Russian forces continue to test using drones with nets to intercept Ukrainian drones.

Macron is ready to discuss the idea of ​​"using French nuclear warheads to protect the EU."

"I am in favor of opening up this debate, which therefore must include missile defense, long-range missiles, nuclear weapons for those who have or have American nuclear weapons on their territory. Let's put everything on the table and see what is really protects us in a reliable way."

Moscow today. Russia shows off captured Ukrainian armored vehicles donated/transferred by Western countries.

— American HMMWV and M1124 MaxxPro
— British Husky TSV and Mastiff PPV
— Australian Bushmaster & Turkish Kirpi
— South African Mamba Mk2 EE transferred from Estonia
— Austrian Steyr-Puch 712m Pinzgauer 6 x 6 Military Ambulance
— German tank Leopard 2A6
— American M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA infantry fighting vehicle
— German infantry fighting vehicle Marder 1A3
— Swedish infantry fighting vehicle CV9040C
— American armored personnel carrier M113A2 and its Dutch modification YPR-765
— Finnish armored personnel carrier XA-180
— British armored personnel carrier AT-105 Saxon
— French 105mm AMX-10RCR
— American 155mm howitzer M777
— American M1A1SA Abrams tank on the way.

Russian soldiers (likely mobilized) trying to learn Esmarch’s tourniquet.

— Esmarch's tourniquet is a soft rubber bandage traditionally used in emergencies to expel excess blood from a limb that has had its blood supply cut off by a tourniquet.

— This technique, developed on the battlefield, is crucial for creating a bloodless area necessary for surgeries where bleeding could complicate the procedure.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaking at the Riyadh Economic Forum:

"Israel deserves to be in an environment of complete security. It is our duty to ensure this.

And, we, as Palestinians have the right to obtain self-determination as an independent state."

American snipers at Indiana University, escorted by officials, heading to the Gaza Encampment protests.

US purchased 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russian ally Kazakhstan, Kyiv Post reports.

Kazakhstan, which is renewing its aircraft fleet, auctioned off 117 Soviet-era fighters and bombers, including MiG-31 interceptors, MiG-27 fighter-bombers, MiG-29 fighters and Su-24 bombers from the 1970s and 1980s.

The declared sale value was one billion Kazakhstani tenge, said the Post, or $2.26 million, equalling an average value for each plane of $19,300.

The US purchased 81 of the aged, unusable warplanes, said the Ukrainian Telegram channel Insider UA, per the Post.

Telegram blocked official Ukrainian bots for data transmission: bots of the GUR, SBU, and Ministry of Digital Transformation, a bot for tracking Shahed-136 kamikaze UAVs, the "eVorog" bot, and others.

But the decision has been overturned now. The bots are active again.

China sends its third aircraft carrier Fujian for sea trials.

— Named after China's Fujian province, the carrier was officially launched in June 2022 and was undergoing fitting out as of January 2024.

— Fujian is expected to have a displacement of around 80,000 tonnes, making it larger than China's previous carriers, the Liaoning and Shandong.

— Fujian's advanced features, including electromagnetic catapults and a larger airwing capacity, significantly enhance China's naval capabilities, enabling it to project power more effectively in the Indian and Pacific Oceans

$61 billion is not enough for Ukraine, Reuters commentary claims.

Reuters commentary says Ukraine needs $88 billion a year and confiscation of frozen Russian assets.

Such a scheme would allow financing Ukrainians until 2028.

The largest European banks remaining in Russia paid more than €800 million in taxes to the Russian budget in 2023, which is 4 times more than before the start of invasion of Ukraine, FT reports.

The seven largest European banks by assets in Russia - Raiffeisen Bank International, UniCredit, ING, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo and OTP - reported combined profits of more than €3 billion in 2023.

BBC reporter to US Secretary of State Blinken:

There's catastrophic loss of life in Gaza. In China, where you are visiting now, the US is described as hypocritical.

You ask China to stop sending Russia not even weapons, but components that can be used to make weapons, but you continue to send weapons to Israel.

This erodes the credibility of the US. Not only here in China but all over the world. What do you say?

Türkiye’s first indigenous & homegrown manned supersonic jet, light attack, training, patrol and acro team aircraft HÜRJET continues high performance maneuvers with 7.2 G.

— HÜRJET has a g-limit of +8/-3 g.

— The Turkish jet recently reached Mach 0.68 speed. Hürjet has a maximum speed of 1.4 Mach.

— 50 successful sorties completed, accumulating 39 hours and 44 minutes of flight time. Aircraft reached a maximum altitude of 15,000 feet.

— HÜRJET successfully completed its maiden flight on April 25, 2023.

Burkina Faso’s Bayraktar AKINCI & TB2 UCAVs continue wreaking havoc on terrorist targets.

Burkina Faso has recently acquired AKINCI long-range UCAVs from Türkiye.

These UCAVs are intended to enhance Burkina Faso's military capabilities, particularly in combating terrorists operating in the region.

Ukrainian Air Force F-16s will be based in bunkers and underground infrastructure, Ukrainian Air Force speaker Yevlash says.

The destroyed American-made Ukrainian M1A1SA Abrams tank, evacuated to the rear, was loaded onto a tank carrier for a trip for cosmetic repairs.

It’ll then head to the exhibition in Moscow.

#BREAKING Türkiye has supported Dutch PM Rutte's candidacy for the post of NATO Secretary General, Dutch TV reports, citing sources in the alliance.