🇸🇩🇸🇸⚡- BREAKING: The Rapid Support Forces have launched an offensive against SPLM-IO in South Sudan!

There were reports in the past where Rapid Support Forces were using South Sudanese territory to cross, for bases and supply routes - this was all done with the consent of President Kiir.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- The Russian delegation arrives at Ciragan Palace, Istanbul, for the second round of Russia-Ukraine talks.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- The Ukrainian delegation has also arrived at Ciragan Palace, Istanbul.

Talks to begin in the next 10 minutes.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and the MiT Chief Ibrahim Kalin arrived at the Ciragan Palace.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Turkish security officials have barred journalists from taking their phones inside the Ciragan Palace, the venue for the Russia-Ukraine talks.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Part of Ukraine's delegation arrives at Ciragan Palace in military uniform.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured Andreevka, Alekseevka, Novonikolaevka, and the rest of Kondratovka - Sumy direction.

Russian troops are also at the center of Yunakovka, with Ukraine controlling less than 20% of the town. Russian forces have entered the first few houses of Varachino.

Russia now controls 191 sqkm of area in Sumy, in comparison, Russia controls 223 sqkm in the Volchansk direction.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: Iran is drafting a negative response to the US initial offer, which was delivered to Tehran a few days ago. Reuters reports that Iran's response can be considered as a rejection of the US proposal.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Talks have not yet started, being delayed by almost 2 hours.

Preparations are still underway to begin the Russia-Ukraine talks at the Ciragan Palace.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- BREAKING: Russia-Ukraine talks have begun in Istanbul, after being delayed by 1 hour, 45 minutes.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Scenes from the Ciragan Palace, Istanbul.

🇺🇸⚡️- Yesterday, on June 1st, USAF E-4B NAOC #ADFEB4 (TITAN29), used by Secretary of Defense Hegseth, landed at Nellis AFB at 1419z. It parked next to three JANET aircraft: N661BA (JANET01), N989RR (JANET09), and N910CB (JANET10). These JANET planes are the primary way personnel are transported to Area 51. About 40 minutes later, they departed, heading towards Area 51. While not confirmed, there’s strong evidence the SecDef may have visited Area 51 yesterday.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- The second round of the Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul have ended, lasting 90 minutes.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "Russia presented Ukraine with its "Peace Memo" during the Istanbul meeting, outlining its proposed terms for a ceasefire and conditions to end the war," - Axios.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Russian state-media says the negotiations went 'fine' and ended 'not negatively'.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "The second round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul did not have a negative outcome," - Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Both sides, Russia and Ukraine, have received memorandums from each other. Both sides will study the proposals for a week, and then meet again for a third round of talks.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "If the Russians were ready for a ceasefire, their aircraft wouldn't have been blown up," - Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Russia and Ukraine have both agreed on a mega 6,000-6,000 fallen soldiers exchange.

Both sides are also working towards a new prisoners of war exchange too.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "The Russian and Ukrainian delegations did not shake hands and offered little to suggest progress on any potential deal as Putin refuses to budge from his maximalist demands," - Financial Times.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "Ukraine proposed to hold a meeting with Putin from June 20 to 30," - Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's Defense Minister and Head of Ukraine's delegation for the Russia-Ukraine talks.