🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Rerum Novarum's military source in the south Kursk region tells us that Ukrainian forces entered Cherkasskaya-Konopelka yesterday, with heavy fighting going on currently. Ukrainian troops have been trying to enter Fanaseevka, but have so far failed. A large number of Ukrainian forces are scattered around in the tree lines north of Fanaseevka.

Reports of Ukraine capturing Cherkasskaya-Konopelka or Fanaseevka are outright false. And Ukrainian forces have not entered Ulanok. Our source tells us that the situation is tense, with Ukraine building reserves in Dmitriukov for a second potential attack.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Less than 20% of Ukraine's mineral resources, including about half of its rare earth deposits, are under Russian control. We need to stop Putin and protect what we have, the very rich Dnipro region, central Ukraine," - Volodymyr Zelenskyi, President of Ukraine.

🇸🇾🇱🇧⚡- Violent clashes have broken out again between Lebanese clans and the Syrian government along the Hermel-Homs border. Reinforcements have arrived on both sides.

🇸🇾🇱🇧⚡- Al-Maqdad claims to have killed 13 Syrian government soldiers along the Lebanese-Syrian border in the past few hours.

🇧🇮🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- "Burundi sends an additional 2,000 soldiers to eastern DR Congo to help fight M23, bringing its total to 12,000," - Radio France International.

🇺🇸⚡- "I have decided to revoke former President Joe Biden's security clearance that gives him the right to view classified information," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇿🇦⚡- "There are countless government policies in South Africa aimed at dismantling equal opportunity," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇿🇦🇮🇱⚡- "South Africa accused Israel instead of Hamas of genocide before the International Criminal Court," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇿🇦🇮🇱⚡- "South Africa has taken aggressive positions towards the United States and its allies," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇿🇦⚡- "South Africa has reactivated its relations with Iran to develop trade, military and nuclear arrangements," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇿🇦⚡- "Our country cannot support South Africa undermining US foreign policy," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇿🇦⚡- "South Africa's undermining of our foreign policy poses threats to the security of our nation, our African allies and partners, and our interests," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇿🇦⚡- "The United States cannot support the South African government committing human rights violations internally," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇰🇵⚡- "Our nuclear weapons are not a bargaining chip," - KCNA, North Korean media.

🇰🇵⚡- "The mission of our nuclear forces is to confront enemies that threaten our people and world peace," - KCNA, North Korean media.

🇸🇾🇱🇧⚡- Lebanese clans have shot down a Syrian drone after it entered Lebanese airspace.

🇸🇾🇱🇧⚡- A Syrian rocket fell just outside a Lebanese military base.