🇺🇦🇲🇩⚡- Since February 2022, approximately 23,500 Ukrainian men have entered Moldova illegally, to avoid being drafted – Moldovan branch of 'Radio Liberty'.

🇮🇶🏴⚡- Iraqi court sentences Umm Hudayfa, the widow of former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, to death.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Massive Russian counterattack over the past 24 hours in eastern Volchans'k (northern-Kharkov direction).

In eastern Volchans'k, Russian forces have advanced east of the cemetery, retaking most lost positions.

In the south, Russian troops expanded their control south of the Volchya river, capturing Kharkovsksa Street – both sides confirm.

Russian troops are now less than 1,200 meters from the southern borders of the city.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "In Krasnogorovka (Mariinka direction), it is time to withdraw our guys from the city. It is very difficult getting our guys into the city in the first place, Russian DRG units have broken our supply lines. A lot of guys refuse to fight in the city, they are not deserters, but the commanders label them as such." – Ukrainian 79th Brigade, 'Cyborgs'.

🇬🇷🇹🇷⚡- Greek Coast Guard vessel rammed into a Turkish fishing boat, which was illegally fishing well within Greece's water-spaces, 4km off the coast of Zurafa Island.

🇺🇸⚡️- AOC introduces articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito Jr.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Fires rage in the city of Energodar, Zaporozhye (left-bank Dnepr), home to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.

Ukrainian forces continue to set fire to Russian controlled regions of the Dnepr river.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Further scenes from Energodar, Zaporozhye region.

🇨🇳🇭🇺⚡- "We will not support the transformation of NATO into an anti-Chinese bloc," – Hungarian Foreign Minister, Peter Szijjarto.

🇺🇲🇦🇲🇦🇿⚡- A trilateral meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Bayramov and Mirzoyan respectively, and US Secretary of State, Blinken, has concluded.

"Over the last year and a half, Armenia and Azerbaijan have done very important work toward negotiating and concluding a peace agreement. Throughout this process, the United States has sought to be helpful and supportive. Thanks to you both for being here." – Blinken.

🇮🇱⚡- G7 denounces Israel's expansionist ambitions in the West Bank as "counterproductive to the cause of peace".

🇷🇺🇷🇸⚡- Russian President, Vladimir Putin, gave a Serbian volunteer, Aleksandar Jokic, Russian citizenship. Jokic fought in Mariopul and Ugledar. He was also awarded the Cross of St. George.

🇸🇩⚡- "There is no forgiveness for these crimes. This battle will end with the crushing of the rebels [Rapid Support Forces]. We are not engaging in negotiations anywhere, neither in Jeddah nor in Switzerland." – Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, President of Sudan, has rejected Ethiopia-led negotiations.

🇱🇧⚡- Large-scale Hezbollah military exercises are being held in Homs, Syria. Fighters from Iraq and Syria have allegedly joined in too.

🇧🇫⚡- Burkina Faso has criminalized homosexuality.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Several Tu-22M3s bombers active in the Black Sea along with a few MiG-31Ks have taken off. Massive Russian missile attack expected across Ukraine.

🇺🇲🇩🇪🇷🇺⚡- US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of Rheinmetall arms manufacturer, Armin Papperger, for sending weapons to Ukraine.

🇨🇳🇧🇾⚡- "The ongoing China-Belarus joint army exercise is a normal military exchange and cooperation between the two countries, which does not target any specific country." – Lin Jian, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson.

🇸🇩⚡- Rapid Support Forces have captured Nauraniya, which has cut the south of the Blue Nile river from Sudanese Armed Forces command post in Sennar.

Local media also reports heavy fighting on the outskirts of Hillet el-Bir, just 12km south of Sennar.