More than two weeks before terrorists staged a bloody attack in the suburbs of Moscow, the U.S. government told Russian officials that Crocus City Hall was a potential target, WaPo reports.

Ukraine is at great risk of its front lines collapsing.

According to high-ranking Ukrainian military officers who served under General Valery Zaluzhny — the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces until he was replaced in February — the military picture is grim.

The officers said there’s a great risk of the front lines collapsing wherever Russian generals decide to focus their offensive.

Moreover, thanks to a much greater weight in numbers and the guided aerial bombs that have been smashing Ukrainian positions for weeks now, Russia will likely be able to “penetrate the front line and to crash it in some parts,” they said.

Ukraine needs 4 million shells and 2 million drones.

French President Macron held confidential talks with US President Biden and German Chancellor Scholz in February to persuade them to change the West's strategy in Russia's war against Ukraine, WSJ reports.

Macron believes that Western countries should adopt a position of strategic uncertainty regarding the Russian Federation, which would leave all options on the table, including military ones.

The idea represents a radical departure from the position the Biden administration has taken since the start of the war: avoiding actions that could provoke Moscow and lead to an escalation of the conflict.

Biden has questioned the need for a change in strategy, amid fears it could lead to escalation. Scholz also opposed this idea.

Signs with the picture of IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and other senior officials in the security system were hung around Tehran with the inscription "We take revenge”.

Bullet pierced the helmet and stuck in the forehead of a Russian soldier.

Israel bracing for Iran’s response on Damascus strike.

IDF says it has bolstered and called up reservists for its air defense systems.

Iran’s Khamenei today:

Failure of Israeli regime in Gaza will continue and this regime will be close to decline and destruction. Desperate efforts like the one they committed in Syria will not save them from failure.

Of course, they will be slapped for this action.

IDF activated the suppression of GPS geopositioning signals in the center of the country in anticipation of a missile strike from Iran.

Russian Army hit Ukraine's Kharkiv with a number of kamikaze UAV strikes last night.

The U.S. Army plans to deploy a new medium-range missile launcher in the Asia-Pacific region by the end of this year that could act as a deterrent against China, Gen. Charles Flynn, U.S. Army Pacific commanding general, told.

Italian Deputy FM Edmondo Cirielli:

France should not disrupt efforts to establish peace in South Caucasus.

It would be appropriate and helpful if French Minister Séjourné did not undermine the efforts of those who, guided by common sense, are moving forward to achieve lasting peace in the region.

Ukrainian FPV drone equipped with thermobaric warhead demolishes a building.

‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza

The system has been used to identify and attack 37,000 targets, although about 10% of them are misidentified. But there was no ‘zero-error’ policy. Mistakes were treated statistically.

The machine gives almost every single person in Gaza a rating from 1 to 100, expressing how likely it is that they are a militant.

Israeli army has systematically attacked targets in their private homes, alongside their families — in part because it was easier from an intelligence standpoint to mark family houses using automated systems.

Operatives marked by Lavender were assassinated only with dumb bombs, in the interest of saving more expensive armaments.