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And those concerns come as the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its escort ships enter the region, bringing the largest influx of personnel, jet fighters and missiles it has seen in decades.

The Ukrainian army said on social media it had hit a refinery in the Ryazan region near Moscow as "part of efforts to reduce the enemy's ability to launch missile and bomb strikes".

The day after the Cannes news, Hassona and her family were killed by an Israeli missile.

Last month, a US guided missile destroyer docked at Trinidad for four days for another round of practice drills -- within firing range of Venezuela, which called it a "provocation."

This force includes the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier, as well as a range of guided missile destroyers and amphibious assault ships capable of landing thousands of troops.