Day: July 19, 2023

The Russian armed forces launched cruise missile strikes on military and fuel facilities near Odessa, in addition to hammering Ukraine’s Kanatovo airbase, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. 

“Last night, the Russian military launched a group strike using high-precision sea and air based weapons on military industry facilities, fuel infrastructure and ammunition depots of the Ukrainian armed forces near the city of Odessa, as well as on the Kanatovo airbase of the Ukrainian air forces in the Kirovograd Region,” the ministry said. 

All designated facilities have been hit, the target of the strikes has been achieved, the statement said.

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The United Kingdom plans to commission new Dreadnought Class submarines in the early 2030s to replace obsolete Vanguard Class submarines, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, adding that the country will also replace its nuclear warheads to maintain an “effective deterrent.” 

“We have therefore committed to a one-in-two-generations programme of modernisation of our nuclear forces, underpinned by long-term investment. In 2016, Parliament voted to renew our nuclear deterrent and replace the Vanguard Class submarines with four new Dreadnought Class submarines.

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Explosions at a reported Russian ammunition dump in occupied Crimea have forced thousands of people to evacuate and prompted leaders there to redirect traffic away from a local highway.

Videos on social media show cascading explosions at the site near Stary Krym in Crimea’s Kirorvsky district. 

The Russia-backed leader of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said on Telegram that “a fire occurred at a military training ground.”

The original cause of the fire is not known. The well-known Grey Zone Telegram channel suggested that a Ukrainian Storm Shadow missile was responsible for the strike, but there is no official corrobration of that claim. An insurgent Ukrainian group in Crimea, Atesh, celebrated the fire but said that it was not responsible.

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