Prime Minister NETANYAHU said Israeli forces crossed the Litani River in Lebanon.

After the UN recently added Israeli entities to a list of parties responsible for sexual violence in conflict, Israel's UN ambassador Danny Danon said on the 28th that Israel would "no longer be in contact" with the Secretary-General's office and cancelled planned visits by UN officials. At a regular briefing, Secretary-General spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the Secretary-General's office remains open to Israeli representatives.

{"title":"Putin says there are reasons to believe Russia-Ukraine conflict may be nearing an end","content":"Xinhua on 29 cited President Putin saying there are reasons to believe the Russia-Ukraine conflict may be nearing an end, but with fighting continuing no specific end date can be set. He said Russian strikes on the Kyiv region were in response to Ukrainian attacks on Luhansk and that Russian forces are launching an offensive across the special military operation zone. Putin called European politicians' talk of preparing to fight Russia "nonsense", saying Russia has not and does not threaten European states but any location posing a direct military threat to Russia would be a "legitimate target.""}