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On June 9th, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that he had spoken to Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on how to resolve the situation in Libya.
وزير الخارجية البريطاني : شراكة وثيقة بين مصر والمملكة المتحدة في السعي لحل قضايا ليبيا والشرق الاوسط
— سكاي نيوز عربية-عاجل (@SkyNewsArabia_B) June 9, 2020
The Arab League called on the Government of National Accord (GNA) to accept Cairo’s proposal for a ceasefire and to engage in a political path to resolve the situation.
الجامعة العربية تطالب حكومة الوفاق الليبية بإعلان موقف إيجابي من إعلان القاهرة وقف إطلاق النار والانخراط في مسار سياسي يخرج ليبيا من الأزمة الحالية
— سكاي نيوز عربية-عاجل (@SkyNewsArabia_B) June 9, 2020
On June 8th, the GNA, strongly influenced by Turkey entirely rejected Egypt’s call for a ceasefire, while Cairo began deploying a large number of forces, including Abrams battle tanks and combat helicopters along the border and potentially preparing to enter the fray.
Meanwhile, in order to address some propaganda going around in regard to Russian presence in Libya, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that old pieces of equipment in the country were presented as new.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin also spoke on the phone regarding Libya. Putin said that he supported the Egypt-proposed ceasefire initiative.
#BREAKING Putin, Sisi talked over the phone on #Libya's crisis. According to the Kremlin, Russia President said he supports Egypt's ceasefire initiative
— Guy Elster (@guyelster) June 8, 2020
Kremlin spokesman says Vladimir Putin not scheduled to meet with Fayez Al-Sarraj despite rumorshttps://t.co/h3YRbd0o2r #Libya #Russia #ليبيا pic.twitter.com/RlZRmiKX1C
— Alwasat (@alwasatengnews) June 8, 2020
Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson said that Putin wouldn’t meet with GNA President Fayez al-Sarraj, despite any rumors on the matter.
On the ground, the GNA and Turkey are preparing for another push on Sirte, with Ankara moving its electronic warfare system from Tripoli to Misrata, putting Sirte in range.
#Turkey moved its land-based transportable electronic warfare system (KORAL) towards Misrata – with #Sirte now in its range. https://t.co/ht1NLh6ZIe
— Emadeddin Badi (@emad_badi) June 9, 2020
Misrata #Libya war of signals…
Interferences on Sentinel-1 data from what could be a Turkish KORAL EW system (previously in Tripoli) shows up in Misrata clashing with those from the EMPAR onboard Italian destroyer. #OSINT #SIGINT @osinteditor @il_kanguru pic.twitter.com/IFMZSpWb30— Putin is a Virus (@PutinIsAVirus) June 9, 2020
The Libyan National Army, under Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar is currently keeping the GNA, Turkey and its proxies away from Sirte by way of airstrikes, with the air defense systems also downing a Turkish UAV.
#LNA fighter jets haven't stopped targeting #GNA force's position near sirte the past couple of hour's , until now 10 #GNA soldiers have as a result of these strikes .#Libya
— Ouais Hasairi (@HasairiOuais) June 8, 2020
منصات الدفاع الجوي بالقوات المُسلحة #تستهدف طائرة #تُركية مُسيّرة وتقوم بإسقاطها في منطقة وادي جارف بعد أن حاولت إستهداف مواقعاً لوحدات القوات المُسلحة .
— Ahmad Alzway (@Ahmad_Alzway) June 8, 2020
The GNA is shelling Sirte at random intervals, but has little success except killing 7 civilians, according to reports.
#GNA force's have been shelling #Sirte randomly with grad rockets since the early hours of the morning which resulted in killing 7 innocent civilians ( 2 men , 2 women , 3 children ) and injuring 6 others 2 of them are in critical condition . #Libya
— Ouais Hasairi (@HasairiOuais) June 8, 2020
Likely as support of the LNA, unidentified fighter jets were seen flying over Sirte.
Libya
?️Sirte semalarında kimliği belirsiz Jetler uçuyor. pic.twitter.com/pswAbt7Lpc
— Desert Tiger (@DesertTiger_) June 8, 2020
سرت
طيران حربي نفاث روسي من نوع ميغ29 يجوب سماء سرت pic.twitter.com/K3jK1ex9Ug— احمد عبيد (@ahmed02182601) June 8, 2020
Finally, a video was released from inside a Pantsir-S1, it is unclear when it was filmed but it is from fighters from Haftar’s forces.
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