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Iran has fired missiles at the joint U.K.-U.S. Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean, claiming the strike shows it is capable of longer-distance attacks than previously known.
“Iran’s reckless attacks, lashing out across the region and holding hostage the Strait of Hormuz, are a threat to British interests and British allies,” a spokesperson for the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense said Saturday, confirming the unsuccessful strike.
Russia’s army chief Valery Gerasimov visited Moscow’s troops in Ukraine and said the Kremlin’s forces seized a dozen eastern villages in February, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.
Gerasimov visit comes days before U.S.-mediated talks with Kyiv in Geneva on ending almost four years of war and ahead of the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian Defense Forces are conducting search-and-assault operations in Pokrovsk and fighting in urban areas, the Operation Task Force “East” said on Dec. 7.
In Myrnohrad, Ukrainian forces are holding defensive positions and destroying enemy units on the approaches to the city. To ensure uninterrupted support for Ukrainian units, additional logistical routes to Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad are being organized.
More than 650 drones target locations across Ukraine including western regions with sirens sounding in eastern Poland
Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine in the early hours of Saturday as US and Ukrainian officials continued talks in Miami which the White House hopes will bring an end to the conflict.
Ukrainian assault teams have successfully cleared several streets in the embattled city of Pokrovsk, using drone-guided operations to drive Russian troops from their positions, the 425th Separate Assault Regiment “Skelya” reported on November 12.
According to the regiment, small tactical groups are being deployed to clear buildings of occupying forces, with each move coordinated in real time by reconnaissance drones. “The drones not only detect targets but even indicate the direction of fire for the troops,” the unit reported.