—❗️🇮🇱/🇾🇪 NEW: Yemeni ballistic missile incoming towards Ben Gurion Intl. Airport, sirens activated

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Intercepted.

—❗️🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: At least 20 Russian strategic bombers, mainly Tu-95s, now confirmed to have been 'destroyed or taken out of service'

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That meeting will be awkward

— 🇪🇬/🇮🇷 NEW: Egypt confirms that direct flights between Iran and Egypt for tourism will be established soon

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— 🇷🇺/🇦🇲 NEW: President Putin has called Armenia's Prime Minister Pashinyan

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Tf Armenia gonna do?

EDIT: The meeting took place before the attack on the airbases.

— 🇮🇷/🇪🇬 NEW: Recently, Iran's President, Masoud Pezeshkian, met with Egypt's President Al-Sisi

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 Full Russian statement on the drone attack:

'Today, the Kiev regime carried out a terrorist attack using FPV drones against airfields in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions.

At military airfields in the Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions, all terrorist attacks were repelled. In the Murmansk and Irkutsk regions, several aircraft caught fire following launches of FPV drones from areas near the airfields.

The fires have since been extinguished. There are no casualties among military personnel or civilians. Some participants in the terrorist attacks have already been detained.'

https://interbellumnews.com/conflicts/russia-confirms-ukrainian-drone-attacks-on-multiple-military-airfields

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Zelensky's full statement on 'Operation Web' (1/2):

'Dear compatriots. Today, a brilliant operation was carried out — on enemy territory, targeting only military objectives, specifically the equipment used to strike Ukraine. Russia suffered significant losses — entirely justified and deserved.

The preparation took over a year and a half. Planning, organisation, every detail was perfectly executed. It can be said with confidence that this was an absolutely unique operation.

What’s most interesting, and this can now be stated publicly, is that the “office” of our operation on Russian territory was located directly next to FSB headquarters in one of their regions.

In total, 117 drones were used in the operation with a corresponding number of drone operators involved. 34% of the strategic cruise missile carriers stationed at air bases were hit. Our people operated across several Russian regions — in three different time zones. And the people who assisted us were withdrawn from Russian territory before the operation, they are now safe.

It’s genuinely satisfying when something I authorized a year and six months ago comes to fruition and deprives Russians of over forty units of strategic aviation. We will continue this work.

Even before this operation was carried out, we had intelligence indicating that Russia was preparing another massive strike. It is very important for all our people not to ignore the air raid alerts.'

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Zelensky's full statement on 'Operation Web' (2/2):

'Last night, there were nearly 500 Russian drones, attack drones. Each week, they have been increasing the number of units used per strike. Now, they have also prepared Kalibr missiles launched from naval carriers. We know exactly who we are dealing with. We will defend ourselves by all means available to us – to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.

Not for a single second did we want this war. We offered the Russians a ceasefire. Since March 11, the U.S. proposal for a full and unconditional ceasefire has been on the table. It was the Russians who chose to continue the war – even under conditions where the entire world is calling for an end to the killing.

Pressure is truly needed, pressure on Russia that should bring it back to reality. Pressure through sanctions. Pressure from our forces. Pressure through diplomacy. All of it must work together.

Today, also I held an extended meeting with Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Head of the Presidential Office, our intelligence chiefs, and military leadership. We discussed what exactly we expect from the meeting in Istanbul on Monday.

We continue to propose a full and unconditional ceasefire, along with all rational and dignified steps that could lead to a lasting and reliable peace. The Ukrainian proposal we presented to the Russians is logical and realistic.

The Russians, however, have not shared their “memorandum” with anyone — we don't have it, the Turkish side doesn't have it, and the American side doesn't have the Russian document either. Despite this, we will try to achieve at least some progress on the path toward peace.' — END

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