🇺🇦⚡️ — NEW: Andriy Yermak has stepped down as head of the President’s Office but remains a powerful behind-the-scenes figure, continuing to meet regularly with President Zelensky at his home in Koncha-Zaspa, Kyiv, according to Zerkalo Nedeli.

➡️ The "Mindich tapes" forced Yermak’s resignation but brought little real change, as Zelensky has retained the existing system and many of Yermak’s allies, citing the absence of formal charges as justification.

🇦🇺⚡️ — The Australian government announced a nationwide gun buyback scheme following the Bondi Beach attack.

➡️ The program will be the country’s largest gun buyback since the Port Arthur massacre, which killed 35 people and led Australia to adopt some of the world’s strictest gun control laws.

🇺🇦🪖❌🇷🇺 — Ukrainian GUR Intelligence Chief Kyrylo Budanov warned that Russia could be ready to attack NATO as early as 2027, accelerating earlier timelines that pointed to 2030.

➡️ He says Moscow’s objective would be to occupy the Baltic states, while Poland would likely face strikes but not occupation.

🇹🇭❌🇰🇭 — A Royal Thai Air Force F-16A/B carried out an airstrike, destroying the Orjik Bridge on Highway 68 in Chong Kal District, Oddar Meanchey Province, to cut Cambodian supply lines to the front lines.

🇺🇸🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — NEW: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu plans on briefing President Trump on potential new strikes against Iran, citing concerns that Tehran is expanding ballistic missile production and rebuilding air defenses damaged by earlier Israeli attacks, NBC News reports.

➡️ Israel also believes Iran is attempting to reconstitute nuclear enrichment sites bombed by the U.S. in June but views the missile program and air defense recovery as the more immediate threats.

➡️ The briefing is expected to happen during Netanyahu’s visit to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate later this month.

🏴❌🇧🇫 — JNIM released a video in Mooré and Fulani claiming the group includes all ethnic communities across the Sahel and does not discriminate.

➡️ The speaker says JNIM’s current objective is to overthrow Burkina Faso’s president, Ibrahim Traoré, accusing him of causing suffering in Burkina Faso.

🏴❌🇧🇫 — JNIM terrorists have recently begun being very active on TikTok Live streams, where they openly debate with random Burkinabè users.

➡️ Burkinabè users in these livestreams encourage JNIM to wage war against the government and complain that anyone who criticizes the government risks being sent to the front lines or imprisoned in Burkina Faso.

➡️ A civilian can be heard urging JNIM to attack Ouagadougou and “free them” from President Ibrahim Traoré.

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — Ukraine’s defensive lines deep in the Zaporizhzhia region.