One Dead, 23 Injured in Explosion at Russian Thermal Power Facility

"A powerful explosion shook a combined heat and power (CHP) plant located in the Tuva Republic, southern Siberia, Russia, resulting in one fatality and at least 23 injuries." MS

Haiti gangs 'armed with drones and US guns' as they threaten to kill country's leader

"Haiti's gangs are terrorizing the country with weapons from the US as well as sophisticated, high-tech drones, a journalist in the country tells Daily Express US.

.....nearly 4,000 criminals broke out of two of Haiti's biggest prisons after it was attacked by gangs.
Following this, the Haitian government declared a 72-hour state of emergency." MS

Polish Foreign Minister Says Sending NATO Troops Into Ukraine ‘Not Unthinkable

"Poland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO forces “is not unthinkable” and that he appreciates the French president for not ruling out that idea.

Radek Sikorski made the observation during a discussion marking the 25th anniversary of Poland’s NATO membership in the Polish parliament and the Foreign Ministry tweeted the comments later in English." Breitbart

Male Soldiers In Spain Changing Genders To Receive Better Benefits And Higher Pay

"....soldiers in Spain are starting to change their genders from male to female to earn benefits that are only available to females.....The benefits include higher pay and better sleeping quarters and the gender switch has been made possible due to the military's honoring of a "self-identification law" which was put in place in 2023 to help transgender people." ZeroHedge

Soldier charged with selling secrets on HIMARS, F-22s, rescue helicopters and nuclear missiles

"An Army intelligence analyst told a contact that he believed was in Hong Kong that he wished he could be "Jason Bourne" as he sold secret documents on major US weapons systems, according to federal prosecutors. Korbein Schultz, a soldier assigned at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, was arrested at Fort Campbell following an indictment by a federal grand jury on charges of selling secret documents on the HIMARS missile system, the F-22 fighter and the HH-60W, the Air Force's newest combat rescue helicopter.... the information Schultz had access to included "plans in the event that Taiwan came under military attack"." MS

Biden, on Hot Mic, Says Netanyahu Needs to ‘Come to Jesus’

"Joe Biden told legislators on the floor of the House of Representatives that he had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “you and I are going to have a Come to Jesus meeting.” Biden was speaking to Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg nearby. He was apparently unaware that he was on a “hot mic” and being recorded." Breitbart

Russian Iskander Missile Destroys Two US-Made Patriot Systems in Donetsk

"Two US-made Patriot systems were among the hardware of Ukrainian troops destroyed by a strike of Russia's Iskander missile ....the strike destroyed an S-300 missile system of Ukrainian troops near the town of Pokrovsk in the DPR." Sputnik

43 Russian attacks in four directions

"43 enemy assaults in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Novopavlivka directions, almost half of them in the latter area.....Ukraine’s Air Force hit eight Russian manpower and equipment clusters, while missile units hit three targets: a manpower cluster, an e-warfare system, and an air defense system.

In total, the Russian invasion army launched three missile attacks and 61 airstrikes, as well as 70 rocket salvos, on Ukraine’s positions and at populated areas.
Volyn and Polissia directions: the operational situation has not changed significantly as no signs of enemy offensive groupings being formed were spotted.
It has been established that certain units of the Belarus armed forces of Belarus are performing routine tasks near the border with Ukraine.
Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna directions: Russia maintains its military presence near the border, going for subversive and reconnaissance missions and shelling populated areas from across the border.
Russian airstrikes targeted Hraniv in Kharkiv region.
About 40 settlements in the said two directions were hit by Russian artillery and mortars, including Yeline, Baranivka, Bleshnia, and Buchky of Chernihiv region, Volfyne, Katerynivka, Zapsillia and Porozok of Sumy region, Huryiv Kozachok, Hatyshche, Vovchansk, Bochkove, Budarky, and Ambarne of Kharkiv region.
Kupiansk direction: the Russians did not run offensive (assault) operations but attacked populated areas. In particular, Russia’s tactical aviation hit the area of Synkivka in Kharkiv region.
More than 10 towns and villages in the Kupiansk direction came under artillery and mortar fire, among them Dvorichna, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, and Berestove in Kharkiv region.
Lyman direction: Ukrainian defenders repelled six enemy attacks in the Terni and Spirne areas of Donetsk region where Russian troops tried to break through the defenses.
Russians airstrikes targeted the area of Bilohorivka in Luhansk region, Novosadove, Terni, Yampolivka, and Mykolaivka in Donetsk Region." Ukrin