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Prince William thanks troops for taking part in Colonel's Review during heatwave

The Prince of Wales reviewed his troops at Horse Guards Parade in London.

Satellite images of the Nova Kakhovka dam damage (Picture: Maxar Technologies).

UK to give Ukraine extra £16m of aid after destruction of Nova Kakhovka dam

HMS Queen Elizabeth arriving back in Portsmouth after a deployment to the USA, October 2022,

HMS Queen Elizabeth prepares to lead carrier strike group after arriving back in Portsmouth

A mortar unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fires at enemy positions in the suburbs of Bakhmut town (Picture: Sipa US/Alamy Live News).

'Significant' Ukrainian operations in east and south of country, MOD says

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Military team takes on 'world's toughest row' from mainland USA to Hawaii

HMS Defender was deployed to monitor three Russian warships as they sailed past the British Isles (Picture: Royal Navy).

Royal Navy and Royal Air Force deployed to shadow Russian warships

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RAF Typhoons scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft twice in 24 hours

A special flypast to mark the retirement of the Hercules aircraft will take place on 14 June (Picture: Royal Air Force).

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Water flows strongly through a breakthrough in the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine (Picture: UPI/Alamy Stock Photo).

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Private military company group Wagner (Picture: Kadyrov95).

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Ukrainian military chaplains complete training with British Army

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RAF C-17 makes difficult landing on St Helena in the Atlantic (Picture: RAF).

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Satellite images of the Nova Kakhovka dam damage (Picture: Maxar Technologies).

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