornet, was “severely” wounded in an explosion.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/11/world...index.html

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The Taurus aviation cruise missile, known as the 'bunker buster', has the capability to penetrate air defences, delivering a deep hammer-like blow to the enemy.

With its dual-stage warhead system, the first part is designed to bust through hard or deeply buried targets, the second produces fragmentation damage at a specific level of a building or bunker, thanks to what the manufacturer says is the world's only multi-programmable fuse.

Those calling for its delivery to Ukraine say that with a range of over 310 miles, it will allow the targeting of Russian military infrastructure far behind the frontlines.

1) Ukraine's pilots are now learning to fly Western F-16 fighter jets.

2) Ukraine has sought F-16s since the early days of Russia's invasion and 

3) Ukraine's Soviet-era MiG-31 and Su-27 are outmatched by newer Russian jets.

Ukraine President Zelenskyy has long said the country's long-term security hinges on its ability to compete with Russian air power. So Ukraine's allies, it was welcome news that Ukraine's pilots are finally flying F-16 fighter jets.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-begun...47557.html

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Today, part of russian Black Sea Fleet has gone to the bottom,” Mykhailo Fedorov stated. The Naval Fleet of Drones has sunk or damaged seven russian warships in its 1st-yr operation.
https://en.defence-ua.com/news/the_naval...-8537.html