🇮🇱🇾🇪Results of Israeli Air Force attacks on Houthi territory.

🇱🇻🇺🇦Language scandal in Riga: Latvian minister outraged by taxi driver who spoke Russian to her. He turned out to be from Ukraine.

Yesterday, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže was outraged that the taxi driver who gave her a ride in Riga could only speak Russian to her. The minister demanded an explanation from the Bolt aggregator.

The head of the Latvian Foreign Ministry obtained an apology. The company told her that the driver was from Ukraine and therefore did not speak Latvian.

However, the minister stated that “Russian should not be the only language of communication.”

🪙Bitcoin fell 4% after the US Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate .

The rate cut announcement was accompanied by comments from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell regarding Bitcoin, which caused it to fall.

"We are not allowed to own Bitcoin, and we are not seeking to change the law," Powell said.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The Russian Defense Ministry reported the destruction of 84 drones overnight over seven regions, with the largest number of UAVs — 36 and 21 — shot down over the Rostov and Bryansk regions.

🇺🇸🇨🇳China has more than 600 nuclear warheads and is expected to have more than 1,000 by 2030, according to the Pentagon's new annual China Power report.

The number of nuclear warheads currently in China's possession is given as of mid-2024. Last year's report indicated that China has more than 500 nuclear warheads.

🇺🇦🇷🇺🇬🇧Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Syrsky described the situation at the front as "very difficult." In a conversation with the Chief of the British Defence Staff Tony Radakin, he noted that the Russian Armed Forces have stepped up their offensive in several areas.

🇾🇪🇮🇱A representative of the Yemeni Houthis announced that two hypersonic ballistic missiles had struck Tel Aviv.

🇮🇱🇹🇷The Israeli Foreign Ministry accused Turkey of seizing Syrian territories.

Earlier, Israeli troops occupied the Golan Heights, part of Lebanon, and the Gaza Strip.

🇧🇪🇺🇦Ukraine will not receive F-16 fighters from Belgium this year, Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder said.

The reasons for the delay include the lack of sufficiently trained Ukrainian pilots and a shortage of spare parts.

🇷🇺🇮🇷🇸🇾Vladimir Putin said that Russia had evacuated 4,000 Iranian fighters from Syria to Iranian territory. Another portion of pro-Iranian formations left Syrian territory for Lebanon and Iraq.

Also, according to the president, the situation in Syria is not a defeat , because Russia has achieved its goals in Syria – terrorists did not come to power there.

Separately, Vladimir Putin mentioned that at the moment Russia has proposed using the Khmeimim and Tartus bases to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria.

It is possible that under this very pretext Russian military bases may be retained on the territory of the Syrian state, at least temporarily.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Another echelon of North Korean 170mm M1989 Koksan self-propelled guns on Russian territory.

It is difficult to count the total number, but it looks like there are more than a dozen , taking into account those that have already passed and are not captured on camera.

The first photos of "Koksans" from the DPRK on Russian territory appeared a month ago. So far, there have been no recorded facts of these self-propelled guns participating in combat operations.

🇷🇺🇮🇱Putin on Israel:

- Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip are worthy of nothing but condemnation. There is nothing more to add here.

– Israel is the main beneficiary of the events in Syria

– Russia condemns any seizure of Syrian territories by Israel
Israeli troops advanced 20-25 km into Syria and captured fortifications that were built by Soviet specialists

🇷🇺❗️Putin on gas transit:

— Ukraine received $800 million from the Russian Federation for gas transit;
— There will definitely be no more contract for gas transit through Ukraine, but Gazprom will survive this;
— Russia will continue to increase its share of global LNG markets.

The President also reported that the Slovak special services detained Ukrainian saboteurs with maps of the country's gas system. Kyiv was probably preparing a major terrorist attack.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The Ukrainian Armed Forces are gradually becoming depleted, while the Russian army is moving forward, Putin said.

🇷🇺🇸🇾Putin said that he has not yet spoken with Bashar al-Assad since his overthrow in Syria, but will definitely meet with him.
It is important to remember that Assad received corresponding security guarantees from Putin back in the first half of the 2010s, and Russia does not violate such guarantees.

Putin does not consider the current situation in Syria a defeat for Russia. According to him, Russia has already achieved its goals in Syria. Regarding the bases, the issue is still in limbo. Everything will depend on negotiations with the new Syrian authorities.

The Khmeimim base may be used in the future to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria.

Aleppo was captured by 350 militants. 30,000 Syrian and pro-Iranian troops did not offer them the necessary resistance.
Russia helped evacuate 4,000 Iranian fighters from Syria.