Russia Calls Speedboat Shooting Incident Off Cuba An 'Aggressive US Provocation'

"The deadly US-registered speedboat shooting incident in Cuba carries the potential to ignite a serious conflict between Cuba and the United States, amid an ongoing investigation into exactly what happened overseen by the White House.

Russia has reacted, on Thursday laying quick blame on the US side for a 'deliberate' act of 'provocation' in order to keep up the pressure on Havana and escalate the situation.
The Cuban version of events is that a speedboat out of Florida entered its sovereign waters and that when a Cuban patrol boat approached, people on board opened fire. The Cuban soldiers then fired back, killing four people and wounding six aboard the US vessel.
Notably, Havana has said the commander of the Cuban border patrol boat was injured. The Cuban government described the incident as a "foiled armed infiltration" of the island-nation.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has vowed to quickly get to the bottom of what happened, also as some US politicians have demanded that Cuba be crushed because of the assault.
"What I’m telling you is we’re going to find out exactly what happened and who was involved," Rubio said. "We’re not going to just take what somebody else tells us. I’m very confident we will be able to know the story independently." 

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Sweden intercepts suspected Russian drone approaching French aircraft carrier

"Sweden's military jammed a suspected Russian drone that was flying toward the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, which was docked in the port of Malmo.
Charles de Gaulle, the flagship of the French Navy, arrived at Malmo as part of the Lafayette 26 exercise in the North Atlantic. The French military said that the drills are meant to strengthen NATO's deterrent and defensive posture." KI

Blasts rock Kabul as Pakistan and Afghanistan exchange strikes

"Multiple explosions shook the Afghan capital, Kabul, and several other regions early Friday morning as Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged military strikes across their volatile border, accusing each other of escalating the conflict.

Islamabad launched Operation Ghazab Lil Haq (“Wrath of Justice”) hours after Afghan forces conducted cross-border attacks against Pakistani military positions. Residents of the Afghan capital reported hearing at least three blasts, but authorities have not confirmed the precise locations of the explosions.
“The cowardly Pakistani military has carried out airstrikes in certain areas of Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia; fortunately, there have been no reported casualties,” Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on X." RT

5.3 Earthquake - 26 km SE of Tāki, India

"The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Kolkata, a city of 4.6 million

people in India, in 81 km (50 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced light shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking. In the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 191 km (119 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake was probably felt as weak shaking. The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking." VD

230 combat engagements on front line

"230 combat clashes took place between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk axes, Ukrainian defenders repelled one Russian attack over the past day. The enemy carried out four airstrikes, dropping eleven guided bombs, and conducted 112 shelling attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements, six of them using multiple launch rocket systems.

In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the enemy stormed Ukrainian positions 13 times in the areas of Starytsia, Pishchane, Kruhle, Nesterne, Chuhunivka, and toward Zelene and Okhrimivka.
In the Kupiansk sector, six enemy attacks took place yesterday. The Defense Forces repelled assault actions near Kruhlakivka and toward Kurylivka, Bohuslavka, and Novoplatonivka.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy attacked 14 times, attempting to advance toward Chervonyi Stav, Novoiehorivka, Drobysheve, Stavky, Lyman, and in the areas of Zarichne and Novoselivka.
In the Sloviansk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled eight attempts by the invaders to advance near Yampil and Zakytne and toward Rai-Oleksandrivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Russian forces twice attempted to advance toward Ukrainian positions near Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Bondarne.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, the enemy carried out 24 attacks in the areas of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, and toward Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka, Berestok, Stepanivka, Sofiivka, and Novopavlivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders stopped 50 offensive actions by the aggressor near Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Molodetske, Udachne, Muravka, Filiia, and toward Bilitske, Shevchenko, Hryshyne, Serhiivka, and Novopidhorodne.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, the enemy attacked Ukrainian positions ten times near Ternove, Zlahoda, and toward Verbove, Vyshneve, and Oleksandrohrad.
In the Huliaipole sector, the enemy attempted to advance 35 times toward Ukrainian defensive positions near Dobropillia, Huliaipole, and toward Zaliznychne, Staroukrainka, Hirke, Varvarivka, Olenokostiantynivka, Sviatopetrivka, and Charivne." Ukrin