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Tehran is seemingly redoubling its efforts to equip Hezbollah and other regional allies with advanced air defense systems, potentially affecting Israeli and U.S. calculations in the Gaza war and beyond.
Hezbollah may have acquired Russian anti-ship missiles, which it can use against American warships, Reuters reported on Nov. 8.
The Askold, a Russian cruise missile carrier damaged in a missile attack on Kerch, is a newly built warship that has not yet been commissioned into the Black Sea Fleet, Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk said on Nov. 6.
The cruise-missile carrier was undergoing final testing when it was damaged last week in annexed Crimea.
An air-raid alert was issued in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Crimea on Nov. 4, with the Crimean Bridge connecting the peninsula to Russia smothered in a smoke screen and closed again, numerous local social media reported on Nov. 4, indicating a possible missile attack.