Ukrainian soldiers captured a group of three Russian soldiers during an assault on a position in Lyman direction.

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, after negotiations with Chinese President Xi Jinping, commented on China’s “support for Russia”:

"If Beijing does not take measures to solve this problem, Washington will."

China is not afraid of competition, but it should be aimed at overall progress and not be a “zero-sum game,” Xi Jinping said at the meeting with Blinken.

Chinese President Xi warns Blinken: Stop being two-faced.

"America should stop saying one thing and doing another. Washington should not to treat Beijing as an enemy.

Our two countries … should be true to their words. We should help each other flourish, not harm each other."

The armies of China and Russia make a significant contribution to ensuring strategic stability on the planet, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun said.

The interaction between the armed forces of China and Russia plays a stabilizing role in global processes, he added.

"In a changing international situation, it is especially important that the relationship between our armed forces remains highly dynamic, responding to the trends of the era. Our interaction is important for strategic stability on the planet."

Dong Jun met with his Russian counterpart Shougi today.

Ukrainian Military Intelligence (GUR) publishes footage of a Russian Ka-32 helicopter being set on fire at an airfield near Moscow.

IDF cleared by helicopter part of of Iranian ballistic missile that fell in Arad area that was found by travelers.

Here’s the footage of Blinken threatening China with actions if it continues to support Russia.

#BREAKING F-16 fighter jets will begin arriving in Ukraine this year along with trained pilots, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says.

Israel warned Assad that if Syria was used against them they "would destroy his regime," said a Western diplomat to AFP.

German police dispersed pro-Palestine group who staged a sit-in in Berlin.

Turkish President Erdogan:

Today's Hitler and Nazis massacred 15 thousand children and 35 thousand people in Gaza. Netanyahu has shamefully inscribed his name in history as the "Butcher of Gaza".

We cannot label Palestinian resistance fighters as terrorists.

We cannot be among those who slander Hamas as a terrorist organization just because Israel and its western supporters want us to.

Pro-Palestine campus protests in the U.S. since April 17.

#BREAKING Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir had an accident in his car.

The car overturned.

He is currently being rushed to the hospital.

He is reported to be mildly injured.

Photo of the injured Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir after car accident.

This is how Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir had a car accident.

He reportedly ran a red light.

“The secret treaty that could end the war in Ukraine”: Germany’s WELT publishes a secret agreement.

Ukraine pledged to:
— refuse from any membership in the military alliance (NATO);
— refuse to produce and receive nuclear weapons, do not allow foreign troops into the country and do not allow weapons through;
— do not provide infrastructure, including airfields and seaports, to other countries.

In response, the Russian Federation promised to:
— don’t attack Ukraine anymore;
— in the event of an “attack on Ukraine,” the guarantor countries undertake to support Ukraine within 3 days. The Russian Federation was not against security guarantees for Ukraine from other countries.

— Crimea and the port of Sevastopol were excluded from security guarantees, which, in fact, would transfer control over the peninsula to the Russian Federation.

— The occupied parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions would partially remain with the Russian Federation.

— The negotiations took place in Istanbul under the mediation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Yemen's Houthis say they shot downed American MQ-9 Reaper UAV yesterday.

2 Russian oil refineries were attacked at night by Ukrainain kamikaze UAVs.

Here’s the footage of explosion in Slavyansk-on-Kuban.

Ilsky oil refinery, Kushchevsky oil refinery and other infrastructure facilities in Kuban (Krasnodar Krai) were also targeted.

A pair of Ukrainian Su-25s fire 80mm unguided S-8 rockets at Russian positions.

S-8 rockets are used by a variety of Soviet/Russian fighter-bombers and attack helicopters, including the Su-25 Frogfoot.

It has a range of 2-4.5 km depending on the warhead.

Russian 48Ya6-K1 Podlet-K1 low-altitude surveillance radar used with S-400 AD system was hit by Ukrainian GUR’s Warmate 3.0 kamikaze UAV.

— Podlet-K1 can detect targets at a maximum distance of up to 300 km and at heights of up to 10 km, and can track at least 200 targets simultaneously.

— It is a phased array radar designed to detect low-altitude, low-speed aerial targets such as cruise missiles, drones, and other low-flying aircraft.

And now this happened too: Cope cage for Russian oil refineries.