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Ukrainian strikes killed five people and injured 46 more in Belgorod, a city in southwestern Russia,

according to Russian authorities. Belgorod has frequently come under Ukrainian attack before.

Earlier, Vladimir Zolenski, Ukraine's president, sacked the commander of the Air Force,

Michaela Oleschuk.

Mr. Zolenski did not specify a reason, but the dismissal came a day after Ukraine confirmed that an F-16 fighter jet was destroyed and its pilot killed during a Russian missile barrage earlier in the week. Ukraine had long sought the American made F-16s.

The Israel Defence Forces said that it killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in an overnight operation.

One had infiltrated an Israeli settlement and the other shot at soldiers after his car exploded.

Two people were injured in the incidents.

According to Israel's ambulance services,

the IDF has killed at least 22 people since it send in ground troops on

Wednesday.

China and the Philippines accused each other of ramming Coast Guard ships in a disputed area of the South China Sea, almost all of which China claims as its own.

The Philippines said China intentionally struck its vessel, while China accused the Philippines

of deliberately crashing into its ship.

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