Israeli sources report that interceptors were launched earlier. This could have been the source of the explosion in central Israel.

The IDF reports that the ballistic missile was intercepted.

The IDF just chose not to wake people up by triggering the sirens. They knew the result

Well that's new

Regarding the situation with the Russian breakthrough at Dobropillya-Bilozerske:

After over a week of deep infiltrations, the frontline has largely stabilised following the arrival of reinforcements from both sides.

Newly arrived Ukrainian units, including the 93rd Mechanized Brigade, 12th "Azov" Brigade of the NGU, 4th "Rubizh" Brigade of the NGU, 1st "Da Vinci" assault battalion and the 25th Assault Battalion, have begun digging in and counterattacking.

Russian DRGs have largely been cleared from the approaches of Dobropillya and Bilozerske, and Ukrainian counterattacks took place in two main directions. After re-securing the section of the Dobropillya - Kramatorsk Highway, the 1st "Da Vinci" assault battalion attempted to enter Zolotyi Kolodyaz, but were repelled by the newly reinforced Russian garrison (which may include special forces) after heavy fighting. The 2nd mechanised battalion of the 93rd brigade counterattacked in the direction of the heights south of Kucheriv Yar. The outcome of this is currently unknown.

The 12th "Azov" brigade of the NGU has begun digging in around Rubizhne and Novyi Donbas. Rubizhne is contested, but mostly under Ukrainian control. Novyi Donbas is under full Ukrainian control after the DRGs were cleared from around Dobropillya. It's unclear what Ukrainian unit is holding Stepy (possibly the Rubizh Brigade?), which lies between Rubizhne and Novyi Donbas. Additionally, the Russians have accumulated manpower in Nove Shakhove, and now have a strong presence there.

In the Dorozhnje area, Ukrainian forces - after withdrawing behind the village - managed to hold a defence in the treelines on the tactical heights there.

In the Vesele - Hruzke area, Russian forces were able to capture most of Vesele. There is no information from Hruzke, but the main Ukrainian presence is held in the gulleys to the southeast of the village, suggesting it could be in the grey zone.

In Shakhove - Volodomyrivka, Ukrainian forces hold a strong defence in Shakhove, while drones (probably from the "Typhoon" company of the NGU) are preventing the Russians from capturing the rest of Volodymyrivka. No new information from Pankivka, which remains under Russian control.

Overall, the situation has significantly improved for Ukraine here, but at the cost of other sectors of the frontline being significantly weakened - notably the Kostyantynivka direction. This breakthrough will undoubtably be used by Russia in the future for further gains, as it has completely destabilised a section of Ukraine's main defensive line.

Azov has made their first claim on Russian personnel losses in the Dobropillya direction from the actions of the 12th brigade, but has not commented on any counterattacks carried out by their forces.

Currently its known that the 1st "Da Vinci" Assault battalion and the 2nd battalion of the 93rd mechanised brigade have been counterattacking. No progress has been confirmed, and the attacks by the "Da Vinci" battalion on Zolotyi Kolodyaz yesterday were repelled.

This confirms that so far, Azov's efforts have been largely confined to entrenching in new positions to contain the Russian advance, and mopping up DRGs - contrary to those claiming that Azov had cut the Russian spearhead in half.

FSB says in 2024 it uncovered Ukraine’s work on the Sapsan Tactical Ballistic Missile Complex (500–750 km range), mapping production facilities, underground assembly sites, supply routes, and leadership tied to German handlers.

The Russian military struck these facilities in Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, and Sumy, hitting both ground and underground targets, and dealing a major blow to Ukraine’s efforts to build a domestically-produced long-range missile program.

A Russian channel reports that a Ukrainian "DARTS" drone hit the Belgorod Oblast Administrative Building just now.

Possible Kh-59 cruise missile in Kharkiv Oblast.

Disappeared. Misidentification

This is an S-400 air defence missile targeting Ukrainian aircraft near Stary Saltiv, Kharkiv Oblast.

Russian forces have captured the village of Andriivka-Klevtsove, Prosyana direction, Donetsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~777.
Total land area: ~3.49km²

An IL-96-300PU carrying Putin is currently airborne, flying to Anchorage Airport, Alaska, for the meeting with Trump tomorrow.

The talks are set to take place at 11:30am local time on Friday.

Correction: the plane is carrying journalists and people to set up the meeting. Putin has not left Russia yet.

A Russian Su-30SM fighter crashed southeast of Snake Island in the Black Sea yesterday, likely while trying to shoot down Ukrainian UAVs flying to Crimea.

It belonged to the 43rd Separate Marine Assault Aviation Regiment based at Saki Airbase, Crimea. The Ukrainian Navy reported that search and rescue operations are underway to retrieve the pilots, while Russian sources report that they were killed.

I tried to set up through private messages a public nuanced chat,
He's gone and made these public, fine I couldn't care less...

Why doesn't David use all the combat experience he talks about to go and actually fight ....?

Very convenient to crop out my private message inviting him to an open and uncut interview.

https://x.com/secretsqrl123/status/1956173289090359382?t=TJiQhhaUQCpcXUKLCET4AQ&s=19

David D is - for some reason - using me as a reason for why he doesn't view WillyOAM as a reliable source, and why he won't join him for a podcast.

It's been over a year since the David-Ayden debate (which is where this whole thing started between him and me) and yet he still sees me as this boogey man in the corner.

I'm living rent-free in his head, and its so funny.

These posts below are some of his from just from the last 2 days...