Unusually in the Zakho attack, no photographic evidence of shells or fragments, or the blast scene, has been made public. Baghdad says it is in possession of the evidence, that it collected 155mm artillery shells
Turkish sources counter the Iraqi narrative that Ankara has been testing a new version of Panter howitzer and misfired. They say the suggested version is still development and any field test would be done in Konya
Turkey, Ukraine, Russia military delegations and UN have begun talks in Istanbul on a grain corridor in the Black Sea, says the Turkish defense ministry
Picture from the Istanbul meeting
“Russia presented a package of proposals for the speedy transfer of the export of grain from the Black Sea ports”
— the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov.
BREAKING — Turkey declares victory over its demands from Sweden and Finland, says it extracted what it wanted from them
Here are the things Turkey got:
• Sweden/Finland will lift its arms embargo
• Both will support Turkey on PKK, stop support to YPG
• They will amend their laws on terrorism
• They will share Intel with each other
• They will extradite terror suspects 1/
• Finland and Sweden will support Turkey’s participation to EU’s Pesko
• Turkey, Finland and Sweden will establish a permanent joint mechanism to consult on justice, security and intelligence