The UK Government announced the delivery of the GRAVEHAWK short-range air defense system (SHORAD) to Ukraine, which is used to counter drones and helicopters and uses Soviet R-73 missiles and other legacy munitions possessed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), with the system reusing missile launch rails from Ukrainian Su-27 and MiG-29 fighter aircraft, and was manufactured by the UK and Denmark.

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Three Russian border guards operating a hovercraft on the Narva River illegally crossed the temporary control line into Estonian territory near the Vasknarva breakwater yesterday morning, with surveillance footage released by the Estonian Police and Border Guard (PPA) showing the men disembarking onto the stone pier before returning to the Russian side.

The first regiment equipped with the S-500 "Prometheus" long-range air-defense system has entered combat duty within the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov announcing the formation of a first-of-its-kind air and missile defense (PVO-PRO) division during the ministry's year-end board meeting.

Footage released by Ukraine’s General Staff show the destruction of two S-400 “Triumf” surface-to-air defense systems with their full ammunition loads in the positional area of the Russian 568th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment near Raevka, Belgorod region, carried out by soldiers of the 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade “Chorniy Lis”.

"Intelligence Falcons" Cells, part of Iraq's Ministry of Interior, conducted a special airborne operation in northeastern Syria, in coordination with the Syrian Government and the US-led coalition, which provided CH-47 "Chinooks" and Helicopters, arresting two high-ranking targets wanted by the Iraqi judiciary.

Personnel assigned to Task Force 59 with the US Naval Forces Central Command/US 5th Fleet (NAVCENT/C5F) successfully launched a LUCAS one-way attack drone from the flight deck of the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32).

The “Alpha” drone unit also hit a Oman-flagged oil tanker, part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” and named QENDIL in the Mediterranean Sea.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing to present potential military strike options against Iran to US President Donald Trump during an upcoming meeting at Mar-a-Lago, with Israeli officials increasingly concerned that Tehran is rebuilding damaged facilities and expanding its ballistic missile production to a capacity of 3,000 units per month, according to NBC News.

Footage shows the destruction of a Russian Geran-2 UAV somewhere in Ukraine using a Soviet “Igla”/SA-16/18 man-portable air-defense system (MANPAD).

The 2nd Army of the “Center” group of the Russian Armed Forces (AFRF) have captured the populated area of Svetloe west of Mirnograd, further tightening the pressure on the encircled Ukrainian forces in the city, according to mapped reports by Russian milbloggers. In addition to the Mirnograd-Pokrovsk direction, AFRF forces have advanced further in the northern and southern sectors of Guliaipole with increasing pressure; Ukrainian General Staff reported 17 attempts by the AFRF to infiltrate the city in its daily situational report.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday, during a speech to troops at a military base in Abu Dhabi, plans to construct a new, larger and more modern aircraft carrier to replace the ageing Charles de Gaulle, the flagship of the French Navy which entered service in 2001 and remains the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world besides those operated by the United States.

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