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20.06.2024 18:41 On 13 June the Council of the European Union adopted a new assistance measure under the European Peace Facility , pledging EUR 9 million to support the Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova in the comprehensive modernisation of the nation's defence infrastructure.

19.06.2024 18:10 Ukraine's main security and counterintelligence agency was behind an overnight drone attack that ignited a major fire at an oil depot in the southern Russian city of Azov, a reliable source in the Ukrainian security forces told RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service on June 18.

19.06.2024 18:10 The UN's top political affairs official on Tuesday reiterated that attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited by international law. More than 170 civilians lost their lives and a further 690 were injured in continued Russian strikes across Ukraine last month.

19.06.2024 18:10 French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said his country has signed a deal to provide CAESAR self-propelled howitzers to Armenia, a move that's likely to further raise anger in Azerbaijan and Russia toward France.

19.06.2024 18:10 Romania remains the final country yet to give its support to longtime Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte becoming NATO's next secretary-general after Hungary dropped its objections following meetings in Brussels and Slovakia's president appeared to signal his country's support.

19.06.2024 18:10 The 2025 Defense Department budget request prioritizes maintaining operational readiness, taking care of people and continuing to build a joint force that is lethal, resilient, survivable, agile and responsive, said Army Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, in prepared remarks before a Senate subcommittee.

19.06.2024 18:10 The temporary pier that's been used since May 17 to deliver humanitarian aid into Gaza was removed Friday and towed to Ashdod, Israel, as a way to avoid potential damage from high seas. It's expected the pier will be back in place on the Mediterranean Sea this week to once again facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

19.06.2024 18:10 Almost 200 KNDS artillery systems are in service or under contract for Ukraine.

19.06.2024 18:10 MBDA unveils the Land Cruise Missile system, a new ground-launched Deep Precision Strike capability, to meet the needs of the new strategic environment on the battlefield.

19.06.2024 18:10 As the war drags on in Gaza, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned Israel's "relentless" attacks across the war-shattered enclave, while repeating longstanding calls for the release of all remaining hostages.

19.06.2024 18:10 A cease-fire in Gaza can bring the conflicts along the Israel-Lebanon border to an end, senior U.S. officials said amid worries of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah fighters based in southern Lebanon.

19.06.2024 18:10 The State Department has reaffirmed the United States' commitment to the Mutual Defense Treaty following China's latest actions in the West Philippine Sea that involved a Chinese Coast Guard "ramming and towing" a Filipino vessel.

19.06.2024 18:10 The Philippine military says a maritime collision Monday in the South China Sea was an "intentional-high speed ramming" of a supply ship by the Chinese coast guard that "seriously injured" one navy sailor. However, China's coast guard says the supply ship is to blame.

19.06.2024 18:10 Eight Philippine naval personnel were injured, one of them severely, on Monday when Chinese vessels blocked a Philippine resupply mission to the Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, Philippine media reported.