SYRIA – The Russian Aerospace Forces carry out air strikes on the positions of militants in Kibene area, Latakia countryside.

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SYRIA – The Russian Aerospace Forces carry out air strikes on the positions of militants on the vicinity of Jabal Al-Arbaeen in the southern countryside of Idlib.

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SYRIA – Massive air strikes on militant positions carried out by Russian Aerospace Forces in the areas of Jisr-Shuguru, Jebel Erbein, Jericho and Idlib.

Russian planes have also been spotted in the mountainous region of Jabal al-Arba south of Hama.

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SYRIA – 💥 At least 8 civilians were killed by the Russian bombing of a market for tomatoes in Jisr-Shuguru west of Idlib.

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CHINA – The PLA and the Chinese ETC Militia held their first ever joint tactical exercises.

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According to the newspaper Der Spiegel, according to the German government, Prigozhin realized that he was not receiving the expected support among the Russian public, and therefore agreed to stop the attack on Moscow.

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ISRAELI - PALESTINE – The Israeli Defence Force will send additional troops to the occupied West Bank with two more battalions - IDF official

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that the United States is assuming that the potential threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin might not be over.

“This is an unfolding story,” Blinken said Sunday during an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “We haven’t seen the last act. We’re watching it very closely.”

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Japan's military is testing Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service with an eye to adopting the technology next fiscal year, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, citing unnamed government sources.

The Ministry of Defense already has access to communication satellites in geostationary orbit, but use of Starlink technology, operated by Musk's SpaceX, would add a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit, the Yomiuri said.

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Power in Russia is weak: the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said during his conversation with the Pentagon about the military mutiny in Russia.

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MALI – On June 23rd 2023, a Russian MChS Ilyushin Il-76TDP (reg. RA-76845 | 152C2D) flew from Khmeimim Air Base to Bamako. It carried very likely supplies and new Wagner personnel. A day before, the Il-76 was at Krasnodar airport near Molkino, a known Wagner training base.

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NEW – Australia, as part of a new military aid package, will transfer to Ukraine:

- 28 armored personnel carriers M113;
- 14 special purpose vehicles;
- 28 medium trucks and 14 trailers.

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SUDAN – Fighting resumed in Khartoum. Rapid Support Forces announced the capture of the headquarters of a heavily armed police unit in the capital Khartoum and the army's central armory.

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Ukrainian Armed Forces have taken a bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnipro River near Antonivskyi Bridge - Russian military commanders

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There's growing concern on the Russian side that Ukraine has established a bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Dnipro across from Kherson and is taking advantage of a light Russian presence in the area to prepare an offensive on the shortest route to Russian-occupied Crimea.

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Russian media TASS now confirms that investigation into criminal case against Prigozhin for his mutiny is still ongoing.

This is directly counter to the supposed deal with Putin where the case would be dropped.

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Ukrainian forces liberated Rivnopil, Donetsk Oblast.

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"PMCs will no longer be able to recruit criminals" - said Pavel Krasheninnikov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Legislation and State Construction

In accordance with the updated legislation, convicts will be able to conclude contracts only with the Ministry of Defense.

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