Ex-Zelensky's adviser, Alexei Arestovich, publicly called for a regime change in Ukraine, accusing the country’s top leadership of strategic miscalculations.

Arestovich said that the situation during military operations has already reached a dead end. But if the Russian authorities are already making "cannibalistic but adequate decisions about the current situation,” then the Ukrainian leadership is “corrupt and inadequate.”

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🇯🇵🇺🇸 Japan and the United States have launched large-scale military drills in the southeastern prefectures of Kyushu and Okinawa and the northern island of Hokkaido to practice defending distant islands, a Japanese broadcaster reported.

The joint maneuvers will last until the end of the month and will involve about 6,400 troops, the broadcaster reported. During the drills, the US military will for the first time be positioned on the Japanese island of Ishigaki, which is close to Taiwan, the report read.

The drills will also feature the US's Osprey V-22 military aircraft for the first time, which will practice evacuating injured soldiers, the broadcaster reported. The exercises are taking place in response to China's allegedly increasing local activity, the broadcaster added.

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🇮🇱 IDF forces preparing to implement a wide range of operational offensive plans

💬"With the support of an extensive logistical effort and hundreds of thousands of drafted reservists, IDF forces are currently preparing to implement a wide range of operational offensive plans, which can include combined and coordinated strikes from the air, sea and land," Israeli Defense Forces said in a statement.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 Latest updates on Palestinian-Israeli conflict:

▪️IDF forces preparing to implement a wide range of operational offensive plans

▪️Israel and Egypt agreed to open the Rafah checkpoint on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip from 12:00 to 17:00, media report.

▪️Israeli army killed Ali Qadi, a company commander of the Hamas "Nukhba" commando force, who led the attack in Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip last weekend, the IDF said

▪️Hamas's military wing says it attacks Tel Aviv in response to Israeli strikes on civilians in Gaza Strip

▪️16 Russians with a second Israeli citizenship have died during the ongoing Palestine-Israel conflict, the Russian Embassy has said

▪️ Maria Zakharova, the Russian MFA spokeswoman, called attempts to accuse Russia of involvement in supplying Hamas with weapons and ammunition as speculation.

▪️Most Palestinians have no access to clean drinking water after the flow of desalinated and purified water was cut off, the UN said in a statement.

▪️Israeli military intends to continue massive strikes on Gaza Strip, further steps being prepared, representative says

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