Israeli media reports that several Israeli soldiers were injured in the clashes.

The Al-Qassam Brigades released a statement stating that their fighters targeted Israeli forces with two "TBG" ATGMs, before advancing towards them and firing on them with light weapons. They claimed that multiple Israeli soldiers were killed and wounded.

This statement was released within 30 minutes of the clashes, which is very unusual, especially for Rafah which - like I said earlier - is completely cut off by Israeli forces. This suggests increased communication levels between the remaining cells in the city and command and control centres further north, before information is forwarded to the command. Ever since early 2024, communication has been an issue for Hamas and the other Palestinian armed groups operating in the Gaza Strip. In fact, just one week ago, official statements by Hamas were being released regarding clashes in Rafah that had occurred 10 days prior, and that they had only just received confirmation of.

In the Novopavlivka direction, both Russian and Ukrainian forces continue to make progress and have captured various positions.

After being pushed out of the village of Kotlyarivka, Russian forces regrouped and restarted their assault operations. These ones were far more successful and resulted in the village and nearby treelines being captured. Additionally, Russian forces advanced west along three treelines, seizing further positions in the direction of the border with Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Ukrainian forces on the other hand advanced east from positions northwest of the village of Troitske and re-entered previously lost positions in the treeline north of Troitske. After engaging in chaotic battles with Russian forces, Russia was forces to withdraw back to the treeline further east.

Over the past 6 days, Russian forces have been conducting new assault operations near the border between Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts and have made significant progess.

Russian forces completed the capture of the village of Novodarivka and advanced north along three treelines along the regional border. They then pushed west from their positions south of the village of Novosilka, through the low-lying ground and seized treeline positions on the tactical heights.

Once the territory to the south and east was captured, Ukrainian forces were squeezed out of the treelines southeast and east of the village of Novopil, with the grey zone now extending to the outskirts of the village.

+ ~25.50km² in favour of Russia.

Ballistic missile launch from Yemen

It was shot down by the U.S. Navy over the Red Sea.

All flights in and out of Zhukovsky Airport in Moscow Oblast have been temporarily suspended as approximately 50 Ukrainian UAVs approach Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast.

Kaluga Airport has also temporarily suspended flights. I'm gonna get a bit of sleep and will be back online before the ceasefire is set to begin.

As the supposed ceasefire begins, there are no air raid alerts in Ukraine. The last alerts were lifted 15 minutes prior to midnight after Russian tactical aircraft completed their bombing runs.

Russian airspace is also clear of Ukrainian UAVs.

There's higher than usual activity of Russian reconnaissance drones along the Dnipro River in the Kherson direction.

All remains quiet in the skies of Ukraine and Russia. No aviation, Gerans, or large reconnaissance drones. Hopefully we should get some information regarding the frontlines soon.

A Russian reconnaissance drone is operating over Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv Oblast.

Correction: Two reconnaissance drones are operating in the area

Ukrainian sources claim that Kupyansk district, Kharkiv Oblast was shelled by Russian MLRS.

Ukrainian sources, including the Ukrainian Air Force report that a short while ago, four Russian Su-34/35s launched KAB glide-bombs at the Bilopillya area of Sumy Oblast from Kursk Oblast. The glide-bombs were reportedly launched with two maneuvers.

Ukrainian sources report that a third launch maneuver was made, with KABs flying towards Bilopillya/Vorozhba, Sumy Oblast.

Ukrainian sources, including the Ukrainian air force report that Russian Su-34/35s launched KAB glide-bombs towards Stepanivka, Sumy Oblast.

Everything has significantly calmed in the Kostyantynivka direction. 1-2 artillery shots could be heard in the distance and a few explosions were reported 5-10 km away, but that's all for now.

There are also around 3 reconnaissance drones over the city right now, but this is normal and happened during the easter truce too.