🇨🇳🇷🇺⚡️- China being too lazy to create a unique welcoming party for major BRICS partner Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Chinese Great Hall of the People, instead ran a 1:1 repeat of the same welcome that was given to President Trump.

🇬🇧🇷🇺⚡️- The UK has issued a sanctions waiver on diesel and jet fuel that are refined using Russian origin crude, as long as the products were refined in a third party country (The product can be refined anywhere except Russia, as long as it doesn't violate other sanctions, for example Iran), as well as a waiver on sea-borne Russian liquid natural gas.

The waiver on diesel and jet fuel has no expiration date; the Russian LNG waiver expires on January 1st, 2027.

🇱🇹🇺🇦🇧🇾⚡️- "Lithuania has issued an air alert in parts of the country after a suspected drone approaching from Belarus was detected near the border. NATO Baltic Air Policing has been activated." - Lithuanian Ministry of Defence.

🇱🇹🇪🇪⚡️- Two French Dassault Mirage 2000s apart of NATO's air policing mission are active over Estonia, along with a military signals intelligence aircraft monitoring the Russian borders.

A US military signals intelligence aircraft is also active over Latvia.

A reminder that yesterday, Latvia also had activated drone alerts due to an intrusion from a Ukrainian drone, although the origins of this drone are unknown.

🇮🇱⚡️- "I'm saying this in the simplest way possible - if there is no immediate response in manpower, and there is no change in legislation, this overload could overwhelm the mobilization process and push the standing army to the brink." - Shay Taiv, Brigadier General for the Israeli Defence Force, while discussing severe manpower shortages within the IDF.

The Israeli Government is currently discussing a bill that would allow the drafting of haredi ultra orthodox jews, who are currently exempt from mandatory IDF service.

🇦🇪🇵🇰⚡- "The UAE has quietly reached out to Pakistan, seeking re-engagement.

The move comes after an apparent realization among Emirati decision-makers that Pakistan is too important a country to be on the wrong side of.

There is also a shift in the UAE’s policy. Unlike its earlier stance, Abu Dhabi now favors diplomacy to resolve the Iran-US conflict," - Kamran Yousaf of TRT World and Express News Pakistan.

🇸🇴🇮🇱⚡️- According to Israeli media, the Somaliland President will visit Israel in June, and is expected to inaugurate the Somaliland embassy in Jerusalem.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "Trump and Netanyahu held a phone conversation last night that was described as “lengthy and dramatic.”

Recently, it has become clear that Netanyahu believes less in the chances of reaching an agreement and wants a strike, while Trump wants to turn over every stone to reach an agreement." - N12, Israeli Media.

🇯🇴⚡- Jordan says it downed an unidentified hostile drone in the Jerash region.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Home front command published a notice for Fear of terrorist infiltration in Samaria, West bank.

🇪🇪🇷🇴🇱🇹⚡️- "Yesterday, Romanian F-16 fighter aircraft from NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission in Lithuania shot down a drone over Estonian airspace.

An investigation is ongoing and NATO is in close contact with the Estonian authorities.

NATO is ready and able to react to any potential air threats, 24/7, to safeguard our territory and protect our people. " - NATO Air Command.

🇱🇹⚡️- The Lithuanian military said NATO aircraft were scrambled to shoot down the drone, but were unable to find it.

The Lithuanian Parliament, including the President and Prime Minister, was taken to emergency shelters during the alerts.

The origins of the drone are still under investigation.