Defence`s Feeds

In a single 24 hour period, Royal Air Force Typhoons scrambled twice to intercept several Russian aircraft flying close to NATO airspace.

The Labor Party, an opposition party on the Taiwan island, on Friday condemned the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority for preventing cross-Straits exchanges among the youth after media reported that related departments implied it will turn down an application from the Ma Ying-jeou Foundation on inviting 50 college students from the mainland to visit the island.

Taiwan's New Party has the courage to undertake the mission of the times and advance the peaceful reunification across the Taiwan Strait, the party's chief said Friday.

The rule of Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) will not last forever, and people should not equate the Xi administration with China, Taiwan People's Party (TPP) founder and Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said in Tokyo Thursday.

The sixth European Union-Taiwan Human Rights Consultations were held on 9 June in Brussels.

Ukraine has launched a counteroffensive but has failed to accomplish its goals, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will provide vital assistance to Ukraine in coping with the devastating consequences of this week's dam disaster, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi announced today, as the level of the reservoir that supplies cooling water to the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) continued to fall.

Vladimir Putin answered a journalist's question about the situation in the special military operation zone.

On 9 June 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a decision on the allocation of EUR 200 000 from funds for unseen events for assistance to Ukraine to address the ecological and humanitarian crisis. The crisis was caused by the destruction of the dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) by Russia on 6 June.

The following are the latest developments related to the Ukraine crisis:

From up close, the catastrophic destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine appears worse than how it's depicted in news reports and far off satellite imagery, according to U.N. officials who assessed conditions in the area on Friday.

Intense fighting was being reported on Ukraine's front lines Friday, but independent media weren't able to assess whether this was the beginning of the much-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive or whether Ukraine was penetrating Russian defenses.

The humanitarian situation following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine is still a "moving target", immediate needs are "huge", and concerns are rising for what the future holds, according to the UN's top official in the country, Denise Brown.

Plans to help the people of Ukraine following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam are centred on saving people "right now", UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths told UN News in an interview on Friday.

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The Kremlin saw reports about the situation with a drone in the city of Voronezh, the special services are verifying the information, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that the much-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive has been launched.