Emergency response calls in Svyatoshyn district, Kyiv.

Footage of one of the Iskander impacts in Kyiv.

There may be further launches of Iskanders to Kyiv in the next 6 hours or so, however this is unlikely.

Clashes broke out between HTS government forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) at the Tishreen Dam in northern Syria.

Initial reports suggest that both sides have sustained casualties.

Reportedly one of the Iskanders falling in Kyiv after being shot down.

7 Russian Geran-2 drones attacked the city of Chornomorsk, Odesa Oblast last night. 5 were shot down, and 2 impacted their targets.

The first target was the Chornomorsk Port, and the second was an Anti-air gun position further inland. The attached video shows the second impact.

You can't be serious...

In the Kupyansk direction, Russian forces made new advances towards the city of Kupyansk, capturing key positions west of the Oskil River.

Russian forces advanced south from the forests west of the Kalynove tract and captured the two remaining treelines on the tactical heights. They then pushed west to the village of Kindrashivka, seizing positions in the northeastern part of the village, and lining up the front east and southeast of the village of Mala Shapkivka, which will make future assault operations to recapture the previously lost positions in the village easier.

Russian forces continued to advance south, clearing the houses in eastern Kindrashivka, while separate assault detachments gained a foothold in the forest southwest of the Kalynove tract, pressuring units defending the buffer zone around the village of Holubivka, and captured positions in the treelines on the adjacent heights.

Once this penetration had been achieved, a general push to the south took place, in which Russian forces captured the treeline and forest plantations in the low-lying ground, as well as the southeastern houses of Kindrashivka, before advancing uphill and gaining a foothold on the tactical heights which overlook Kupyansk itself. Positions were seized in the treeline on those heights on the approaches to the next two forests, which are now in the grey zone.

Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups advanced south to the northern outskirts of Kupyansk, and operated in the small village of Radkivka and the surrounding forests. This was mistakenly labelled as an expansion of the Russian zone of control.

+ ~5.35km² in favour of Russia.

The remaining 6 Tu-95MS strategic bombers stationed at Belaya Airbase in Irkutsk Oblast redeployed to Olenya Airbase in Murmansk Oblast last night.

2 Tu-160s may have also redeployed from Belaya Airbase to Engels-2 Airbase in Saratov Oblast.

Additionally, an IL-76MD military transport aircraft landed at Engels-2, with the cargo consisting of Kh-101 Cruise missiles for the Tu-95s and Tu-160s.

Whether a large missile attack on Ukraine takes place in the coming days or not depends on how many of the Tu-95s and Tu-160s were equipped with missiles at Belaya, as some may still need to fly to Engels-2 to be equipped with missiles and then back to Olenya first.

Currently, there are 15 Tu-95s stationed at Olenya, Engels-2 and Diaghilev.

The power of OSINT 😁

In the Lyman direction, Russian forces renewed their assault operations in the village of Ridkodub and have made some minor progress.

After establishing control over the eastern houses of the village and slightly pushing up the northeastern street, Russian forces briefly halted their assault operations to consolidate control over their newly captured positions in the village.

They then pushed further west down the northeastern street, clearing out houses, and approached the end of the road. To the south, they entered Tsentralna Street and cleared out the eastern houses of it.

+ ~0.28km² in favour of Russia.

In the Siversk direction, Russian forces continued to make slow and steady progress towards Siversk, and have captured new positions southeast of the ruins of Hryhorivka.

Russian forces advanced west down the main treeline which runs from the regional border between Donetsk and Luhansk Oblast, all the way up to the southeastern approaches to the village of Serebryanka, and captured new positions there on the tactical heights. In addition to this, they pushed into the next forest over and gained a foothold there.

To the south, Russian forces marginally advanced, entering a small forest in the low-lying ground, and capturing positions there.

+ ~0.85km² in favour of Russia.

In the Kostyantynivka direction, Russian forces continued their offensive and have made further progress in two main areas.

In the east, Russian forces advanced up both banks of the Bychok River. On the western bank, Russian forces completed the capture of the small disconnected residential area in the southwestern part of the village of Yablunivka. Meanwhile, assault detachments on the eastern bank pushed north up two treelines, reaching and capturing part of the perpendicular one, before advancing to and gaining a foothold in the treeline to the north.

In the west, Russian forces advanced from their newly established buffer zone around the village of Nova Poltavka, and captured the forest plantations in the low-lying ground. Other assault detachments advanced from the treelines northwest of Nova Poltavka and captured an agricultural complex, and the two treelines south and east of it on the tactical heights. They then pushed north to the next series of forest plantations, therefore bypassing the gulley and preventing any costly storming operations to take place from the southeastern direction.

These forces pushed as far north as the southern approaches to the village of Popiv Yar, before Russian forces advanced west down the two treelines on the tactical heights that branch off from these forest plantations, capturing them in their entirety and reaching the large fields southwest of Popiv Yar.

+ ~9.33km² in favour of Russia.