Australian outlet ABC News reports that a total of 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks were loaded onto a cargo ship and are being shipped to Europe.

Khan Younis Governorate, Gaza Strip.

Following the capture of the Theima neighbourhood and the raid into the area of the Ashkelon School southwest of the town of Abasn Al-Kabira, IDF forces have begun a withdrawal process and are pulling back to the Theima neighbourhood.

Israeli Finance minister Smotrich: "We are destroying everything that is left of the Gaza Strip and in the future this will lead to the destruction of Hamas and the return of the kidnapped. The population will reach the south of the Gaza Strip and from there to third countries. We will bring in a minimum of food and medicine."

The first aid trucks in two months have entered the Gaza Strip.

Consequences of a Russian KAB/FAB glide-bomb strike on a 2-story building in the city of Lyman, Donetsk Oblast.

Lyman has again seen an uptick in the number of glide-bombs targeting it, coinciding with intensified Russian assault operations north and northeast of the city, due to its strategic placement and its usage as the primary logistical hub for the AFU from Nove, all the way to the front north of Bakhmut.

The IDF has issued evacuation orders for nearly the entire city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering here.

The IDF Arabic Spokesperson stated that "From this moment, Khan Yunis Governorate will be considered a dangerous combat zone." He urged civilians to more to the Al-Mawasi area.

Al-Mawasi has very limited infrastructure and Khan Younis has the last functioning hospitals in southern Gaza. Much of the evacuation zone was formerly part of the Al-Mawasi "humanitarian zone".

This is a huge development. Israel is set to begin ground invasion of the second largest city of the Gaza Strip for the second time. Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups hold a large presence in the city after the IDF withdrawal last year. This future invasion will undoubtably have a huge effect not only on the hundreds of thousands of civilians sheltering there, but also Hamas' Khan Younis Brigade (which contains some of the remaining elite fighters, some of which took part in the October 7th invasion), as well as other Palestinian armed groups such as the Saraya al-Quds brigades, the Mujahedeen Brigades, the Al-Nasser Brigades, among others.

Correction: The Nasser hospital is not included in the evacuation zone, as it is in the western part of the city, next to the Khan Younis Refugee Camp. There will still be a hospital to accommodate Palestinians in southern Gaza for the time being.

Map of the current areas of Gaza under an evacuation order by the IDF due to current or future Israeli ground activity.

The evacuation zones now account for approximately 66% of the total land area of the Gaza Strip.

Russian forces have captured the village of Romanivka, Kostyantynivka direction, Donetsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~155.

Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers have begun redeploying back to Olenya Airbase.

Following the flight of the first Tu-95 from Engels-2 to Olenya, 4 more have since flown back, including two some time in the last couple of hours. It’s possible that one of the other two was the one which flew to Diaghilev airbase which I talked about 2 days ago. This means that 3-4 Tu-95s flew from Belaya Airbase. More will likely follow suit in the coming days.

Currently, 5 Tu-95s are stationed at Olenya, ALL of which are equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles. One of two more redeployments, and the next large-scale missile strike on Ukraine is ready.

Russian forces have captured the village of Nova Poltava, Kostyantynivka direction, Donetsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~430.

I guarantee you that there are Pro-Ukrainians out there who if they visited some city in eastern Ukraine, talked to actual Ukrainians and get told by said Ukrainians that they want the war to end, they would proceed to call those same Ukrainians Russian trolls and kremlin agents.

This war is a perfect example of how people can form opinions like this from the comfort of their own homes, on their cellphone, while real Ukrainians and Russians are suffering for a stupid war that could end IF Zelensky actually negotiated in good faith.

I have spoken with Ukrainians in the past and still do. Some have had to bury their own family members, many of which were forcibly mobilised, sent to the frontlines after 2-3 weeks of training, before getting killed.

This war does not have to be fought, and those calling on the west to provide Ukraine with tens of billions of dollars' worth of weapons are so misinformed and lack common sense. Why should weapons be sent to Ukraine if all its going to do is prolong the inevitable? Let's say Ukraine does get $100 Billion worth of weapons, what happens next? 20,000 more Russian soldiers die? The war carries on for 6 months longer than it otherwise would have? I will never understand this logic.

People are dying. This is real life, and yet people treat it like a video game or a Hollywood movie. I think this is partially the effect of social media on people's brains, where they see snippets from war with "cool music" and flashy effects and subconsciously form this outlook on war as some sort of valiant and noble thing. No - the "good guys" don't always win in real life and in extension war, and yes people are dying for something that could end now. All it takes is some good faith and morals from Zelensky and the west, and hundreds of thousands of more people won't die.

Posts like this above are incredibly disrespectful of Ukrainians, including Ukrainian soldiers who they claim to support, and downplays the suffering that they endure. It's easy for people to say stuff like this from the comfort of their own homes while others fight the war.

Sorry for the rant, but I feel this needs to be said.

In the Yunakivka direction, Russian forces continued their advance and captured most of the village of Loknya.

Russian forces advanced south down both banks of the Loknya River from their positions in the northern part of the village and reached the southwestern outskirts, occupying the western side of Loknya. Ukrainian forces maintain a presence in the southeastern houses; however, the grey zone now extends to the northern part of Yunakivka.

In addition to this, Russian forces branched off from the western part of the village and entered the adjacent forested areas, which are also in the low-lying ground, and captured the positions there.

+ ~3.50km² in favour of Russia.

In the Vovchansk direction, Russian forces made new progress north of the Vovcha River.

Russian forces advanced south from their positions near the water treatment facility and the ruins of the secondary school and seized positions in collapsed houses transformed into dugouts on what used to be Shevchenka Street and Haharina Street. They were able to capture the destroyed Vovchansk Central Hospital as well as the primary school.

What was likely a sabotage and reconnaissance group attempted to cross the Vovcha River near Dukhovna Street but were killed by Ukrainian FPV drones.

+ ~0.14km² in favour of Russia.