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🇺🇦🇧🇾 - Ukrainian and Belarusian forces withdrawing to bases from their shared border, to deescalate tensions.

🟨🟤 • 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 The U.S. has announced another $225 million in military aid for Ukraine, including a Patriot missile battery. • BNO News

🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 #Biden introduces #Zelenskiy as "President #Putin" at #NATO summit. @ourwarstoday

🟨🟠 • 🇬🇧 The Labour Party has won the general election in the UK, ending a 14-year Conservative rule. Additionally, Keir Starmer is set to become the British prime minister as early as tomorrow, succeeding Rishi Sunak. • BNO News

🟧🟤 • 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 U.S. military bases in Germany, Italy, Romania and Bulgaria have raised their threat level to 'Charlie' due to a possible, unspecified threat. • BNO News

🟨🟠 • 🇫🇷 The French Far Right Alliance has won the first round of parliamentary elections according to exit polls. • BNO News

🇷🇺 Terror Attack on #Dagestan Churches and Synagogue: Gunmen in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan have killed six police officers and wounded 12 more in a series of attacks, security officials say reports BBC. The attackers targeted a synagogue and churches in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala, both on the Caspian Sea. Gunfire was and still is heard throughout the cities, as well as reportedly explosions says Readovka. A Russian Orthodox priest has also been killed and two attackers shot dead, state media report, quoting the local Interior Ministry. Footage on social media shows a building on fire in Makhachkala. The synagogue in Derbent was set on fire as a result of the attack, local officials told the Reuters news agency, while eyewitnesses also reported that smoke was rising from the church. Both the synagogue and the church are located in Derbent, which is home to ancient Jewish community in the mainly-Muslim North Caucasus region. The police post attack took place in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, approximately 125km (78 miles) away. Russian media reports about the death of the rector of the Church of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Archpriest Nikolai Kotelnikov, and a guard of the temple. Israel's MFA reported that gunmen shot two non-Jewish synagogue guards in Makhachkala and set fire to the synagogue hall. At the time of the incident, there were no worshipers in the building. The assailants have not been identified, but Dagestan has in the past been the scene of Islamist attacks. Two men were also apprehended on the beach, reportedly connected to the attackers. @ourwarstoday #Russia

🟪 • 🇷🇺 🏴 Dagestan Attack It is now being reported that the attack, which is ongoing, is being carried out by ISIS terrorists. It’s also being reported that 9 Russian police officers are wounded and that 5 have been killed. More as it becomes available. • CIG

🟧🟣 • 🇷🇺 Heavy gunfire reported at 2 locations in Russia's Dagestan region. Additionally, there is a synagogue on fire in Derbent, Russia. Casualties are reported but exact numbers remain unknown. • BNO News

🟨🟤 • 🇷🇴 🇰🇷 The Romanian Ministry of National Defence has chosen the K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzer for the nation’s armed forces. The country’s military is to receive a total of 54 howitzers with related gear, the ministry said in a statement. The decision to buy the weapon, which is manufactured by Hanwha Aerospace, was announced on June 19 following a meeting held by Romanian National Defence Minister Angel Tîlvăr and his South Korean counterpart, Won-sik Shin. The meeting was part of the Shin’s official visit to Romania. • Global Defense News