🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- The first prisoners of war exchange occured in several months, 75 Ukrainian prisoners were swapped for 75 Russian prisoners.

🇺🇲🇪🇺🇷🇺⚡- "There is nothing new in the Kremlin’s latest threats of escalation. For a long time, Putin intimidated us, urging us not to do this, or that, with threats. These threats were not implemented and have no basis,” – NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg.

— 🇺🇸/🇾🇪 BREAKING: Yemen's Ansarullah says it struck the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Nimitz-class aircraft carrier with an anti-ship ballistic missile

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🇮🇱 - Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, posted a photo of 'Greater Kurdistan', demanding its freedom.

🇿🇦 - African National Congress, ANC, currently leads the polls after 63% of the ballots counted, with 42% of the votes. ANC, the current ruling party of President Cyril Ramaphosa, is most likely to win but could lose a majority of seats.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli forces have reached the center of Rafah, raising a flag on the city’s water tower.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- The Russian Federation is gathering forces for an offensive on Sumy Oblast – The Washington Post.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- The number of satellite communication terminals have increased greatly over the past week, along the Sumy border. There is also a large increase in radio communications, indicating a large presence of Russian troops.

However, Ukrainian sources claim there's a lack of air reconnaissance, which was present in a high number before the Northern Kharkov offensive.

🇫🇷🇮🇱⚡- France has banned Israel from attending Eurosatory-2024 – world's largest weapons defense fair. The event is scheduled for the 17th-21st June, in Paris.

🇩🇪⚡️- A mass stabbing occurred in Mannheim, Germany. Anti-Islam activist Michael Stürzenberger as well as some police officers were injured.

🇺🇸 - US Senator Joe Manchin to leave democratic caucus.

🇹🇷🇦🇿🇮🇱⚡- In Istanbul, Turkey, protestors stormed Azerbaijani state oil company, SOCAR, headquarters for continuing to supply Israel with oil via Ceyhan Port (South-East Turkey).

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah has fired more than 60 projectiles into northern Israel in the past few moments

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli media reporting that more than 100 projectiles have been fired into northern Israel by Hezbollah

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli settlers in northern Israel record interceptions and impacts by Hezbollah rockets

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Multiple injuries have been reported as a result of the barrage.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli media says Hezbollah attack was estimated to be the most violent since October 7th.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- More interceptions.

🇺🇸⚡️- Biden to deliver a "very important speech" regarding the Middle East today. Sources are claiming extraordinary movement of US military assets in the region.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Fires in northern Israel as a result of Hezbollah strikes.

🇺🇸⚡️- Biden expected to deliver address later this evening.