Putin Reaffirms Russia’s Commitment to Iran Against Israel

"Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, that Moscow continues to place a high priority on cooperation with Tehran and wishes to create a “new world order” in which the West and Israel no longer have a dominant position in global affairs.

Putin and Pezeshkian met on the sidelines of a forum in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan." Breitbart

Kyiv says Ukrainian reporter Victoria Roshchyna died in Russian detention

"An award-winning Ukrainian journalist who wrote firsthand accounts of life in Russian-occupied Ukraine has died in detention in Russia.

Victoria Roshchyna, who was 27, worked freelance for Ukrainian media outlets Ukrainska Pravda and Hromadske Radio, as well as for US-funded Radio Liberty. She went missing in August last year after she travelled to Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine on a reporting trip.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence acknowledged in a letter to her father in May that she was in Russian custody." AJ

Israel tank attack injures UN peacekeepers

"According to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), a Merkava tank fired at a watchtower at the force’s headquarters in the border area town of Naqoura, injuring two Indonesian peacekeepers. Any attack on its members is a “grave violation of international humanitarian law,” UNIFIL stated.

The UN described the incident as a “very serious” development." RT

169 combat engagements on front lines in past day

"169 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded at the front yesterday.
In the Kharkiv sector, the enemy continued assault operations. There were five combat engagements in the area of Vovchansk and Tykhyne.

There were 14 enemy attacks in the Kupiansk sector. Defense forces repelled assaults near Sinkivka, Lozova, Kolisnykivka and Stepova Novoselivka.
In the Lyman sector, Ukrainian troops repelled 30 Russian assaults in the areas of Druzheliubivka, Hrekivka, Ploshchanka, Nevske, Makiivka, Novosadove, Torske and in the Serebryansky forest.
In the Siversk sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled four attacks in the vicinity of Verkhniokamianske.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian troops thwarted seven attempts by the Russian army to break through the defensive lines in the areas of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Chasiv Yar and Stupochky.
In the Toretsk sector, the enemy, with the support of aircraft, carried out eight attacks, concentrating its efforts in the areas of Toretsk and Shcherbynivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled 24 attacks. The enemy concentrated its main efforts in the areas of Selydove, Krutyi Yar, Promin, Lysivka, Myroliubivka and Kalynove.
In the Kurakhove sector, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the area of Novoselydivka, Kreminna Balka, Tsukuryne, Heorhiivka, Kostiantynivka, Katerynivka and Antonivka. In total, Russian troops tried to break through the defense 24 times.
In the Vremivka sector, the invaders launched 11 attacks in the Bohoiavlenka sector.
In the Orikhiv sector, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian troops near Mala Tokmachka and Robotyne twice without success.
In the Prydniprovskyi sector, no losses of positions or territory were reported. Ukrainian troops successfully repelled five attacks by Russian invaders.
In the Volyn and Polissia sector, the operational situation has not changed significantly.
On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the Russians maintain a military presence, actively use aircraft from their territory, and shell border settlements." Ukrin