Ukraine had a 1-minute break from Geran drones and air raid alerts...

At least 4 new Gerans were launched from Kursk Oblast in the direction of Sumy. These may coincide with potential Kh-101 missile launches.

The Tu-95 landed. Likely no strike tonight. I will continue to monitor the situation however, and will let you all know if anything changes.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces have made substantial progress in and around the town of Katerynivka.

The Russians advanced in two main directions here. The first one was directly into the village. Russian forces advanced up a treeline, before moving into the southeastern buildings. Assault groups worked their way north to the intersection between Leninska street and the main road, where they were able to take up positions in the town centre.

They also advanced to the south of Katerynivka and captured the agricultural buildings, as well as a small treeline next to the reservoirs.

Ukraine responded by dropping grenades and anti-tank mines on Russian infantry and positions. At least 10 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded as a result.

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2 Tu-95s are currently flying over Astrakhan oblast of Russia, and are about to enter the Caspian sea. It is unknown whether this is a combat flight.

In my opinion, since they are going straight for the Caspian Sea rather than conducting launch maneuvers in Saratov Oblast, it is likely that this is just training.

If I had to guess, there is a 20% chance of a combat flight in the next 8 hours.

They took a U-turn, and are heading back to Astrakhan. It appears that they are just redeploying.

Explosions in Kharkiv. KAB glide bomb attacks are underway.

Israeli Officials reportedly told Hebrew Channel 12 that the retaliatory strike against Iran is ready. There are expectations that Iran will Immediately respond to the Strikes.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces broke through Ukrainian positions in Selydove, and reached the city centre.

Following the restarting of offensive operations in Selydove, and the establishment of positions on the western bank of a tributary of the Solona river, Russian forces built on their momentum and moved through eastern suburbs of the city to the high-rise buildings where the main Ukrainian forces were garrisoned.

The speed of this advance and the lack of footage indicates that the advance was relatively easy for the Russians, and that the entire eastern residential area has been in a grey zone for multiple days.

One reason for this rapid advance and the lack of Ukrainian resistance was the lack of ammunition and other general supplies going into the city. The last routes out of Selydove are either under Russian control or direct fire control, which has reportedly forced the Ukrainians to resort to using drones to resupply their garrison.

Additionally, Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the fields to the southwest of Selydove due to the risk of being encircled, although I doubt they maintained much of a presence there anyway.

Reports from multiple reliable sources suggest that Russian forces have advanced on the southern flank of Selydove and entered the village of Vyshneve.

If true, they would have used the wind breaks on either side of the railway line as cover from Ukrainian FPV drones and artillery. Additionally, the width of the windbreaks allows larger groups of infantry to move undetected and pop out at Vyshneve, unless of course Ukraine has trench fortifications in the trees.

Either way, Russian troops were likely able to capture at least one block of the village, as well as reaching the industrial train station.

This advance would also mean that one of the two remaining supply lines into Selydove has been physically cut.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces have advanced northwest of Tsukuryne, taking up positions in the treelines.

Not much is known about this advance due to a lack of footage and available information, however the Russians likely had a forward troop concentration point in the windbreaks by the railway line. This would have been where they accumulated small groups of infantry to attack along the treelines heading east to west.

There was also probably an attack vector from the north, where they linked up with their main attack vector.

Additionally, it was confirmed that the poultry farm on the western outskirts of Tsukuryne was captured, although this likely took place 1-2 weeks ago.

+ ~4.69km² in favour of Russia.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces have managed to make some progress on the western flank of Hirnyk, and have captured the village of Izmailivka.

Ukrainian forces have been putting up stiff resistance here. If I had to guess, some of their best and most motivated troops were stationed in Izmailivka, along with some other settlements on the outskirts of Hirnyk and Kurakhivka. Russian FABs have been raining down on their positions for at least 2 weeks now, with one soldier commenting that their positions kept getting destroyed making staying in the village very difficult.

It appears that Russia knew that it would be difficult to clear these villages, so instead of launching large scale ground assaults, they decided to probe with small groups of infantry, while raining FABs and artillery on the Ukrainians. Eventually, once the Ukrainian positions were destroyed enough, the Russians went on the offensive and cleared Izmailivka within 24 hours by advancing into the village from two directions, and crossing the small bridge which leads over the Solonenkyi river, before panning out in two directions in the southern part of the settlement.

This will allow them to link up with their main assault detachments from the west, which are conducting assault operations in Hirnyk itself.

Meanwhile in the neighbouring village of Novoselydivka, Russian forces have managed to advance into the eastern houses and captured the agricultural buildings in the north, however there is still no visual evidence of their reported presence in the southeast of the village.

+ ~5.92km² in favour of Russia.

Israeli forces are conducting another raid into the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank. Accompanied by a military bulldozer, they are clashing with Palestinian fighters in the eastern suburbs. An explosive device was detonated against Israeli forces just minutes ago.

Explosions in Western Tehran. The cause is unknown. I doubt this is an Israeli strike, but I will monitor the situation.

Iranian sources report that Iranian fighter jets are airborne over the capital.