U.S. Secretary of State Blinken:

Kremlin often claimed it has the 2nd strongest military in the world. Many believed it.

Today, many sees Russia’s military as the 2nd strongest military in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Su-24M with British cruise missiles Storm Shadow.

Hungarian government calls on Ukraine to make territorial concessions in order to end the war.

“Enough of the war, only a ceasefire can end the devastation, only peaceful negotiations can save lives. It's time for peace."

The map of Ukraine is depicted without Crimea.

The Washington Post reports the beginning of the demining of the line of contact by the Ukrainian military ahead of the counteroffensive.

Also, President Zelensky said Ukraine is ready for a counteroffensive, but don't know exactly how long it will take & what price it will pay.

Almost 300 people died in a train collision in India.

The passenger train derailed and collided with freight and other passenger trains.

At least 900 people were injured. The accident was the deadliest in the country in twenty years. The authorities declared mourning.

China's Ukraine envoy Li Hui calls on Western powers not to give weapons "on the battlefield" to "stop the war".

#BREAKING Türkiye will send a battalion of commandos as reinforcement to the NATO Peace Force (KFOR) in Kosovo.

The troops will reach Prizren on June 4-5.

Suspected Chinese spies disguised as tourists have repeatedly attempted to enter US military bases in Alaska in recent years.

In one incident, a vehicle with Chinese citizens blew past a security checkpoint at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks.

They said they’ve gotten lost.

Ukrainian Intelligence SBU forces destroyed a Russian Buk-M1 air defence systems & 3 x Russian TOR-M2 air defence systems with kamikaze UAVs.

Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin:

Some Kremlin factions are destroying the state by trying to sow discord between me and Chechen fighters.

That row had now been settled but infighting in the Kremlin had opened a Pandora's Box of rifts.

Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MIT) chief Hakan Fidan has been named as the new Turkish Foreign Minister.

Fidan headed MIT since 2010, now replacing Mevlut Cavusoglu, who had held the post since 2014.

Yaşar Güler, Chief of the Armed Forces of Türkiye, has been appointed as the new Turkish National Defence Minister.

Güler has been the chief of the General Staff since 2018.

The U.S. accused China of "unsafe" maneuvers near an American destroyer.

During a joint US-Canadian mission, a Chinese vessel approached the destroyer (USS Chung-Hoon) within 150 yards (about 135 meters) and twice blocked its path.

Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat:

2 Russian missiles hit Kropyvnytskyi airfield overnight.

Two warehouses in the Russian occupied port of Berdyansk were destroyed after Ukrainian missile attacks, probably by Storm Shadow.

Iran's Navy commander said his country and Saudi Arabia, as well as three other Persian Gulf states, plan to form a naval alliance, including India and Pakistan.

New naval alliance: Iran, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq, Pakistan, and India.