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In the yards of private houses, the occupiers are placing their positions, armored vehicles, and observation stations. — Ukrinform.

Russian commandos withdrew their units on the left bank of the Dnipro river in Kherson region for 5-15 km after the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, but they did not stop shelling Kherson, where civilians are being evacuated, said Natalia Humeniuk, head of the Joint Coordinating Press Center of the Defense Forces of the Operational Command Pivden (South).

To counter China’s growing military threat and coercive tactics, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has increased Japan’s diplomatic, economic, and security initiatives as well as expanded its coordination with regional partners. Japan has been increasingly direct in its criticism of Beijing’s sovereignty transgressions, human rights violations, and efforts to intimidate its neighbors while more directly linking its security to that of Taiwan.

The government and ruling parties plan to begin full-scale discussions to boost the country’s defense budget in the next fiscal year and beyond, after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told U.S. President Joe Biden during the pair’s summit in Tokyo on Monday that Japan will secure “a substantial increase” in its defense budget.

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