🚨Belarusian president ordered the army to be on alert, also Russian sources say Wagner's forces have entered Belarus with equipment.

💢Some United States senators asked Israel to send the Iron Dome system to Ukraine

🚨China says backs Argentina to occupy Falkland Islands

🚨French defense procurement agency (DGA) announced that it has successfully conducted the first ever test of the new VMaX hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) demonstrator.

🚨Russian warships spotted off Taiwan's eastern coast. Taiwanese ships are deployed.‌‌ Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov is seen ahead of scheduled naval exercises with Russian, Chinese and South African navies, in Richards Bay, South Africa, February 22, 2023. Taiwan, on June 28 spotted two Russian warships off its eastern coast on Tuesday and sent its own aircraft and ships to keep watch, the island's defence ministry said. In a statement late on Tuesday, the ministry said the two frigates sailed in a northerly direction off Taiwan's east coast and then departed from our response zone in a southeasterly direction off the port city of Suao, which is home to a major Taiwanese naval base.

💢British defense ministry: Early on the morning of 22 June 2023, Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Chonhar road bridges between the Crimean Peninsula and Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast. These bridges service one of two main road supply routes between Crimea and Kherson. The route over the Chonhar bridges are the most direct route from Russia's Crimean logistics hub at Dzhankoi and the Zaporizhzhia sector, where Russia is currently defending against a major Ukrainian offensive. The temporary closure of the route caused vital Russian logistics convoys to take at least 50% longer to reach the front via alternative routes. Reports indicate that Russian authorities almost certainly constructed a pontoon bridge replacement crossing within 24 hours of the attack; it is highly likely that crossings are limited to military traffic only. The speed with which an alternate crossing was constructed indicates how vital this route is to the Russian military efforts in occupied Ukraine.

💢ISW: Putin is trying to present WagnerGroup financier Yevgeny Prigozhin as corrupt and a liar to destroy his reputation among Wagner personnel and within Russian society.The ongoing Putin, Lukashenko, Prigozhin powerplay is not yet over. Putin implied on June 27 that “the owner of Concord company” (the Concord company is the parent company of Prigozhin’s catering company) lied about the Wagner Group's independence from the Kremlin and the lack of state compensation for Wagner personnel. Putin is rhetorically separating Prigozhin from the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) and is deliberately depriving Prigozhin of the noscript of Wagner financier to undermine his role in the Wagner PMC. Prigozhin had built his personal brand on criticizing the Russian military command and bureaucrats for corruption and ties to Western countries, and Putin is likely attempting to shatter Prigozhin’s populist appeal by accusing him of the same sins. Putin has likely decided that he cannot directly eliminate Prigozhin w/o making him a martyr at this time. The Kremlin will likely continue to attack his character to break his popular support, discourage Wagnerites from following him to Belarus, & destroy his financial power. Putin, Lukashenko, Prigozhin powerplay is not yet over and will continue to have short-term and long-term consequences that may benefit Ukraine. The Russian MoD also announced on June 27 preparations to transfer the WagnerGroup’s heavy military equipment to unspecified elements of the Russian Armed Forces. This transfer will deprive Wagner of organic heavy mechanized equipment & suggests that the RU MoD seeks to dissolve previously separate Wagner units, atomize WagnerGroup fighters, & integrate them into regular Russian units to minimize the risk of repeated mutiny attempts. Such a drastic reorganization would be tantamount to the dissolution of the WagnerGroup in Ukraine as a distinct organizational entity and would eliminate the unique combat power that the Wagner Group developed for itself in Ukraine. The Kremlin campaign to destroy Prigozhin’s reputation and possibly dissolve the Wagner Group’s Ukraine force decreases the probability of Putin announcing a new round of reserve mobilization in the near term. The Kremlin’s response to the aftermath of Prigozhin’s armed rebellion points to more advantageous conditions for Ukraine compared with the pre-June 24 situation.

💢China has ordered 50,000 Shahed-136 suicide drones from Iran

💢People's protests continue in France

💢An armed man exchanged fire with Saudi security authorities near the U.S. Consulate building in Jeddah leading to his death and the death of a Nepalese security guard, state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday. A person in a car stopped near the American Consulate building in Jeddah Governorate and got out of it carrying a firearm in his hand, so security authorities took the initiative to deal with him as required, and the exchange of fire resulted in his death, a spokesperson for the Makkah Region police said. A Nepalese worker in the consulate's private security guards was injured and subsequently died, SPA reported. Investigations are underway into the shootings. The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

💢Over the past few days, Russia air force has actively attacked the targets of pro-Turkish groups and terrorists in Syria's Idlib province

🚨Serbia President: Turkey and Europe delivered a lot of weapons to Kosovo and we will receive thousands of drones from the Middle East (Iran)

🚨Germany: We must prepare for the prolongation of the war in Ukraine and provide military support to Kiev, and we will discuss this issue with Zelensky.

💢British defense ministry: On 24 June, air defence forces of the Wagner private military company reportedly shot down Russian military helicopters and an Ilyushin 11-22M airborne command post aircraft. The II-22M is part of a relatively small fleet of up to 12 aircraft, heavily utilised for both airborne command and control, and radio relay tasks. These special mission aircraft have played a key role in orchestrating Russian forces in their war against Ukraine. As high value assets they have operated within the safety of Russian airspace, far beyond the range of Ukrainian air defence systems. The loss of this aircraft is likely to have a negative impact on Russian air and land operations. In the short term the psychological shock of losing a large number of aircrew in this manner will almost certainly damage morale within the Russian Aerospace Force. In the longer term, there is a realistic possibility that current tasking levels may have to be reduced to safely manage the remaining fleet. This will likely undermine Russia's ability to command and coordinate its forces, particularly during periods of high tempo operations.

💢Ukranian forces around Bakhmut