The Russian Federation no longer agrees to negotiations on Ukraine on the basis of the Istanbul Agreements, the “geopolitical situation is different now”, Kremlin Spokesman Peskov says.

Ukraine has run out of missiles for Patriot, IRIS-T and other air defense systems, Bild military expert Julian Röpcke claims.

He made this conclusion after the attack on the Trypilska Thermal Power Plant in the Kyiv region.

“And this despite the fact that we have hundreds of systems and thousands of missiles in our warehouses. There are no words. Just anger.”

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio:

Iran wants to launch a large scale attack from their own territory against Israel.

Israel will respond instantly with an even more severe counterattack inside of Iran.

What happens next is the most dangerous Middle East moment since 1973.

EU may have to agree more than €50 billion in aid promised to Ukraine if US stops supporting Kyiv, French President Macron says.

Iran’s UN mission:

Had the UN Security Council condemned the Zionist regime’s reprehensible act of aggression on our diplomatic premises in Damascus and subsequently brought to justice its perpetrators, the imperative for Iran to punish this rogue regime might have been obviated.

#BREAKING Iran postponed strike against Israel “at the last minute”, Israel’s Ynet reports.

“Strike still possible in the coming days.”

IDF Spokesman on possible Iran strike:

We have a multi-layered defense capability that has proven itself with thousands of successful interceptions, but the defense is never hermetic.

Hermetic: so tightly closed that no air can leave or enter.

Iran sent an indirect message to the US that its response would be to the extent that it would not lead to escalation in the region, Reuters reports.

The US has no "Plan B" for military aid to Ukraine other than the $60 billion that is stuck in Congress, Bloomberg reports.

“European leaders should overcome the delays and use the proceeds from blocked Russian assets to help the Ukrainian authorities,” unnamed American officials said.

Russian Afrika Corps forces have arrived in Niger and will train local military personnel.

Niger became the second country after Burkina Faso in which Afrika Corps began operating.

Shortly after the military coup in July 2023, Niger terminated its military cooperation agreement with France and expelled the French Ambassador to Niamey, Sylvain Itte.

In March, the Niamey administration also terminated the military cooperation agreement with the United States, which has about 1,000 military and drone bases in Niger.

Russian Wagner PMC operating in Libya, Mali, etc., has been rebranded as the “Africa Corps” in a clear reference to Nazi Germany's Afrika Korps.

A new British military laser could have “huge ramifications” for the conflict in Europe, UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has suggested.

Expected to be ready for posting by 2027 at the latest, the DragonFire weapon could be rushed on to the front line in Ukraine to take down Russian drones, Mr Shapps said.

Russia's Rostec supplied Russian MoD with a batch of new Su-35S fighter jets.

Ukraine's Long Range Attack (Kamikaze) Drones/UAVs.

Source: H I Sutton

Major Iranian attack against Israel was expected as soon as Friday (today), possibly to include more than 100 drones and dozens of missiles aimed at military targets inside the country, CBS reports.

The US, Germany, France, UK, India and Russia have issued warnings to their citizens, urging them not to visit Israel, Iran and the Palestinian territories in anticipation of a potential escalation.

Belarus is not going to war against Ukraine because the border is barricaded in such a way that "we cannot get there", Belarus President Lukashenko says.

"Do we want trouble for ourselves? We don't! The border on the Ukrainian side is concreted, mined, barricaded, and there are 120,000 Ukrainian troops there."