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🇮🇱 🇱🇧 #Israel “Prepared for Very Intense Operation” in #Lebanon: the Possibility of War: https://theatlasnews.co/analysis/2024/06/06/israel-prepared-for-very-intense-operation-in-lebanon-the-possibility-of-war/

🇺🇸 🇵🇸 #UnitedStates Announces Sanctions Against #WestBank, #Palestine, Lions’ Den: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/06/06/us-announces-sanctions-against-west-bank-lions-den/

The deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament’s committee on national security, defense, and intelligence confirmed that Ukrainian strikes took place on June 2nd had damaged and destroyed S-300 and S-400 missile launcher systems, which are used by Russia to target both aerial vehicles in an air defense capacity and ground locations in the form of indirect bombardment. He also said United States-sent HIMARS launchers had been utilized to carry out the strikes. The chairman, Yehor Chernev, said that the launchers had been destroyed in the Belgorod region, around 20 miles inside Russia. This comes only five days after the Biden Administration greenlit the allowance to use U.S. systems operated by Ukrainian forces to strike inside the border region of Russia in Belgorod. This decision was announced after Russian ground invasion forces reopened a northern offensive from the Belgorod region into the Kharkiv region in the northeast of Ukraine. An extended bombing campaign from multiple Russian missile strikes and directed drone waves carrying explosive payloads has left several dozen Ukrainian civilians killed and wounded, as well as electrical infrastructure partially destroyed in Kharkiv city and the surrounding area in the past few weeks. Via theatlasnews.co

🇨🇳 🌑 #China’s “Chang’e-6” lunar probe has successfully lifted off from Apollo Crater on the dark side of the #moon carrying lunar soil and rock samples, marking a first for lunar exploration. This also marks China’s second successful landing on the far side of the moon, a lunar region that no other country has been able to reach thus far. The first was carried out by the “Chang’e-4” mission in 2019. Via theatlasnews.co @AtlasNewsTelegram

🇩🇪 The #German police officer that was critically wounded during a knife attack in #Mannheim last Friday has succumbed to his wounds. The officer, identified as Rouven L by officials, died while in an induced coma following emergency surgery on June 2. The attack targeted an information booth set up by members of the counter-Islam movement Pax Europa in Mannheim’s market square, leaving several others wounded. Rouven was stabbed several times in the neck after appearing to wrongfully subdue one of the victims. The suspect, identified as an Afghan National that immigrated to Germany as a teenager in 2013, was shot and apprehensive by other officers. German authorities have not confirmed an exact motive, although Islamism has been suspected. Via theatlasnews.co @AtlasNewsTelegram

🇲🇽 #Mexico Elects First Female President: What Should We Expect? https://theatlasnews.co/analysis/2024/06/03/mexico-elects-first-female-president-what-should-we-expect/ Mexico has elected frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum as their first female president, following a campaign period scarred by criminal violence and the highest assassination rate of political candidates in the country’s history. She will take on a legacy of a militarized approach to drug cartels, violent crime, a migration crisis, and disputes with major trading partners, including the United States. Here’s what you need to know. In an election where the top two presidential candidates were both women, Mexico was all but guaranteed a female president. It was the biggest election in Mexico’s history, with every seat in Congress up for grabs, the presidency, and more than 19,000 state and local offices. The election was by far the most violent since 2018, with 37 political candidates assassinated, according to Reuters, and more than 300 incidents of violence or threats of kidnapping occurring. Full article and analysis on theatlasnews.co

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 In #Belgorod, #Ukrainian strikes came the morning June of 1st, TASS reported 60+ explosions from air defense and impacts. The Russian governor reported electricity was out for at least two villages, and some residential buildings were damaged slightly by debris from shoot downs reportedly. Later, there were more air attack during tbe afternoon of June 1st local time, with two waves of #Ukrainian launches of around a dozen+ total drones and missiles, as well as reportedly GMLRS according to Russian tallies. Russian air defense systems reportedly intercepted all launches, and no impacts or casualties were immediately reportedly by either state-run or local channels. Russian channels alleged debris footage showed HIMAR GMLRS remnants, although it appears to match 155mm M26 components and submunitions. Around 20 explosions were reported over Belgorod and Bryansk regions across both waves of attacks. Russian Ministry of Defense claimed "air defense shot down 14 Ukrainian UAVs, the Tochka-U operational-tactical missile, and the Neptune anti-ship missile over the Belgorod and Bryansk regions"

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russian Strikes Hit #Ukrainian Energy Facilities: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/06/01/russian-strikes-hit-ukrainian-energy-facilities/ Russian forces followed their wave of strikes against Ukraine on the 31st with more missiles and drones on the 1st, again striking vital energy infrastructure and inflicting civilian casualties. 9 Ukrainian were killed yesterday in Kharkiv specific after a high rise and other buildings were struck, and over 20 were injured both days with the total wounded between 40-50, children and woman included among those numbers.

🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 The #Biden administration has given #Ukraine the green light to carry out strikes inside of #Russia using #American-supplied weapons, but only in border areas along the new #Kharkiv front, Politico has reported citing an unnamed #UnitedStates official and two other people familiar with the matter. Up until now, Ukraine could only use American weapons to strike Russian forces inside of Ukraine. The decision, if confirmed, would mark a major policy turning point as several other nations push to allow for western-supplied to be used to strike Russian targets over the border, such as logistic hubs, weapon depots, and staging areas. The official cited by Politico did stress, however, that the US policy on not allowing Ukraine to use American weapons for strategic long-range strikes deep into Russia has not changed at this time. Via theatlasnews.co @AtlasNewsTelegram

Hamas' mouthpiece website has responded to U.S President Biden's recent statement about a temporary ceasefire proposal that he said was put forward and approved by Israel. The post appears to be an acknowledgment of the proposal, while reiterating their goals. "The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas views positively what was included in US President Joe Biden’s speech today, 05/31/2024, in his call for a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of the occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, reconstruction, and an exchange of prisoners. We consider this American position and the conviction that has been established on the regional and international scene The necessity of putting an end to the war on Gaza is the result of the legendary steadfastness of our struggling people and their valiant resistance. The movement affirms its position of readiness to deal positively and constructively with any proposal based on a permanent ceasefire, complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, reconstruction, the return of the displaced to all their places of residence, and the completion of a serious prisoner exchange deal if the occupation declares its explicit commitment to that."