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On Tuesday, April 18, China declared a navigation warning in the Yellow Sea while 12 Chinese military aircraft and four ships were detected around Taiwan from Monday to Tuesday (April 17-18).The Shandong Maritime Safety Administration on Monday evening (April 17) issued a navigation warning stating that "major military activities" would be conducted in the Yellow Sea from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Tuesday (April 18). It stated that navigation in the designated area during this time period would be prohibited but did not specify what military activities would be carried out.
On Wednesday, April 19, Ukraine shot down 10 Iranian-made Shahed drones overnight as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) sparked a fire in Ukraine's southern Odessa region.
Russian forces attacked using the Shahed-136 and smaller Shahed-131 drones from the south overnight, Ukraine's Air Force Command said in a statement on Wednesday. Ukraine's Air Command "South" destroyed 10 out the 12 launched drones, it claimed.
Writing on Telegram, Ukrainian authorities in Odessa said an infrastructure facility was hit during the attacks, publishing dramatic images of firefighters combating the blaze.
On Thursday April 20, it was reported that Russian Deputy Secretary of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, on Wednesday threatened to arm North Korea if South Korea agrees to provide lethal aid to Ukraine. Medvedev’s comments came after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol suggested that the Asian nation might be open to providing more than just economic and humanitarian aid to Kyiv after refusing to do so for more than a year following Russia’s February 2022 invasion.
Also on Thursday, it was reported that Israel is in advanced negotiations with Germany to sell its Arrow-3 missile defense system, Israel's Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
Germany has ramped up its military spending - a decision prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Arrow-3 is designed to intercept ballistic missiles outside of the earth’s atmosphere. It is the top layer of Israel's missile defense array, which extends from Iron Dome that intercepts short-range rockets to Arrow-3's long-range missiles that destroy any non-conventional warheads at a safe altitude.
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