Russian forces have captured the village of Bezsalivka, Bilopillya direction, Sumy Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~60.
Total land area: ~0.62km².

Russian forces have captured the town of Shcherbynivka, Kostyantynivka direction, Donetsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~3,266.
Total land area: ~5.92km².

Ukrainian forces have re-established control over the village of Andriivka-Klevtsove, Prosyana direction, Donetsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~777.
Total land area: ~3.66km².

Russian forces have captured the village of Novoheorhiivka, Pokrovske Direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~34.
Total land area: ~0.25km²

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Russian forces have captured the village of Maliivka, Pokrovske Direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~163.
Total land area: ~1.27km².

Some general updates that I think are important to mention:

Kucheriv Yar (Dobropillya direction) remains under Russian control and has been used for new advances in multiple directions. The newest attacks have been taking place to the rear of the stronghold village of Shakhove, which Russia is trying to cut off by reaching Toretske. A strong push is also being made from Poltavka.

As for the Russian soldiers who were encircled last week, I wanted to wait a little to confirm this, but roughly 20 POWs were taken, around 15 of which surrendered near the small road north of Zolotyi Kolodyaz. The other ~5 were caught in the forests to the southeast. Everyone else was either killed or managed to escape back to the Kucheriv Yar area.

Russia has now regained the initiative in the Dobropillya direction and is making significant progress. I will post more on that later, though.

In the Bilopillya direction, Russian forces resumed their assault operations and managed to complete the capture of Bezsalivka.

After weeks of positional battles, with Ukraine holding no permanent presence in the village, Russian forces began attacking towards the western houses, which were subsequently captured. They were also able to improve their positions in the forested area to the north and secured another section of the forests along the international border.

+ ~1.13km² in favour of Russia.

Israeli defence Minister Israel Katz stated that the Knesset has approved the IDF ground operation aimed at occupying all of Gaza City.

He stated that this operation will take place through "heavy fire, civilian evacuation, and ground maneuver," and threatened to flatten the city if Hamas doesn't accept Israel's terms, including freeing all hostages and completely disarming.

Our boy is out here doing side quests...

I thought it was AI generated at first 🤣

A UAV launched by the Houthis in Yemen was intercepted by the Israeli Airforce after it flew over the Egyptian border towards the Gaza envelope. Sirens sounded in multiple Israeli settlements.

Another drone from Yemen flew in from the southwest and began flying parallel with the Gaza border. Multiple interceptors were used, all of which failed to intercept it, reportedly resulting in fighter jets being scrambled. A helicopter was eventually able to shoot it down.

As for the reports on supposed rocket launches from the Gaza Strip coinciding with the drone flight, I haven’t seen any information to suggest this actually occurred yet.

This is a treeline recently recaptured by Ukraine, east of Dobropillya. 12 FABs were then dropped on it (11 hits).

Credit: @tom_bike

Footage was published showing attacks on one of the targets from yesterday's massive attack on Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast.

2 MLRS rockets and 7 Geran-2 drones were used here, reportedly targeting a deployment point of two battalions of the 156th mechanised brigade of the AFU, as well as the brigade command post and warehouses storing equipment.

Additional strikes were carried out on various other parts in and around Kramatorsk for most of the rest of the day, up until around 10pm. Over the course of the day, at least 60 KAB glide-bombs, 12 Geran-2 drones, 2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, as well as repeated MLRS and long-range artillery strikes, targeted the area. We will likely get more footage later on.

Coordinates for the video: 48.76239, 37.48414

The Ukrainian Air Force announced that a Ukrainian MiG-29 crashed while landing, after completing a combat mission. The pilot, a 45–46-year-old, was killed.