With Washington lifting the ban on Ukraine on using its weapons inside Russia, Kyiv reportedly fired the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System [HIMARS] at the border of Belgrade city according to Russian sources.
A group of 18 women appealed to the newly appointed Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov to impose a strict time limit for how long the soldiers could serve in Ukraine before rotating out of active duty.
NATO’s window of preparation against Russia has gone down from 10 years to 2-3 years as claimed by Norway's top general, attributing this dwindling time frame to the growing industrial base in Russia.

Sanctions imposed against UK figures by Moscow

Russia has added several British establishment figures, journalists, and experts covering important socio-political issues in Russia in a negative and untrue way to the list of people banned from entering the country.
The rationale behind these sanctions is the anti-Russian rhetoric of British officials as the country has pledged £3bn for military assistance to Ukraine in 2024/25. Moscow has urged London to abandon its support for Ukraine.

Proceedings begin in a trial of 20 political analysts in Belarus

The authorities have begun the proceedings against 20 prominent political analysts, all of them having left Belarus, belonging to reputed think tanks and universities of the world.
The analysts are accused of conspiring to overthrow the government and taking part in an extremist group.
This move is the latest in the yearlong crackdown on dissent by the Belarusian authorities after the problematic 2020 election, providing Alexander Lukashenko his sixth term in office.

The pro-Russian leader of Moldova’s leftist socialist party, Igor Dodon has called upon other opposition parties to form a single challenger to the pro-European president Maia Sandu in the October elections.
While Dodon urges better relations with Russia and China, and to take no further part in military exercises with foreign partners, Sandu views Russia to be Moldova's greatest threat. According to Sandu, EU membership for Moldova, one of the poorest European countries, is the only way to safeguard its sovereignty.

Polish, Belarusian, and Ukrainian nationals among the 18 arrested over the past six months on allegations of plotting to carry out acts of sabotage in Poland, on behalf of Russia and neighbouring Belarus.
These hostile acts include arson, cyberattacks, the pushing of migrants from Belarus into Poland, and an alleged plot to assassinate the Ukrainian president, Zelensky.
Poland claims these acts to be a part of a wider plan to threaten the security of the country as it supports Ukraine in the Russia-Ukraine war.

A 34-year-old man was detained for allegedly attacking the Israeli embassy in Romania’s capital , Bucharest with a Molotov cocktail that resulted in small fire but no casualties were reported .
The man was taken into custody by anti-terrorism officers from the Romanian Intelligence Service before the arrival of the police .
It has been reported that the incident was motivated by personal reasons and no international context of the current scenario of Israel was taken into consideration.

Brussels wants to suppress the pro-peace forces and remove the last obstacle to war by silencing and excluding Hungary from decision-making processes, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in Budapest on Monday .
The minister here was referring to the recent statements passed by the Belgium counterpart in relation to the Article 7 Rule of Law procedure against Hungary that deprives Hungary of its voting rights in the council of the European Union .
Péter Szijjártó - “We need very strong support and a big victory on June 9 to be able to resist the pressure in the coming weeks and months, to be able to speak out strongly for peace and to stand up against the preparations for a third world war here in Europe,” he stressed.

“We want Asia to know what’s going on in Ukraine,” Zelensky said on Sunday. “We need the support of Asian countries. It is much needed.”
While the US is encouraging a number of countries to be a part of the peace conference , China is neglecting it, says Zelenskyy.
Zelensky also points out China’s influence in the global south that is being misused by Russia to disrupt the peace summit.

Slovak PM Robert Fico finally got discharged after being shot in an assassination attempt

Fico was left in a serious condition after he was shot with four bullets at close range while he was greeting his supporters
After going through an operation that was five hours long, accompanying another one two days later, finally the PM is recovering and has moved to home care from the hospital.
The attacker was detained on the spot itself .

Hungary stepping towards redefining its NATO membership

Orban emphasised how a NATO mission to Ukraine would accelerate world war instead of the protection of member states of the alliance .
“Our lawyers and officers are working [to define] how Hungary can exist as a Nato member without taking part in NATO operations outside NATO territory,” Orbán told national radio on Friday.
Hungary is considered a “non-participant” country, he added, but it is working on a clearer definition.

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