🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ilya Ponomarev, former Russian State Duma member, was targeted by Russia in a drone strike in Ukraine. Ponomarev survives but with injuries. Ponomarev is the leader of the National Republican Army, an anti-Putin, ethnic Russian group that was responsible for the killings of Darya Dugina and Vladlen Tatarsky.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- "There is no doubt that sooner or later the southern neighbors of the United States will recover the territories that were stolen from them," – Nikolai Patrushev, Russian Presidential Aide.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- "We should begin referring to Alaska as ours," – Larisa Shkhagosheva, Member of the Russian State Duma.

🇳🇬⚡- Large protests in Nigeria, mainly Lagos, against the Government.

🇷🇺🇯🇵⚡- Two Russian bombers flew within Japan's air defense zone, the Defense Ministry scrambled fighters in response – Japan's Ministry of Defense.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- "Trying to introduce external forces to protect its own security will only lead to greater insecurity for the Philippines," – Lin Jian, China's Foreign Ministry Spokesman.

🇻🇳🇵🇭⚡- Vietnam Coast Guard's vessel 8002 left for the Philippines to conduct joint maritime exercises.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡️- American officials have confirmed that there are a dozen American warships now deployed in the Middle East region, specifically the eastern Mediterranean. This is the largest deployment of ships since the Invasion of Iraq in 2003.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: The Israeli Defense Forces have announced, after weeks of speculation and uncertainty, that Mohammed Deif, the military head of Hamas, has been eliminated.

🇮🇱⚡- The Head of Shin Bet has instructed Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to not participate in any event without a shelter nearby. Shin Bet has also barred all Knesset Ministers, including Netanyahu, from attending any event or tour without Shin Bet's approval.

🇺🇸🇶🇦🇱🇧⚡️- US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has asked Qatar to pass a message onto Lebanon and Hezbollah- a call for calm and to not respond to the killings of Ismail Haniyeh and Fuad Shukr.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "The killing of Mohammed al-Deif constitutes a major step towards eliminating Hamas as a military and governmental organization and achieving the goals of the war," – Yoav Gallant, Israel's Minister of Defense.

🇺🇸🐸⚡️- The FBI has arrested America First livestreamer and fashion designer TRSartor in connection with the events of January 6th, 2021.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Iran's acting Foreign Minister, Ali Bagheri, has reportedly delivered a message to Qatar, addressing all Arab states, saying "Any Arab nation that provides its airspace to Israel will become a legitimate target."

🇮🇱⚡- The Israeli army completed an unprecedented series of exercises in the northern sector – Maariv.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Hamas has denied the IDF's claims that Mohammed Deif has been killed.

🇰🇬🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry called on its citizens to refrain from traveling to Israel and Lebanon.

🇫🇷🇮🇱⚡️- France has issued a travel advisory against Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken: "The Middle East is heading towards escalation"