🇷🇺🇦🇿⚡- Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan continue to deteriorate after the Azerbaijani Ministry of Interior raided Russian outlet Sputnik Headquarters in Baku.

Executive director of Sputnik-Azerbaijan Igor Kartavykh and editor-in-chief Yevgeny Belousov were both arrested, and accused of working for Russian intelligence.

🇷🇺🇦🇿⚡- The arrests of Russia's Sputnik-Azerbaijan chiefs by the Azerbaijani police.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- The Iranian military says the next time hostilities break out between Iran and Israel, they will definitely deliver a "devastating blow".

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "We have never accepted the term cessation of hostilities and we and the world do not trust the Zionist entity," - General Staff of Iran.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Our armed forces are more prepared than ever before," - General Staff of Iran.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The Zionist entity will face a crushing and devastating response if it undertakes any new aggression," - General Staff of Iran.

🇷🇺🇮🇷⚡- Ali Motahari, Member of Majlis and former Parliament Deputy Speaker, blasted Moscow for refusing to provide Iran with the S-400 air defense system.

Motahari notes that Russia had sold the system to Turkey and Saudi Arabia, but not Tehran

Note, Iran had also placed an order for two dozen Su-35s almost half a decade ago, which have likely not yet been delivered either. Russia had prepared Su-35s after a cancelled purchase-order by Egypt, which were instead transported to Algeria, even though the North African country had not requested the jets. The deal was as part of a 'goodwill gesture' by Moscow, Algeria would use the Su-35s temporarily, while it waited on the Su-57s it requested.

The purchase of the S-400 by Saudi Arabia is unconfirmed, while Russia was ready to sell, Saudi officials have shown 'no interest'.

🇷🇺🇮🇷⚡- Ali Motahari, Iran's Member of Majlis, questions the 'strategic partnership agreement' the country has with Moscow.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu may meet President Trump on Monday next week at the White House.

🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: Air defenses have gone active over northeast Tehran.

🇮🇷⚡- Tehran's air defenses went active as they were carrying out exercises against practice drones.

🇨🇳⚡️- China’s new “Bohai Sea Monster,” a large 4-jet ekranoplan, has surfaced in leaked photos. Its nickname nods to the Soviet “Caspian Sea Monster,” which once symbolized ekranoplan ambitions during the Cold War. While Soviet versions struggled in rough seas, China’s design might be intended for rapid transit of the Taiwan Strait at 300 knots, carrying hundreds of troops for quick landings and rapid resupply or reinforcements. It’s the boldest ekranoplan project in many decades.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡- President Trump has officially signed an executive order lifting sanctions on Syria.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Over the past few months Israeli officials deliberately leaked reports on a split between Netanyahu and Trump, and that Israel would wait for the US-Iran diplomacy to play out before any attack.

They successfully implanted the idea in Iran's mind that Israel would never strike without explicit US authorization, and Iran fell for it, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

🇱🇾🇪🇬⚡- Libyan National Army Commander-In-Chief Khalifa Haftar travelled to El-Alamein, Egypt, to meet with Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.

El-Sisi reaffirmed his commitment to supporting Benghazi, east Libya. El-Sisi called on foreign factions to withdraw from Libya (mainly deployed in GNU-controlled western Libya), and reiterated that Libya's stability is an integral part of Egyptian national security.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Large-scale Ukrainian cruise missile attack on Donetsk city. Multiple Ukrainian Storm Shadows impacted.