🇷🇺⚡️- The Kremlin has denied allegations of "purging" top military brass with the recent firings and appointments in the Ministry of Defense

🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡️- Large salvo towards Kiryat Shmona

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Visual confirmation: Russian forces are well past the center of Paraskovievka (Mariinka direction).

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured Andriivka (Bakhmut direction), only a day after taking Klishchiivka.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian forces confirm they have lost the road connecting Konstantinovka with Paraskovievka (Mariinka direction).

This was confirmed by the Ukrainian 79th brigade, "The road connecting Novomikhailovka (Paraskovievka) and Konstantinovka, unfortunately, is no longer under our control."

Konstantinovka is the only supply route for Ugledar, via the 00532-road.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- China will invade Taiwan in early June – The Global Press.

I refuse to believe…

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "Taiwan 'Independence Forces' will be left with their heads broken and blood flowing after colliding against the great undertaking of China achieving complete unification." – Chinese Foreign Ministry Press Office.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "China demands that the United States refrain from organizing visits of members of Congress to Taiwan," – Chinese Foreign Ministry Press Office.

🇨🇳🇹🇼🇯🇵⚡- "Japanese people would be dragged into a fiery hell," – Chinese Ambassador to Japan, Wu Jianghao, after Japan promised support for Taiwan.

🇨🇳🇯🇵⚡- Japanese Foreign Ministry has summoned the Chinese Ambassador over the "outrageous" comment.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡️- People’s Liberation Army Naval vessels in a standoff with a Taiwanese Coast Guard vessel in the Taiwan Strait

🇬🇷🇹🇷⚡- "Türkiye poses an existential threat to us. We must be prepared. We need to reform the Greek Army due to geopolitical tensions in the region." – Greek Minister of Defense, Nikos Dendias.

🇬🇷🇹🇷⚡- "Greece's historical dominance of the sea has already come to an end." – Greek Minister of Defense, Nikos Dendias.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "If the Taiwan 'Independence Separatist Forces' insist on going alone, or even taking risks, we will resolutely take action. Resolutely smash the Taiwan 'Independence" Separatist Plot', and firmly defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity." – Chen Binhua, Member of the Communist Party of China and Spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "Unification is a historical trend and the right path," – Chen Binhua, Member of the Communist Party of China and Spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "Majority of Taiwan compatriots will firmly stand on the right side of history and be upright Chinese. They will distinguish right from wrong, act in righteousness and work with mainland compatriots. They will resolutely oppose this division." – Chen Binhua, Member of the Communist Party of China and Spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office.

🇾🇪🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡- Houthi forces hit a Russian oil tanker that was heading to China.

🇷🇺🇪🇪⚡- "Russian border guards removed light buoys from the Narva river, that were used to mark the border and shipping routes," – Estonian Border Police.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukraine has withdrawn from its Krynky bridgehead (left-bank Kherson), after holding it for several months successfully.

Reason being, the 36th brigade responsible for the bridgehead is being transferred to the Northern Kharkov direction.