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Bloomberg: US ‘quietly’ provides Ukraine with most-accurate artillery shell

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The U.S. Defense Department sent Ukraine its “most-accurate artillery shell,” the GPS-guided Excalibur, reports Bloomberg, citing budget documents that confirm the previously unannounced addition. A satellite-guided weapon can reportedly hit within two meters of its target. The Excalibur was first used to kill al-Qaeda leader Abu Jurah in Iraq in 2007.

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Russia launched 598 drones overnight, including Shahed attack drones and decoys, as well as 31 missiles, among them two Kh-47 Kinzhal ballistic missiles, nine Iskander-M or North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles, and 20 Kh-101 cruise missiles, Ukraine’s Air Force reported.

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