The raid came after Vladimir Zelensky suggested that Ukrainian drones could ‘pay a visit’ to the International Economic Forum | St. Petersburg has come under a major Ukrainian drone attack, according to the regional authorities, on the closing day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). ● More than 140 drones were downed in the early hours of Saturday morning, Leningrad Region Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said on social media. No casualties or major infrastructure damage were immediately reported. ● An air alert was declared overnight and residents were warned to stay indoors. Operations at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport were suspended, with dozens of flights delayed and aircraft diverted to other airports. ● The strike follows another major drone raid on the region on June 3, the opening day of the forum, which attracted participants from more than 130 countries this year.

📌 Some in Russia are impatient... (Kotsnews)

■ Putin responds to Zelensky’s meeting proposal (RT) | Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he sees “no sense” in meeting with Vladimir Zelensky, responding to an open letter from the Ukrainian leader. The “author of the letter” has done everything to make such talks impossible, Putin stated at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), adding that even his latest call for talks included “elements of insolence.”

“Despite the expansion of the distance between enemy vessels and the range of the missiles used, should the need arise, this force (Iran’s Navy) will employ missiles with longer ranges.” | In a statement released on Friday, the Navy said that, as part of ongoing operations to counter acts of maritime aggression, harassment, and the seizure of commercial vessels and oil tankers by the “terrorist US Navy”, Iranian forces launched warning shots using Qadir missiles and newly developed offensive drones known as the “Martyr Dana”.

■ Iran fires missiles and drones at US destroyers in Oman Sea (Türkiye Today)
■ Iranian Navy Says Missiles, Drones Targeted US Warships — US Calls It False (Marine Insight)
■ Tehran retaliates for ‘defensive’ US strike on Iranian island (VIDEOS) (RT)
■ IRGC pounds US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain after drone attacks on Iranian territory (Press TV)
■ IRGC Retaliatory Missile Attacks Target US Bases in Region (Tasnim News Agency)

Israel has continued to launch deadly attacks on southern Lebanon despite the two countries striking a new US-brokered ceasefire agreement.

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Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has denounced the US-mediated ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel as a one-sided, biased deal that seeks to impose asymmetric obligations solely on the Hezbollah resistance movement. | In written comments distributed by his office on Friday, Berri sharply criticized the recently announced US-mediated ceasefire framework concluded in Washington, describing it as “hybrid, unfair, rigged, inequitable, and not worth mentioning.” Berri insisted that any genuine agreement must begin with an unconditional ceasefire. [...] Berri noted that the US-sponsored text focuses exclusively on Hezbollah’s commitments to the ceasefire and the withdrawal of its resistance fighters from the area south of the Litani River, while remaining silent on Israeli obligations. The remarks came two days after the announcement of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement between the Lebanese government and the Tel Aviv regime. [...] The remarks came two days after the announcement of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement between the Lebanese government and the Tel Aviv regime.

■ Zakharova to Al Mayadeen: IOF violations of Lebanon ceasefire systemic (Al Mayadeen)
✅ The Lebanon escalation: Netanyahu is betting Trump can’t stop him (Farhad Ibragimov)
✅ Lebanon: Washington's so-called ceasefire framework (Dr. Marwa Osman)