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What happened in the region around 29 June 2021?
Summary
A look back at two developments reported in the days before 29 June 2021: naval exercises in the Black Sea and a deadly tornado in the Czech Republic.
What was the regional picture on 29 June 2021? Two reports from the preceding days framed it: the start of large naval exercises in the Black Sea and a devastating tornado in the Czech Republic.
On 28 June 2021, the Sea Breeze military exercises began in the Black Sea. They were reported as the largest in the history of the exercises.
Four days earlier, on 24 June 2021, a rare and powerful tornado struck several villages in the southeast of the Czech Republic, in South Moravia. It caused catastrophic damage. According to the mayor of Hrušky, much of the village was destroyed. Five people were killed and 150 others were injured.
Rescue teams from neighbouring Austria and Slovakia were deployed to the affected region.
