Recent reports from reliable sources suggest that Russian forces have likely captured the village of Kruhlyakivka in the Kupyansk direction.

This was likely done a while ago with a mechanised assault which was caught on video, but was never confirmed to be succesful.

5 Russian armoured vehicles and tanks advanced down the main road. APC(s) were also probably present in this convoy too. Infantry then likely dismounted and took up positions in the southern houses, north of the tributary of the Oskil river.

A second push was then reportedly made along the railway line using the forests as cover and utilising the Oskil river to risk encircling Ukrainian soldiers against it and forcing them to constantly withdraw south. These vectors of attack may have linked up in the middle.

+ ~3.65km² in favour of Russia

Recent reliable reports suggest that Russian forces have advanced in the Kurakhove direction and captured the village of Vovchenka.

Following the probable fall of Kurakhivka, Russian forces likely went on to capture the mines to the west of the town and used them as a springboard to attack Vovchenka form from the north, pushing the Ukrianians over the tributary of the Vovcha river to the village of Stepanivka.

This whole section to the north of the Kurakhove reservoir is about to collapse.

Recent reports from reliable sources suggests that Russian forces advanced northwest of Tabaivka and captured the last section of the tactical heights behind the village.

This section of the Pischane salient has been quiet for a while now, however if true, it would flatten out the frontline in the direction of Pischane (yes there are two of them) and Stepova Novosilka, allowing for an easier advance along the highway to Kupyansk.

Heavy artillery bombardment is being reported around the towns of Majdalya and Maarbalit, following the detection of rebel movements on the southeastern axis of Idlib. FPV drone strikes and machine gun fire was also reported.

My prediction for the 2024 US presidential elections.

Update from the Kurakhove direction - Northern flank:

Recent reports state that Russian forces are continuing to make progress in the direction of the Kurakhove reservoir and are collapsing the front southwards.

It is reported that Russia captured the village of Kremmina Balka, possibly after bypassing it from the west and forcing a Ukrainian withdrawal. Battles are now apparently ongoing for Voznesenka. Further north, clashes continue in Novodmytrivka where Ukraine retains control over the western half of the settlement.

Further south, in Novoselydivka, Russian forces reportedly made a small advance in the southeastern part of the village, capturing a few more houses. However larger progress was apparently made just southeast of Novoselydivka, where two treelines were reportedly seized, with the Russians advancing down one, and branching off onto the other.

And finally, ground attacks are possibly underway on Stepanivka, in an effort to take the Ukrainians west of the mines into a pocket.

Last night, a Ukrainian drone struck an oil depot in the Russian city of Stavropol.

Israeli media reported that "A difficult event occurred in the Netzarim axis in the Gaza Strip, and helicopters landed in the place".

It is possible that this was a mortar attack by Palestinian militias.

Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets at Karmiel, central Galilee region. Dozens of explosions were reported in and around the city.

Smoke is rising over Karmiel.

The US has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine. It has an estimated value of $425 million USD.

The package contains:
- Munitions for NASAMS
- Stinger missiles
- c-UAS (drone AD) equipment & munition
- Air-to-ground munitions (of an unspecified type)
- 155mm and 105mm artillery shells
- TOW missiles
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-armour systems
- Stryker APCs
- Small arms and ammunition
- Medical equipment
- Demolitions equipment & munitions
- Spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training, and transportation.

This is the 79th package containing military assistance since August 2021.

Explosions were reported in Nizhnegorsk and Dzhankoy, Crimea. Russian air defence was active, and locals reported impacts.

Israeli forces are currently storming the town of Tamoun, south of Tubas in the West Bank. They are backed with a military bulldozer. No clashes have been reported yet.