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Russia's Defence Ministry admitted that a Ukrainian strike on Fyodosia,

a port city in eastern Crimea, had damaged one of its warships.

One person was killed and two were injured, according to the Russian installed governor of the

Occupied Peninsula. The ship is thought to Russian installed governor of the occupied peninsula.

The ship is thought to be the Novature Kask, a large landing vessel.

Ukraine's Air Force claimed it had in fact destroyed the ship and likened its fate to that of the Moskva,

the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet which Ukrainian forces sank in April 2022.

UAV Galant, Israel's defense minister, said that his country was in a, quote, multi-front war with attacks from seven theaters.

They included not only Gaza but also Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Syria, the West Bank and Yemen.

His comments followed reports in Iran's state media that an Israeli

air-strike in Syria killed Syed Razi Masavi, a senior Iranian general.

Iran general.

Iran pledged to avenge the attack.

Apple failed to overturn a ban on the import and sale of two of its watches in America.

The firm is accused of infringing the copyright of

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