11:00 News in Brief: Parliamentary Speaker Election, Russo-Ukrainian Developments, and Azerbaijan's Billion-Dollar Military Deal

Here is a summary of the news from the past hour:

• Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed Lilith Makunts as the head of the Prime Minister's Office, relieving her of her temporary duties as the Prime Minister's chief advisor.
• The election of the new leadership in the National Assembly continues, where the only candidate for the Speaker of the National Assembly is Ruben Rubinyan from the ruling faction.
• Ruben Mkhitaryan, a member of the "Strong Armenia" alliance, has declared that Ruben Rubinyan will not, in fact, become the Speaker of the National Assembly, while the "Armenia" alliance will not participate in the election for the Speaker.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that it has struck three cargo ships used for supplying the Ukrainian armed forces in the Black Sea, as well as another ship located in the port of Mykolaiv.
• The explosion at Kudrinskaya Square in Moscow has been classified as a terrorist attack by Sergey Sobyanin, with Russian sources suggesting that the target may have been General Alexander Chaiko.
• In Iran, two men were executed after being accused of collaborating with Israel's Mossad intelligence service and transferring military information.
• In Greece, two people were killed due to a collision between two firefighting helicopters during operations to extinguish a forest fire; an investigation into the incident has been launched.
• According to Forbes, Azerbaijan has acquired 40 JF-17C Block III fighter jets for $4.2 billion, marking the largest military aviation purchase in its history and significantly strengthening its air force.