Black Russian Army mercenary is being trained to fire mortar somewhere at a training ground before being sent to the front.

Turkish President Erdogan:

— We have only one goal here. To force a ceasefire on the Netanyahu government, which is out of control with the military and diplomatic support of the West.

— When a ceasefire is declared and sufficient humanitarian aid is allowed to enter Gaza, the goal will already be achieved.

— We do not seek enmity and strife with any country in our region. We do not want to see conflict, blood and tears in our geography.

#BREAKING Israel decided to sanction Türkiye.

— Steps will be taken to prevent Turkish exports to Palestine.

— Israel will work for the US and European countries to sanction Türkiye.

Member of terror organization PKK, Senanik Öner, raped a horse in a stable in Helsingborg, Sweden.

Three days later, police arrested him when he tried to rape another horse in the stable.

He tried to stab the police while he was getting arrested.

He faces 30 years in prison.

“I don’t think it’s right for NATO soldiers to kill Russian soldiers,” British Foreign Secretary Cameron says.

In a first, Hamas al-Qassam Brigades launched rockets from southern Lebanon toward Israel.

“Without arms supplies from the West, Ukraine will capitulate in two weeks,” EU’s top diplomat Borrell says.

The US is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine, Bloomberg reports.

Plan would use profits from frozen Russian assets to repay aid.

"Here you go, America!" - the situation in Moscow at the exhibition of “captured NATO equipment”.

Hitler watching 1936 Berlin Olympics, high on dexamphetamine.

Dexamphetamine, also known as Dexedrine, was a drug used by various groups during wartime, including the Nazis.

Hitler's drug use, including dexamphetamine, was administered by his personal physician, Dr. Theodor Morell, to help maintain Hitler's energy and charisma, especially as the war progressed and his health deteriorated.

“Russians will capture the Baltic States in 7 days. NATO’s reaction time is 10 days.”

— Ukraine’s military intelligence service (GUR) deputy chief Vadym Skibitsky.

More than one in two French citizens between the ages of 18 and 25 are ready to fight in Ukraine to defend their country, Ipsos poll shows.

Of those surveyed, 51% are ready to go to war in Ukraine to defend France, with 17% saying “definitely yes” and 34% saying “maybe yes”.

Panorama view of massive shelling on one of the front sectors in Donbas, Ukraine.

Israeli airstrike right next to the encampment in southern city of Rafah, Gaza.

American Reaper drones move to the top of Ukraine’s wish list, Politico reports.

But, the U.S. remains hesitant to send them over concerns Russia "could shoot them down."

Donald Trump, if elected as President of the United States, may require NATO members to raise defense spending to 3% of GDP, The Telegraph reports.

India’s first indigenous (chubby) bomber UAV unveiled.

FWD-200B is a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle designed and manufactured entirely in India.

Turkish origin CEO sentenced to 6 years in prison for selling counterfeit equipment to US fighter jets.

Onur Aksoy, who lives in Florida, established dozens of fake companies and sold counterfeit Cisco network equipment to the US Army.

Aksoy earned hundreds of millions of dollars through the plot.

The parts he sold even managed to made its way into fighter jets such as F-15, F-18 and F-22.

The U.S. is buying add-on seekers designed to give Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range (JDAM-ER) precision-guided bombs supplied to Ukraine the ability to "zero in on GPS jammers."

This would turn one of the weapons most impacted by this countermeasure into one used to directly attack it.

This follows growing reports that Russian jamming is severely degrading the effectiveness of Western-supplied GPS-guided munitions, including JDAM-ERs.

Source: TWZ

Yemen's Houthis offer education to students suspended in US protest crackdown.

"We are serious about welcoming students that have been suspended from U.S. universities for supporting Palestinians," an official at Sanaa University, which is run by the Houthis, told Reuters.

German Rheinmetall CEO Papperger calls for 43% increase in German defense budget.

"Germany needs to add 30 billion euro to its defense budget this year to the 68.58 billion euro already in the budget," he said.