🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Visual confirmation: Russian forces have crossed the Seversky-Donetsk-Donbass canal again, this time in the North. Establishing a second successful bridgehead West of the canal.

Russian forces advanced an incredible 2,000 meters North of Chasov-Yar (Bakhmut direction), capturing 90% of Kalinovka.

This comes immediately after Russia successfully crossed the canal in the South, yesterday.

🇺🇦⚡- "Because of China's support for Russia, the war will last longer. This is bad for the whole world." – Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, at SLD 2024.

🇺🇦⚡- "China is telling others to avoid coming to our 'Peace Conference' in Switzerland," – Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, at SLD 2024.

🇺🇦🇨🇳⚡- Chinese Minister of National Defense, Dong Jun, was asked if he will meet Ukrainian President, Zelenskyi, at the Shangri-La Dialogue. Jun's response was a smile and ignored the question.

🇵🇭⚡- "We will do whatever it takes to protect our sovereign home to the last square inch, to the last square millimetre... I do not intend to yield. Filipinos do not yield." – Philippines President, Bongbong Marcos, at SLD 2024.

🇨🇳⚡" We have never entered another country's waters and airspace," – Chinese Minister of National Defense, Dong Jun, at SLD 2024.

🇮🇪🇮🇱⚡- "I hope you burn in hell Netanyahu", – Irish politician, Thomas Gould.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "Anyone who dares to separate Taiwan from China will be smashed into pieces and lead to their own destruction," – Chinese Minister of National Defense, Dong Jun, at SLD 2024.

🇮🇷⚡- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has placed himself in for the upcoming Iranian Presidential elections, however it is unlikely the Guardian will accept his registration.

🇦🇿🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Attacking the building of the Azerbaijani oil company SOCAR is attacking Azerbaijan and we cannot accept this. Türkiye is a brother country, but Azerbaijan is both our Kaaba and Quds. Israel is our strategic ally. Relations with Israel cannot deteriorate because of any country. Azerbaijan cannot and will not be a party to the political conflict between Türkiye and Israel." – Ahmet Shairoglu, Head of Azerbaijan Institute for Democracy and Human Rights.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Rockets inbound towards Kiryat Shmona

🇮🇷🇨🇳⚡- Iran has summoned the Chinese ambassador to the country, after China supported UAE's claim to the three geostrategic islands in the Strait of Hormuz (Persian Gulf).

Both, Iran and UAE, lay claim to the islands (Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb), while Iran currently controls them.

China also joins Russia, who showed similar support for the UAE last summer.

🇸🇴🏴⚡- Somalian Government finally announces its readiness for the long awaited offensive against the Al-Shabaab group, and believes the offensive will last a year.

With, Madey Nurey Sheikh, the Somalian Army Deputy Commander, saying, "We will defeat Al-Shabaab in June, our forces are waiting at the front, we are waiting for the green light to start this war."

🇲🇽⚡️- Polls have opened for the 2024 Mexican presidential election.

🇮🇳⚡- Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Narendra Modi, has won India's Vidhan Sabha assembly elections, with Lok Sabha to be counted mid-week.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Inbound missiles towards Nahariyya.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Massive fires in northern Israel near Nahariyya as a result of Hezbollah rockets.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Footage of a fire caused by Hezbollah missiles in Nahariyya

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli media reporting multiple casualties in northern Israel, including one dead.

🇺🇦🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, confirms Ukraine recognizes the State of Palestine.

"When Israel was in Gaza and there was a humanitarian crisis, Ukraine said: First, we are ready to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza; second, we must respect international law; third, Ukraine recognizes two states, both Israel and Palestine, and will do everything to make Israel stop, to end this conflict, and to prevent civilians from suffering." – Zelenskyi.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Kann Media reports that the Israeli government is refusing to accept the American-brokered peace proposal for Gaza