🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Current situation in the Pokrovsk direction: Mirnograd is on the verge of falling into Russian control, a small pocket of Ukrainian troops remain in the center of the city.

Map by Hudson War Mapping.

🇺🇸🇻🇪🇷🇺⚡- Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov has called for a "full investigation" into the US seizure of the sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump has signed an executive order protecting AI from state law violations.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- A squadron of Israeli jets over Damascus, Syria.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli airstrikes against the Reihan Heights in southern Lebanon.

🇬🇧🇺🇳🇮🇱⚡- "ICC prosecutor Karim Khan says the UK threatened to defund the court and withdraw from its founding treaty if it pursued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant," - The Guardian.

🇷🇺🇹🇷🇹🇲⚡- Russia's Putin meets Turkey's Erdogan in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The Israeli army is monitoring Hezbollah operatives who are disguising themselves as farmers and approaching forward positions, with the aim of gathering intelligence.

The Northern Region Command warns of the possibility of Hezbollah carrying out a limited special operation or an infiltration attempt, at a time when the Israeli political level is working to expand the legitimacy for launching a large-scale attack in Lebanon against Hezbollah," - Galei Tzahal.

🇾🇪🇦🇪🇮🇱⚡- The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council of Yemen has sent a delegation to Tel Aviv, Israel, urging the Israelis they have a "common cause" against the Ansarullah, Sameral al-Atrush of The Times reports. The STC are prepared to recognize Israel and sign the Abraham Accords in return for US and Israeli support against the Houthis.

Meanwhile, Egypt is currently hosting an unusual, high-level talks with senior UAE and Israeli officials in El-Alamein. Subject of the talks remain unknown.

Map key:
Red - Ansarullah,
Green - Southern Transitional Council,
Purple - Presidential Leadership Council.

🇾🇪⚡- Saudi-backed Islah Party (allegedly affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood) launched several drone strikes on the pro-Houthis Abidah tribe of Marib, central Yemen, Sky News Arabia reports.

🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- "Any military formations operating outside the framework of the state are cancerous cells that gnaw at security and stability.

Whether in Sudan [Rapid Support Forces], Yemen [Southern Transitional Council], or any other country [in reference to Somalia / Puntland], weapons must be in the hands of the state; any other weapon is a tool of threat, not development," - Adwan al-Ahmari, Editor in Chief of IndyArabia, a strongly pro-Saudi outlet based in London, threatens UAE proxies in the region as a security threat to Riyadh.

🇾🇪⚡- Unidentified drone targets a UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council military base in the Shabwah Governorate, leaving a large number of casualties behind.

Aden has accused pro-Houthi tribes in the Marib region over the drone strike.

🇸🇾🇵🇸⚡- "We are very happy with the achievements of the Syrian people in removing the previous [Assad] regime.

With the previous [Assad] regime, we had relations. But when the Syrian crisis began, we disagreed with the regime and left Syria temporarily.

All Arabs deserve to enjoy freedom and dignity," - Khaled Mashal, Head of Hamas.

🇺🇸🇹🇭🇰🇭⚡- BREAKING: "I had a very good conversation this morning with the Prime Minister of Thailand, Anutin Charnvirakul, and the Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Manet, concerning the very unfortunate reawakening of their long-running War.

They have agreed to CEASE all shooting effective this evening, and go back to the original Peace Accord made with me, and them, with the help of the Great Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim.

The roadside bomb that originally killed and wounded numerous Thai Soldiers was an accident, but Thailand nevertheless retaliated very strongly. Both Countries are ready for PEACE and continued Trade with the United States of America.

It is my Honor to work with Anutin and Hun in resolving what could have evolved into a major War between two otherwise wonderful and prosperous Countries!

I would also like to thank the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, for his assistance in this very important matter," - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇹🇭🇰🇭⚡- Thailand's Prime Minister Charnvirakul has ruled out a ceasefire, even after speaking with President Trump. Charnvirakul says he told Trump "Thailand is only defending its people from Cambodia."