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🇨🇳 #China - 🇷🇺 #Russia: Russian troops secretly underwent military training in China last year to support Moscow's war effort in Ukraine, according to Reuters. The training, reportedly approved at the highest levels by the Russian Ministry of Defence, included radiological, biological and chemical (RBC) warfare, chemical reconnaissance, radiation reconnaissance, and protection against contaminated environments. At least four Russian and Chinese generals were reportedly involved in the programme. (via Reuters)

🇺🇦 #Ukraine - 🇷🇺 #Russia: Ukrainian drone strikes have destroyed the road bridge in the Russian-occupied settlement of Hranitne, Donetsk Oblast, causing it to collapse. The bridge formed part of the H20 highway linking the Russian-occupied cities of Mariupol and Donetsk. Ukrainian sources report that the strike was carried out using FP-2 long-range one-way attack drones. (via @Archer83Able)

🇲🇱 #Mali: The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) struck a Russian Africa Corps base, as well as a Malian Army vehicle, in Kidal using an FPV drone armed with an anti-tank warhead. (via @war_noir)

🇺🇦 #Ukraine - 🇷🇺 #Russia: Russian forces launched a wave of combined drone and KAB guided bomb strikes on Zaporizhzhia earlier today, destroying several homes and damaging a kindergarten. The fourth attached video also shows the moment a Russian drone directly strikes near a civilian vehicle passing through the area. (via @war_translated on X)

🇵🇸 #Palestine - 🇮🇱 #Israel: The IDF struck the al-Mawasi camp for displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, targeting tents in the Khan Yunis area.

🇹🇭 #Thailand - 🇲🇾 #Malaysia: Two Malaysian nationals were seriously injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near their vehicle while they were driving past a roadside culvert in Thailand's Tak Bai district yesterday. Thai authorities said the IED was intended to target a military vehicle, but instead detonated beneath the tourists' car as it passed by. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, although the device's characteristics (reportedly radio-controlled and containing around 70 kg of explosives concealed inside a gas cylinder) match IEDs previously used by insurgents operating in southern Thailand. (via MalayMail, counteriedreport & channelnewsasia on IG)

🇮🇷 #Iran: The IRGC has killed multiple PJAK (Kurdistan Free Life Party) militants after the group allegedly attempted to infiltrate Iran's northwestern border to carry out sabotage attacks. The weapons shown here by IRGC-affiliated channels were reportedly seized during the operation and were possibly obtained from PKK stockpiles in Iraq. (via @Iranian_militarism & @war_noir)

🇧🇬 #Bulgaria: A drone was discovered in the Black Sea, around 2 km east of Bulgaria's Albena resort. A specialized Bulgarian Navy team located and destroyed the drone. The discovery comes just a day after the Bulgarian Navy destroyed another drifting drone found seven nautical miles east of Kranevo, on June 26th. The drone's origin is currently unknown. (via @balkanspectator & bnrnews.bg)

🇲🇨 #Monaco: Three people were injured, two of them seriously, after an apparent bomb attack in Monaco earlier today. According to initial reports, a man left a backpack filled with explosives near the entrance of a residential building before it detonated. The injured are believed to include people in their 50s and 60s, as well as teenagers. The victims are reportedly of Russian and Ukrainian origin. (via @InfosFrancaises on X)

🇷🇺 #Russia: Since mid-May, the Gazprom-owned vessel "Marshal Vasilevskiy" which delivers critical energy supplies to Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad, has been equipped with heavy Kord machine guns mounted in sandbagged firing positions. The move comes as an increasing number of vessels linked to Russia's "shadow fleet" have been seized by Western authorities. According to intelligence sources from several European countries, these so-called "vessel protection teams" were deployed to deter the boarding, inspection, or seizure of Russian ships. (via occrp)

🇩🇪 #Germany: A shooting incident took place at a youth welfare centre in Stade, northern Germany, leaving six people dead. Four women and one man were shot and killed inside the facility, while a sixth victim later died in hospital from their injuries. German police have arrested two suspects, including the alleged shooter, while a third individual is also under investigation. The motive remains unknown. Attached footage shows the moment when one of the shooters were arrested. (via BBC)

🇵🇰 #Pakistan: Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) militants ambushing Pakistani Frontier Corps convoys in the Kech and Lasbela districts of Balochistan Province. The compilation includes multiple attacks carried out by the group throughout this month, including the capture of a Frontier Corps checkpoint. Towards the end of the footage, surviving troops can be seen being killed by the militants as they attempt to flee. (📹 via @conflictarchive)

🇸🇾 #Syria: A heavily modified M1891 Mosin–Nagant fitted with a custom stock, suppressor, and a Pulsar Apex XD50 thermal scope in use by a Syrian Army / HTS militant. Many gunsmiths in Idlib produce such custom rifles by using Mosin–Nagants as a base, replacing their barrels with PKM barrels, fitting custom chassis, and modifying the bolt and trigger assemblies.

Syrian Army / HTS militant doing a quick shooting drill for his IG account

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🇸🇾 #Syria - 🇮🇱 #Israel: The IDF shelled the village of Abideen in southern Syria overnight after a brief clash with local residents while attempting to establish a checkpoint. The shelling displaced residents from the area. Several regional sources state that Israeli forces later withdrew, while opening suppressive fire on the civilian population as they retreated.

🇵🇸 #Palestine - 🇮🇱 #Israel: The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has published a new report, titled "The Essence of Childhood Has Been Destroyed", which concludes that Israeli military operations have deliberately targeted children, including after the ceasefire in Gaza took effect, with genocidal intent to destroy the Palestinian people. The report further states that around 30% of those killed by the IDF were children. It also documents what it describes as a pattern of Israeli attacks on hospitals, health clinics, and reproductive healthcare facilities, alongside the obstruction of humanitarian and medical aid. (via OHCHR)

🇱🇧 #Lebanon - 🇮🇱 #Israel: IDF warplanes have struck the Nabatieh District in southern Lebanon just moments ago. (via @LebOSINT)

🇳🇪 #Niger: IS-Sahel (ISIS in Sahel) has released footage of their assaults against a Nigerien military base in the town of Inates in the Tillaberi Region. The video is also accompanied by an ISIS militant "promising" to conquer land all the way to Baghdad, Mecca and Jerusalem. (📹 via @BrantPhilip on X & @war_noir)

🇮🇷 #Iran - 🇰🇼 #Kuwait / 🇧🇭 #Bahrain: Following US strikes against Iran, the IRGC launched missiles at Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait, as well as US military bases in Bahrain, last night.