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The Taiwan government on Tuesday expressed gratitude for United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken's reiteration of Washington's support for cross-Strait peace, and its security commitment toward Taipei, during a recent China trip where he met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) in an attempt to ease Sino-U.S. tensions.

A total of four Chinese military anti-submarine helicopters were detected in Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the past three days, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Tuesday.

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In Orekhov area, the enemy lost dozens of foreign-made hardware and hundreds of Ukrainian servicemen, attempting to launch an offensive on Russian positions.

The Ukrainian armed forces are planning to strike at the territory of Russia, including Crimea, with HIMARS and Storm Shadow cruise missiles, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Tuesday.

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, agreed to maintain contacts on the Ukrainian crisis during a phone call, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

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Russia launched another large-scale missile, drone, and artillery attack on Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities early on June 20, killing at least two people, regional authorities and the military said on June 20.

The European Union says it will inject 50 billion euros ($54.58 billion) in aid over the next four years in order to finance Ukraine's war against Russia.

Russia says it has obtained information that Ukraine is planning to strike Crimea with longer-range American and British missiles.

Yesterday, Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra met with U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in The Hague, where they discussed support to Ukraine in the face of Russia's war of aggression that is causing death and destruction across Ukraine, and sowing instability around the world.

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In light of the devastating consequences of Russia's war of aggression for Ukraine's people, economy, and infrastructure, and given the enormous scale and complexity of the recovery and reconstruction challenge, the European Commission is proposing to establish a dedicated financing instrument that will provide coherent, predictable as well as flexible support for the period 2024-2027 to Ukraine, adapted to the unprecedented challenges of supporting

"The Council of Europe Summit in Reykjavik was an important milestone for the organisation at a critical time and resulted in strong European unity in responding to Russia's aggression against Ukraine," said Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia and Chair of the Committee of Ministers, when addressing the Parliamentary Assembly.

Britain and the United States pledged support Tuesday for rebuilding Ukraine following the vast damage wreaked on the country from Russia's 16-month-old invasion.

Ukraine's defense ministry said Tuesday its forces shot down 32 of 35 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia used in an aerial attack that targeted Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.

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Bulgaria's new defense minister, Todor Tagarev, has signaled a likely break from the previous caretaker government's reluctance to provide lethal aid to Ukraine by pledging an imminent announcement on a fresh package of military assistance, a move that could increase tensions with Bulgaria's president.

In its annual report for 2022 the Council of Europe's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing body MONEYVAL warns that the recovery of proceeds from crime across states remains insufficient and calls on governments to step up their efforts to strengthen their national frameworks for asset management and recovery.