"U.S. President Donald Trump said that he had turned down Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to mediate the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
"I spoke to him yesterday, and, you know, he actually offered to help mediate. I said, do me a favor. Mediate your own," Trump told reporters. "Let's mediate Russia first, okay? I said, Vladimir, let's mediate Russia first. You can worry about this later." KI
"Israel struck several military targets in Iran, including a centrifuge production facility andseveral weapons manufacturing sites in Tehran.
The Israeli air force struck a centrifuge production site near Tehran that the IDF claimed was designed to “enable the Iranian regime to expand the scale and speed of its uranium enrichment to develop nuclear weapons.” The IDF described it as “a key facility for centrifuge production.”
In addition to the centrifuge facility, the IDF said its jets hit factories that make missile components." RT
"A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck off the southeastern coast of the Nemuro Peninsula in Japan on Thursday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)." msn
"A ballistic missile launched by Iran toward Israel early Thursday morning hit the Soroka Medical Center in the Negev desert city of Be’er Sheva in what Army Radio called a “direct hit,” with casualties yet unknown." Breitbart
"Over the past 24 hours, 163 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops occurred on the frontline.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, 29 combat engagements occurred over the past day. In these sectors of the front, Russian forces carried out nine airstrikes, including the use of 19 guided bombs, and conducted 205 artillery shellings, one of which was with multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the enemy conducted eight assaults on the Ukrainian positions near Vovchansk, Kamianka, Lyptsi, and Dovhenke.
In the Kupiansk sector, two enemy attacks toward Stepova Novoselivka and near Zahryzove were repelled.
In the Lyman sector, Russians forces attacked 15 times attempting to advance near Novyi Mir, Olhivka, Hrekivka, Lypove, ZelenŠ° Dolyna, Torske, and toward Shandryholove and Karpivka.
In the Siversk sector, the Russians attacked the Ukrainian defenders two times near Hryhorivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, 15 engagements were recorded near Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bila Hora, Kurdiumivka, Predtechyne, Novomarkove, Bondarne, and Stupochky.
In the Toretsk sector, 15 assaults occurred near Toretsk, Dyliivka, Shcherbynivka, and toward Yablunivka and Novospaske.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the Ukrainian defenders repelled 48 assaults in areas of Malynivka, Lysivka, Myroliubivka, Myrne, Promin, Novopavlivka, Myrnohrad, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Kotliarivka, and Oleksiivka, and in the direction of Novopidhirne, Poltavka, and Popiv Yar.
In the Novopavlivka sector, Russian troops conducted 20 attacks on Ukraine’s forces near Zaporizhzhia, Bahatyr, Vesele, Myrne, Vilne, Novosilka, Vilne Pole, and Shevchenko.
In the Huliaipole sector, one enemy assault was repelled near Malynivka.
In the Orikhiv sector, one Russian attack in the direction of Shcherbaky was halted.
In the Prydniprovske sector, no combat engagements were recorded.
In the Volyn and Polissia sectors, no signs of offensive group formation by the enemy were spotted." Ukrin
