🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian drones drop leaflets on Ukrainian positions telling them to surrender, with instructions on how to. Video above is from the Southern outskirts of Klishchiivka, (Bakhmut direction).

🇨🇳⚡- A Chinese vessel has allegedly sunk in the East China Sea.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Heavy Israeli airstrikes in Eastern Rafah.

🇺🇲🇷🇺⚡- "He [Putin] assumed that he could, very quickly, roll over his neighbor and annex the country. That was two-plus years ago. He has not achieved any of his strategic objectives to this point... but this was brought on because of a decision made by Mr. Putin." – Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of Defense, at SLD 2024.

🇨🇳⚡- "China will never be soft on foreign interference," – Chinese Army Lieutenant General, Jing Jianfeng, at SLD 2024.

🇨🇳⚡- Jing Jianfeng, Chinese Lieutenant General, promises more drills in a harsh response to US Secretary of Defense's, Lloyd Austin, speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue.

🇦🇺🇷🇺⚡- "Russia wants to take us back to a world where spheres of interest reign, where only great powers are truly sovereign, and their actions are above any law." – Richard Marles, Australian Minister for Defence, at SLD 2024.

🇺🇦⚡- Zelenskyi will be given a platform to speak tomorrow 11:30am, Singapore time.

🇦🇺🇨🇳⚡- The Chinese delegation at the Shangri-La Dialogue took issue with the speech by Australian Defense Minister, Richard Marles, approaching and confronting him.

🇦🇺🇨🇳⚡- "Actions by Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea, such as the use of water cannons and the ramming of Philippine vessels, are a serious escalation of tensions." – The part of the speech, by Australian Defense Minister, the Chinese delegation took issue with.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "The prospects of a peaceful reunification with Taiwan are eroding," – Chinese Minister of National Defense, Dong Jun, at SLD 2024.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Visual confirmation: Russian forces have crossed the Seversky-Donetsk-Donbass canal again, this time in the North. Establishing a second successful bridgehead West of the canal.

Russian forces advanced an incredible 2,000 meters North of Chasov-Yar (Bakhmut direction), capturing 90% of Kalinovka.

This comes immediately after Russia successfully crossed the canal in the South, yesterday.

🇺🇦⚡- "Because of China's support for Russia, the war will last longer. This is bad for the whole world." – Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, at SLD 2024.

🇺🇦⚡- "China is telling others to avoid coming to our 'Peace Conference' in Switzerland," – Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, at SLD 2024.

🇺🇦🇨🇳⚡- Chinese Minister of National Defense, Dong Jun, was asked if he will meet Ukrainian President, Zelenskyi, at the Shangri-La Dialogue. Jun's response was a smile and ignored the question.

🇵🇭⚡- "We will do whatever it takes to protect our sovereign home to the last square inch, to the last square millimetre... I do not intend to yield. Filipinos do not yield." – Philippines President, Bongbong Marcos, at SLD 2024.

🇨🇳⚡" We have never entered another country's waters and airspace," – Chinese Minister of National Defense, Dong Jun, at SLD 2024.

🇮🇪🇮🇱⚡- "I hope you burn in hell Netanyahu", – Irish politician, Thomas Gould.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "Anyone who dares to separate Taiwan from China will be smashed into pieces and lead to their own destruction," – Chinese Minister of National Defense, Dong Jun, at SLD 2024.

🇮🇷⚡- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has placed himself in for the upcoming Iranian Presidential elections, however it is unlikely the Guardian will accept his registration.

🇦🇿🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Attacking the building of the Azerbaijani oil company SOCAR is attacking Azerbaijan and we cannot accept this. Türkiye is a brother country, but Azerbaijan is both our Kaaba and Quds. Israel is our strategic ally. Relations with Israel cannot deteriorate because of any country. Azerbaijan cannot and will not be a party to the political conflict between Türkiye and Israel." – Ahmet Shairoglu, Head of Azerbaijan Institute for Democracy and Human Rights.