The junta keeps bleeding manpower in the north via defections, especially amongst their Tuareg, Arab and Fulani troops/militias

Small scale units and their commanders see the writing on the wall and switch over to JNIM and the FLA rather than attempt to fight

Attached picture is a young Tuareg FAMa captain who defected with the 20 men under his command

A JNIM/FLA insurgent observing the withdrawal of FAMa and Africa Corps units, allegedly from Aguelhoc

🇩🇪🇦🇿"Azerbaijani gas is now being supplied to Germany and Austria," said the President of Azerbaijan.

Земля небом, воины!

🇷🇺Fightercoper confirmed a Russian (Mi-8?) down. Experts will correct me if I’m wrong

There seems to be a pretty massive non contiguous convoy of Russians and FAMa personnel from Tessalit and Aguelhoc on the move to Anefis right now

Russians and FAMa are dragging out their evacuations, likely to buy their comrades further south more time to prepare

It does however not seem like they will withdraw from Anefis without a fight as the local commander seems very motivated and not ready to surrender

Likely once the convoy reaches Anefis the Russians will talk to the local FAMa commander and we'll have to see what happens next

Anefis is geographically in a position which could be defended and also vital for any potential reconquest of the north so a must hold

🇺🇦🇺🇸The State Department has approved the sale of 1,532 JDAM-ER guided bombs to Ukraine for $373.6 million under the FMS program.

FMS is a separate program for direct arms sales; it is not PURL, and deliveries are managed by the State Department (Rubio).

In total, under the FMS program during the Trump administration (Thanks to Rubio) in 2025–26, $2.832 billion worth of arms were sold to Ukraine.

(+PURL, but it’s hard to calculate there, since NATO stopped publishing data in 2026; roughly $4–4.5 billion in 2025 and $10–15 billion in 2026).

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213 confirmed kills at the time of the interview with the AN-28 Shahed hunter.

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It's kills are comparable to a Mi-24/35 helicopter in Ukrainian service.

🇷🇺Participants in the nighttime rehearsal for the Victory Day parade were rushing to leave Red Square. Just then, Sobyanin, the mayor reported a drone attack on Moscow (yesterday)

🇷🇺More than 70% of Russia’s population is now within range of Ukrainian drones, according to Bloomberg. The drones can already fly 1,500 km and reach as far as the Urals. Cities that were once considered to be in the rear are no longer safe.

Fun fact: 0% of the Russian population was within the range of Ukrainian drones before 24 February, 2022. SVO going according to plan.

🇩🇪🇹🇷 German-Turkish athlete Arda Saatci is currently trying to run over 600 kilometers starting at Death Valley and finishing in Santa Monica California in just 96 hours.

Some of his previous achievements include a 3000 kilometer ultra marathon from Berlin to New York in 74 days back in 2024 and another 3000 kilometer ultra marathon in just 43 days back in 2025, running the entire length of Japan

He is currently around 4 hours in and has already ran around 37 kilometers

For American friends:
600km = 373 miles
3000km = 1864 miles
37km = 23 miles

🇺🇦🇷🇺Will Putin swallow it?

Ukraine will declare a ceasefire on May 6; if Russia wants a ceasefire on May 9, they will start it earlier—Zelenskyy.

Up to five UAVs are flying over Ukraine, with most of them in frontline regions. In effect, Russia might have accepted Ukraine’s proposed ceasefire.

There have been some incidents, but activity is much lower than usual. No repeat launches have been recorded so far.

Trump paused the Project Freedom (The movement of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz)

(?)

Over 72 local rebel guerilla cells in the Magwe region of Myanmar have announced that they are now all under the Federal Unit of the Magway Division.

This move comes amongst similar unifications, mergers and centralization by pro-democracy forces all over the country

Outside Bamako truck drivers have set up an improvised camp due to the fact JNIM won't let them enter Bamako and thus they can't deliver their cargo

Pro JNIM sources additionally announced the destruction of three Senegalese trucks which tried to enter Bamako despite the blockade

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The US has kamikaze dolphins.

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Iranian cruise missile struck a French container ship, the CGM San Antonio, injured a number of the vessel’s Filipino crew. Since then, three separate incidents have reported by UKMTO. -CBS, citing US official.

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Israel will transfer jet fuel to Germany at Berlin’s request, following the crisis in Hormuz.

The Ministry of Energy confirmed that there are “production surpluses available for export,” and Foreign Minister Saar informed the German Minister of Economy of the decision.

In addition, the possibility of assistance regarding natural gas will be examined.