🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- 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.

🇺🇲 - "And now I want to hand over to the President of Ukraine who has as much courage as he has determination, ladies and gentlemen, President Putin" – Joe Biden.

🇸🇩⚡- Sudanese Armed Forces allied commander in the Sennar region, Qusay Bushra Ismail, has been killed in action while fighting Rapid Support Forces. He died during the clashes last night in the towns of Nauraniya and Maiurno.

🇸🇩 - Trench warfare has arrived in Sudan too. Above are fortifications built by Rapid Support Forces in Zurug.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- Russian forces have entered Novoselivka Persha and have taken positions in the school building

🇺🇦🇭🇺⚡- "Orban was in Kiev, I didn’t know that he would go to Putin, then China, and now to Trump. With all due respect to all countries, not all leaders can negotiate, you need to have some authority and power to do so." – Volodymyr Zelenskyi, Ukrainian President.

🇯🇵⚡- "China’s military ambitions are currently the greatest strategic challenge to the entire world," – Japan's Ministry of Defense.

🇯🇵⚡- "Joint military activities around Japan by China and Russia are of grave concern and North Korea poses a greater threat than ever." – Japan's Ministry of Defense.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured the southern half of Peschanoe (Kupyansk direction), including everything up to the Peschana river – both sides have now confirmed.