🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces continue to advance rapidly in the Sumy direction, capturing Vodolagi. Russian troops have also crossed the Kursk-Sumy border at another point, just west, capturing Konstantinovka.

Russian forces have entered the first few houses of Novonikolaevka, and are on the outskirts of Yablunovka. Fighting continues inside of Yunakovka.

Russia now controls 9 towns in Sumy, with 3 being contested and controls an area of 139 sqkm. For reference, Russian control in the Volchansk direction of Kharkov is 223 sqkm.

🇫🇷🇮🇱⚡- French police close off the site of the Israeli Embassy in Paris, after a suspicious package was detected.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: "The Trump administration is concerned that Netanyahu will disrupt nuclear talks with Iran, and may even order an attack even if a diplomatic agreement is reached; American intelligence is concerned about the possibility that Israel will launch an operation without warning or provide only a warning of several hours, that would not leave enough time to pressure Netanyahu to cancel it," - Ynet, Israeli outlet.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: "Netanyahu had instructed his officials to plan a smaller attack that would not need American assistance.

US intelligence has estimated Israel could prepare to mount an Iran attack in as little as seven hours, leaving insufficient time to pressure Netanyahu into canceling it," - The New York Times.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: "Trump stated Sunday that 'something good' might emerge from his efforts to restrict Iran's nuclear program within the 'next two days.'

The disagreement over the most effective approach to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons has resulted in at least one heated telephone conversation between Trump and Netanyahu, along with numerous high-level meetings between American and Israeli officials in recent days.

After his April White House meeting with Trump, Netanyahu ordered Israeli national security officials to continue planning for an Iran strike, including a smaller operation not requiring US assistance. Israel already maintains numerous different plans, ranging from surgical strikes to days of bombing Iranian facilities, including some in populated cities," - The New York Times.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: The New York Times revealed in April that Israel had planned to attack Iranian nuclear installations as early as this month but was deterred by Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The two officials, Israeli Strategic Minister Dermer and Mossad Chief Barnea, traveled to Washington for a Monday meeting with CIA Director John Ratcliffe. While Dermer also met again with Witkoff on Tuesday," - Israel Hayom, Israeli outlet.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Netanyahu's Press Office calls the New York Times report 'fake news'.

🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Knesset Minister, and Minister of Housing, Yitzhak Goldknopf announced he would resign from the government immediately after the holidays (next week Tuesday).

His party, Yahadut HaTora, has seven seats in the Likud-bloc coalition at the Knesset. If Goldknopf resigns, Netanyahu's government collapses. The dispute between Yahadut HaTora and Likud arose over the Haredi conscription law.

🇧🇪🇮🇱⚡- A suspicious package has also been delivered to the Israeli Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- US island territory Guam's Governor, Lou Leon Guerrero, has arrived in Taipei, Taiwan, to meet Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "Despite being 2,000 miles apart, we [Guam-Taiwan] are connected by the Pacific Ocean and the roots that connect us," - Lou Leon Guerrero, Governor of Guam, US island territory, while on a visit to Taipei.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- BREAKING: US intelligence warns China could seize Taiwan’s outlying islands in the Taiwan Strait.

There are five island chains administered by Taiwan in the Strait, Pratas, Penghu, Kinmen, Wuqiou, and Lienchiang (Matsu). US intel warns Kinmen and Matsu are particularly vulnerable to Chinese capture.

"China could seize Taiwan’s smaller outlying islands as a tactic to intimidate the government in Taipei. However, an all-out invasion of Taiwan in 2025 is unlikely, but China could scale up the attacks on the democratic island’s smaller outposts.

China will use the attack on Taiwan's Islands to test the US’s commitment to Taiwan’s defense," - The Telegraph, British outlet, citing a US Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA, report.

Note, the US had finally admitted the presence of US troops in Taiwan, and yesterday Taipei received the Governor of Guam. On Monday, a congressional delegation from mainland US paid the island a visit.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russia's Head for the Russia-Ukraine talks, Vladimir Medinsky, spoke with Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov over the phone. Both have agreed to a second round of Russia-Ukraine talks.

🇷🇺🇾🇪⚡- BREAKING: Rashad al-Alimi, Chairman of the Saudi-backed Yemeni Presidential Council (based in Aden), visits the Kremlin to meet Russian President Putin.

The two discussed developing bilateral relations, increasing trade and regional affairs - including Ansarullah (the Houthis). According to the Kremlin, Putin invited al-Alimi to take part in the Russia-Arab World summit, which is scheduled for October in Moscow.

Russia has previously proposed opening an embassy in Aden (controlled militarily by the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council), a move that would certainly not go well with Sana'a's Ansarullah.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- The second round of Russia-Ukraine talks will take place on June 2nd, in Istanbul, Turkey, says Sergei Lavrov the Foreign Minister of Russia.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Iran may agree to pause nuclear enrichment work temporarily if the US recognizes Tehran's right to enrich uranium for civilian uses.

Any temporary halt to nuclear activity under a political agreement would also require the US to release frozen Iranian funds," - Reuters.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "I'm upset about what's happening in Ukraine and I don't know if Putin wants to end the war," - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "I will let you know within 2 weeks if Putin is playing us or not, if he is we will respond differently," - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇵🇸⚡- "We're doing well on Gaza and Iran. The parties in Gaza must accept the document presented by Witkoff," - President Donald Trump.