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The summer campaign has opened in Ukraine. In a move of desperate vandalism, Russia appears to have ordered the blowing up of the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro, and widespread flooding could threaten the stability of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex. Even so, it is hard to see the fighting bringing a conclusion over the coming months.

The Finnish military's Defence Command has suggested raising the age limit for reservists to 65 from the current level of 60 for officers and 50 for enlisted personnel.

The attack on press freedom is intensifying and becoming more effective as governments battle to secure greater control of news through repression and censorship

The UK Royal Navy’s Second Sea Lord VAdm Martin Connell said it shouldn’t be a surprise that adjustments must be made ahead of a hotly anticipated new Defence Command Paper and praised the progress made by HMS Tamar and Spey in reinforcing the UK’s commitment to the Indo-Pacific.

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The Copenhagen Post – Danish news in English

The UK RN has decommissioned Duke-class Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose today at a Portsmouth ceremony.

With the exception of mild food allergy issues, people requiring special diets are prohibited from joining the special units.

The exercises will involve practising responses to "a civil-military scenario, set in a hybrid environment," the defence alliance says. But no troops are involved.