In the Orikhiv direction, Russian forces intensified their assault operations and have made significant progress in the village of Mala Tokmachka.

After their earlier mechanised assaults which allowed for them to increase and solidify their presence in the eastern part of the village, Russian forces began a coordinated push through the village centre, capturing it and the surrounding residential areas.

They then advanced further west, quickly approaching the western outskirts where they faced increased resistance from Ukrainian units. A large grey-zone has now formed here, with Ukrainian forces maintaining control over the westernmost streets, where they are attempting to bring in additional reinforcements from neighbouring Orikhiv to counterattack.

Additionally, Russian forces are once again attempting to enter the village of Novodanylivka from the south, attacking from the nearby forested areas. It is currently unknown if they had any success.

+ ~4.16 km² in favour of Russia.

Iskander on Boromlya, Sumy Oblast

Explosion in Boromlya. Gerans hit this settlement earlier in the night.

Unidentified missile to Balakliya, Kharkiv Oblast.

Explosion in Balakliya. This was an Iskander-M

Balakiya also came under attack from Geran-2 drones earlier in the night.

A Russian Grom-E1 jet-powered glide-bomb impacted the vicinity of Petrivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Another Grom-E1 is flying towards Petrivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

This one flew further north, impacting the vicinity of Verkhnya Samara, Kharkiv Oblast.

Possible repeated Iskander launch from Kursk Oblast

In the Hulyaipole direction, Russian forces continued to rapidly advance, making significant progress to the rear of Hulyaipole.

In the northwest, after capturing positions west and northwest of Rivnopillya, Russian forces advanced further through the lightly defended fields towards the western edge of the tactical heights. They were able to capture positions in numerous different treelines and entrenched northeast of a chain of reservoirs. Other forces infiltrated further west towards the village of Varvarivka, where a large grey-zone has formed.

To the southeast, Russian forces advanced beyond the gulley south of Yablukove and captured new positions in the treelines on the tactical heights. They also advanced from their already-established positions beyond the gulley towards the village of Zatyshshya, reaching and entering the village from the northeast. Other assault groups pushed to the south, bypassing Zatyshshya from the east, entrenching north of the Kalmychka Gulley, and beginning the envelopment of the villages of Vesele and Zelenyi Hai.

Additionally, Russian forces began advancing towards Vesele from the north, capturing additional positions along four parallel treelines. Ukrainian forces in turn withdrew from the northern part of the village in preparation for a full withdrawal to the west.

Further south, the Russians resumed their attacks towards Zelenyi Hai and Vesele from the east after previously being halted by Ukrainian fortifications and reinforcements. They reached the end of a series of treelines and captured the last stretch of a 6 km-long perpendicular treeline, consolidating just outside Zelenyi Hai. They also advanced to the next treeline over in the direction of Vysoke, reaching the eastern outskirts of the village.

+ ~25.78 km² in favour of Russia.

Iskander on Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast

Explosion in Balakliya, Kharkiv Oblast. Double-tap strike.

3rd Iskander on Balakliya

Disappeared

— 🇺🇸/🇻🇪 BREAKING: The U.S. will designate the alleged drug cartel headed by Nicholas Maduro as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) with Maduro being named as its leader

Aside from economic sanctions, an FTO designation allows the President to unilaterally order military interventions under the 2001 AUMF (Authorization for Use of Military Force) which has never been repealed by Congress.

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The U.S. House of Representatives vote on the Epstein files is on Tuesday btw.