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Athens · Wednesday, 4 November 2026

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Latvia: second drone alert in two days, in the Balvi and Ludza municipalities near the Russian border Poland deploys counter-terrorism units on the Kaliningrad border after sabotage warnings Coalition of the Willing: first major exercise in Poland, Koalicja, with 2,800 troops from 11 countries Israel: Eisenkot’s bloc meets for the first time; what it wants to control before the mandate is handed out Witkoff: new round of Ukraine-Russia-US talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11, with a stop in Brussels first Israel asks Beirut to keep Hezbollah out of any new war with Iran; Netanyahu presses Trump while Trump says there is “no rush” Kharkiv: strike on a medical facility hours after Zelensky’s warning of a new mass attack, 62 injured and patients evacuated Komyshuvakha: double strike with FAB-3000 bombs on a humanitarian aid centre, at least 31 dead and almost 50 missing Russia and Azerbaijan: new military-technical programme and Pantsir-S1 sales push after Aliyev’s absence from Ankara Greek Chief of Defence General Houpis in Saudi Arabia: two-day visit to Riyadh and Yanbu, home of the Greek Patriot battery

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