The two Tu-95s landed at Engels-2 Airbase in Saratov Oblast, probably to be equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles. When counting the Tu-95s that also flew here on the same path from Olenya Airbase, at least 8 Tu-95s are now equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles at Engels-2 Airbase.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces have significantly advanced in the Velyka Novosilka direction, seizing the village of Blahodatne.

Part of this advance is old, as the original advances west of Novodonetske were reported nearly a week ago, however since then, Russian forces rapidly advanced towards Blahodatne and the Sukhi Yaly river, threatening to cut off Ukrainian forces stationed south and southeast of Blahodate. As a result of these movements, Ukrainian formations were forced to withdraw to the north to avoid being encircled, but in the process, they lost Blahodatne. Battles occurred on the northern outskirts, but nevertheless, the Russians raised their flag over the village.

Russian forces also advanced in the fields to the east of Blahodatne, taking up new treeline positions there and flattening out the frontline in preparation for an assault on Velyka Novosilka itself from the south.

+ ~40.1km² in favour of Russia.

Russian FPV drones are now striking Ukrainian excavators constructing fortifications new Pokrovsk. This is another sign that Ukraine is very late in building these fortifications.

A recent report by Pro-Ukrainian source "Deepstate" suggests that Russian forces have likely advanced in the Pokrovsk direction and entered Shevchenko.

Before this attack took place, Russian forces likely advanced to Novopustynka, taking up positions on the outskirts, before attacking into the village, seizing it in its entirety. The treelines to the south were also reportedly partially captured.

After this, Russian forces likely advanced north up the forest plantations towards the Solonyi River and crossed it, establishing a foothold on the outskirts of Shevchenko.

Around 45 minutes ago, another Tu-95ms aircraft took off from Olenya Airbase in Murmansk Oblast. It is flying south to Engels-2 airbase in Saratov Oblast, probably to be equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles.

This is the 9th Tu-95 to do this in recent weeks, and the third today.

Pro HTS media claims that 2 Syrian Helicopters were shot down over Hama.

A couple of hours ago, three Tu-95ms aircraft took off from Engels-2 airbase, presumably equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles. These are probably the same three aircraft that landed there yesterday. They are flying towards Olenya airbase.

There’s a lot of fog surrounding the situation in Hama. It seems the city fell to HTS, but it’s possible that it is being encircled by SAA paratroopers, although this could be a huge information operation.

I’ll update you all later.

A lot of movements north of Homs, Syria. Will report with maps later. I think it will be a late night for me lol.

Russia has significantly decreased their presence in the waters of the Black Sea, with only 1 submarine of the “Varshavyanka" project active.

This gives us a possible total salvo of 4 Kalibr missiles.

Update from The Syrian Civil War:

Over the past 24 hours, HTS has made significant advances across the frontline, seizing large swaths of territory. They were not only able to capture the strategic city of Hama but also entered the Homs governorate and began fighting for the desert settlements there.

Starting off in Hama, HTS was able to capture the city after the SAA announced a "strategic withdrawal to the south". The city was at a significant risk of encirclement after the HTS pincers were closing in on the last roads. However, it appears that after withdrawing, the SAA moved further south than expected, possibly due to a late withdrawal and not having enough time to set up positions close to Hama. This allowed HTS to advance significantly south of the city, approaching the Orontes River. The found that the bridge over the river was still intact, so crossed it and captured the city of Ar-Rastan - the third largest in the Homs governorate. A Russian airstrike destroyed the bridge shortly afterwards. Nevertheless, there are reports stating that HTS has reached the northern outskirts of Homs, but this remains unconfirmed at the time of writing.

Meanwhile in the Syrian desert, HTS militants were able to capture the strategic logistical hub of Salamiyah, which is situated at the intersection of two highways. This means that 2 of the 6 highways leading out of Homs are now cut. Additionally, they were able to advance further east through the Syrian desert, reaching the settlements of Hdazh and Ithriya, where clashes are taking place. HTS is currently trying to bypass Ithriya from the north.

And finally, on the Al-Ghab plains axis, HTS was able to break through SAA positions, and reach the water canal from most directions. The key SAA stronghold town of Qalaat Al Madiq was captured in the process, as well as dozens of other smaller settlements.

By the way, apologies for not making separate map updates, I just thought it would be better to catch up by doing one big update due to how much I missed while I was offline. Thanks for reading!

Southern FSA sleeper cells appear to be moving freely through the city of Inkhil, in the Southern Dara'a province of Syria, after SAA security personnel withdrew.

Geolocated footage and recent reports indicate that HTS has captured the town of Talbiseh, north of Homs. This puts them just 5.5km from the northern outskirts of the city, and around 32km from the Lebanese border.

Ukraine has withdrawn from the southern Kurakhove pocket.

Do you guys still think Iran will respond to Israel? I've been thinking about that lately.

Threat of IRBMs from Astrakhan Oblast

There was a launch or a simulated launch

Explosion in Kryvyi Rih, it could be unrelated but we'll see.

Apparently the explosion was unrelated. Either way, 10 minutes have passed, so if that wasn't the Oreshnik, then it wasn't launched.

It was launched. Heading for Dnipro

Bro I hate Ukrainian channels sometimes