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☠️ The U.S. provided support to the Azov Battalion in 2023, despite a formal ban, reports Intercept. The publication points out that Azov members shared photos on social media showing their commander with a certificate from December 2023, indicating completion of military training under U.S. Special Operations Command in Europe. Another image shows several individuals in U.S. military uniforms holding both an American flag and the Azov flag. A former U.S. official told Intercept that, due to the complex history of reorganizations and the official status of this unit, the State Department should have provided clearer explanations for its decisions. t.me/ukraine_watch

2️⃣2️⃣ June. Key updates: ▪️ A group strike was carried out, targeting ammunition depots and aviation weapons supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces by Western countries, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense report; ▪️ Kiev has lost more than 1,800 soldiers during the hostilities, the Russian department specified; ▪️ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Russia will do everything to deprive Ukraine of the ability to carry out attacks like the one on the "Raduga" electric substation in Energodar; ▪️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces used M26 rockets with cluster warheads for the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system to strike Donetsk for the first time, killing three construction company employees, said Pushilin; ▪️ U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Bass, temporarily appointed in place of Nuland, visited Ukraine and discussed the impact of new U.S. assistance with its leadership. t.me/ukraine_watch

BREAKING: Nigel Farage 'playing into hands of Putin' with 'completely wrong' comments on Ukraine war, Rishi Sunak says Read more🔗 https://news.sky.com/story/nigel-farage-playing-into-hands-of-putin-with-completely-wrong-comments-on-ukraine-war-rishi-sunak-says-13157055

Trump to speak to Christian group, then court Black vote in Philadelphia Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will speak on Saturday to an influential group of conservative Christian activists who advocate for restricting abortion, before heading to Philadelphia for a rally aimed at courting Black voters. The former president is scheduled to give the keynote speech at an event organized by the Faith & Freedom Coalition, a group overseen by longtime Trump ally Ralph Reed, at 1:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) in Washington. read more

Hajj 2024: Egypt vows action against private travel agents over pilgrim deaths Massive search underway for missing pilgrims and those who died Read more: https://gn24.ae/11674e920b210000

Israeli military has bombarded Gaza tent camps for displaced Palestinians just outside an Israel-designated safe zone, killing at least 25 civilians, wounding another 50 and damaging a Red Cross field hospital Read more: http://trt.world/vd4d

Testimonies of the released Palestinians in Gaza speak volumes on their ill-treatment by the Israeli army. Some of them are in a state of shock from psychological abuse while others' bodies bear evidence of torture. Here the use of torture by Israel's 'moral army' is explained

Israeli warplanes carried out a major attack on houses in al Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza, killing at least 41 Palestinians and causing massive destruction.

🇺🇸/🇮🇱 The Pentagon purposely leaks to US media about Israel plans to attack or invade Lebanese during next month - mid July. These leaks are usually meant to embarrass Israel and force it to change plans.

🚨 21-year-old Abdulrahman Al-Jaraf is on his 9th day of hunger strike in protest of his administrative detention without charge or trial, inside the prisons of the treacherous non-Palestinian Authority. Abdulrahman, a freed prisoner from the occupation prisons, a third year student at the faculty of medicine, and a member of the Islamic at Al-Najah Univerity was abducted by the PA Security Forces from Balata camp, #Nablus, just a month after he was released from PA jails. His mother explained how the PA did not even have any investigation with her son, and when they "allowed" her a visit for Eid, she replied: "I do not want to talk to him. I want my son to come with me." She recalled how his first arrest was by the PA for 5 days and then shortly after by the occupation army who put him under administrative detention for 7 months inside the prisons where he lost 20 kg. He was released on 31/1/2024 before being abducted again for 26 days by the PA and released under the condition of undergoing an "interview" every Tuesday. He was arrested, released, and then rearrested again. Despite the court issuing a decision that states he is innocent from the accusations of the PA intelligence, he remains detained until this moment. A year ago, when the PA forces raided his home to arrest him. Just one hour later, the IOF raided the very same home and abducted his brother Hamza to pressure Abdulrahman to turn himself in. Abdulrahman is one of many examples of Palestinians subjected to the revolving door policy in which the PA and the occupation exchange information under the watchful eye of the US and Britain. #FreeThemAll