Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger blasted Ukraine’s bureaucracy for dragging out construction of a domestic artillery shell plant, saying red tape is slowing things down while a similar plant in Germany is already finished.

The site is supposed to pump out 300,000 shells a year.

Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir:

There is a major risk to the hostages’ lives if we invade Gaza City.

Hamas may kill the hostages if Gaza City is occupied.

The amended deal is on the table and should be accepted.

Source: Channel 13

Before-and-after photos of Volodymyr Mykolayenko, the former mayor of Kherson, showing him before his Russian captivity and after his release.

Sudan: Army launched intense airstrikes on RSF positions in Niala, western Darfur.

Israel-backed Hikmat al-Hijri:

With an international guarantee, from five countries that have pledged to protect our land, our honor, our dignity, and our existence, led by the United States and Israel.

So that the matter is clear, we are on the right side. Any point of view that guarantees the protection of our land and our dignity, we are with it. They will see nothing from us but loyalty towards these parties.

Burkina Faso: JNIM released footage showing a captured VDP soldier.

Israeli Minister Smotrich:

We want to annex land from Gaza and resume settlement.

Burkina Faso: Following a surge in recent JNIM attacks, dozens of VDP soldiers from Sahel and Centre-Nord reportedly fled to Niger.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjárto to Ukraine:

Stop attacking our energy security! This is not our war!

NBC: Did Russia invade Ukraine? Yes or no?

Lavrov: We started a special military operation.

Somalia: Dozens of Puntland soldiers reportedly abandoned their frontline positions against IS-Somalia in the Cal Miskaad mountains due to unpaid salaries and poor conditions.

Benin: Local sources reported an attack on the Gada customs post in Malanville near the Niger border was repelled.

One person was killed and several others wounded.

Trump:

Why is it that ABC and NBC FAKE NEWS, two of the absolute worst and most biased networks anywhere in the World, aren’t paying Millions of Dollars a year in LICENSE FEES.

Nuclear talks on Tuesday between Iran and the Europeans will be held in Geneva.

Source: AFP

DR Congo: Over the weekend, heavy clashes broke out in Mwenga, South Kivu, between Congolese army forces allied with Wazalendo militias and AFC/M23 rebels.

Chinese Foreign Ministry:

China does not plan to send peacekeepers to Ukraine.

Ukraine’s MoD shows the new “Long Neptune” missile.

Range: 1,000 km.
Designed to hit ground targets.
Over 6 m long (1.5 m longer than R-360).
Fuselage widened from 38 cm to 50 cm.
In use against Russia since spring 2025.

Netanyahu's Office:

Israel welcomes Lebanon’s decision, led by President Aoun and PM Salam, to disarm Hezbollah by the end of 2025.

This step is a chance for Lebanon to restore sovereignty and rebuild its state institutions free of non-state influence.

Israel is ready to support Lebanon’s efforts and, if Lebanese forces act to dismantle Hezbollah, will take reciprocal steps, including a gradual IDF drawdown in coordination with the U.S.

Now is the time for Israel and Lebanon to move forward in cooperation toward stability and prosperity.

Israeli soldiers wrote the names of pro-Palestinian celebrities Billie Eilish and Mark Ruffalo on bombs bound for Gaza.

WATCH: Israel bombs civil defense crews trying to recover Reuters photojournalist Hossam Al-Masri’s body after he was killed in a strike on Nasser Hospital.