A Ukrainian-made Baba Yaga drone was found during a search in an office in western Moscow, emergency services told Sputnik.

The owner of the drone is being questioned and he is explaining the purchase of the device.

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❗️ Several French mercenaries were wounded as a result of the Russian strike in Ukrainian-controlled Slavyansk. They were taken by ambulance to Pavlograd, the pro-Russian underground told Sputnik

Russia is extremely concerned about the escalation of tensions in the Middle East and calls on all countries for restraint. All disagreements should be resolved by political and diplomatic methods, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated.

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🗣 Russia sees a certain destabilization of prices in the nickel and copper market and will monitor this, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"Now we see that a certain destabilization of prices has occurred on the market in this segment. We will watch what and how it happens further," he told reporters when asked about new sanctions by the US and UK.

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❗️ Ukrainian forces attacked the city of Berdyansk – according to preliminary data, Russian air defenses shot down two Storm Shadow missiles, the city administration said

Following the unprecedented airstrikes launched by Iran on Israel, Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US would not engage in retaliatory strikes against Iran, as per CBS, referring to a senior administration source.

John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, described the call between the US president and Netanyahu as positive. Kirby emphasized that during the conversation, the president underscored the US' efforts to prevent a wider regional conflict.

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Emmanuel Macron on Monday explained that he still hopes an "Olympic truce" can be maintained for the duration of the games.

The French president says he hopes an "Olympic truce" can be concluded during the Paris Olympics, while the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, on the one hand, and Israel and Hamas, on the other, continues.

"We want to work on an Olympic truce, and I think this is an opportunity through which I will try to engage many of our partners," he said.

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Russia unveils 'Square' AI guidance system for FPV drones

Russia has unveiled a newly-developed AI first-person view (FPV) drone guidance system that allows a UAV to recognize, lock on, and attack targets without human intervention, Andrey Ivanov, the creator of the “Ovod” (lit. “Gadfly”) combat FPV drone, told Sputnik. “The ‘Ovod-S’ unmanned aerial vehicle has an incorporated ‘Ploshchad’ (lit. 'Square') onboard homing system.

It is implemented through two types of tracking: algorithmic, where technical vision is used, and a neural network, allowing it to recognize targets and destroy them,” Ivanov said.

According to the developers, this solution will allow FPV kamikaze drones to lock on to a target beforehand and continue to track it even when communication between the operator and the drone is lost.

The AI guidance system ensures that the drone continues to accurately engage and hit the target, “regardless of whether it is static or dynamic,” Ivanov said.

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🚨EXCLUSIVE: Protestors ransack police cars after famous preacher stabbed in Sydney, Australia.

Bishop Mari Mari Emmanuel of the Assyrian Church in Australia, who gained popularity online for his sermons in defense of traditional values and in opposition to Western political elites, was stabbed by an unknown assailant during a church service on Monday. An angry crowd consisting of hundreds has gathered outside the church demanding vigilante justice.

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🇬🇪 A serious fight broke out in the Georgian parliament while discussing a contentious foreign agent law, leading to the suspension of broadcasting.

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Israel’s capability to defend itself under question, while Iran has only tested the waters via Saturday attack

Iran’s recent strike on Israel was repelled only with the help of the latter’s allies – the US, UK, France, and Jordan, while the question of “whether Israel is capable of defending itself without other nations’ help” remains open, the Walt Street Journal says.

Meanwhile, Tehran has succeeded in gaining precious data on Israel’s and its allies’ defenses’ operation capabilities by sending “only a handful of missiles” towards Israel.

"Iran was testing the missile defense system," Jonathan Schanzer, a researcher at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, told the western media.

While Israel has said it will decide whether to take further steps, Tehran earlier stressed its reaction would be twice as harsh as the strike it launched on April 13 if Israel retaliates.

As reported earlier, at least nine Iranian missiles hit two air bases in the attack.

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