In Kursk Oblast, Russian forces have reportedly entered Makhnovka and are now fighting for the village. It is unclear if they were able to gain a foothold, however.

Makhnovka is located right next to Sudzha.

A new report states that Russian forces have captured the village of Sontsivka and are now attacking westwards towards the nearby treelines.

This puts any remaining Ukrainian formations southeast of the village even more at risk of encirclement.

This is what Pokrovsk sounds like today...

Russian forces are now approximately 35% of the way from Donetsk city to Pavlohrad.

A reliable source reported that Russian forces are just 1.5km from Pokrovsk. The battle for the city is going to start very soon.

I was just wondering, has anyone seen any proof of North Korean soldiers in Kursk yet? Any at all?? I mean it’s been like a month now and I haven’t seen any.

It's looking more and more likely that under Trump, the US will recognise the state of Somaliland. For those who don't know, Somaliland is a breakaway state from Somalia that declared its independence in 1991. It is widely regarded as one of the more successful unrecognised states, as it has held 6 successful democratic elections since 1991.

Support for Somaliland has reportedly grown strong among Republican US-Africa policy leaders on Capitol Hill, right-leaning Washington DC think tanks, and Africa advisors of Trump’s incoming White House. Semafor - a political-based website - said that many of these people told them that they would "encourage Trump to recognize Somaliland even if it wasn’t on Day One."

Peter Pham, a former Africa envoy in Trump’s first term, said Somaliland’s democratic process had "demonstrated its attractiveness as a partner for the United States and other countries."

Opinions range on whether Somaliland should be recognised or not. Some regard recognising it as an action that will destablise the Horn of Africa and elicit a sharp rebuke from the African Union. Others say that Somaliland has proved that they can run their own country and that there's no plausible scenario where they would willingly return to Somalia.

However, one of the main players with a vested interest in Somaliland is Ethiopia. Ethiopia signed a controversial maritime agreement with the territory. As Ethiopia is the most populous land-locked country in the world, they are very keen to have access to Somaliland's Berbera port for trade, and other reasons. This has sparked diplomatic tensions with Somalia, but if Trump were to recognise Somaliland, Ethiopia's gamble could pay off.

For the fourth day in a row, violent clashes are occurring in the West Bank city of Jenin between Palestinian authority security forces and the Al-Quds brigades Jenin Battalion.

"The Biden administration on Wednesday warned that Russia may fire another intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine".

- Bloomberg.

A recent report by Ukrainian source "Deepstate" suggests that Russian forces have likely made a small advance south of Rozlyv.

Russian forces likely advanced downhill from their positions on the tactical heights, and into a gulley-like area, seizing control over two more treelines, and gaining a foothold on a third.

Reports by multiple reliable sources suggest that Russian forces have likely advanced in the Andriivka direction and have completed the capture of Pushkine.

Previously it was reported that Russian forces had entered the village from the east and established control over its first houses, although only one reliable source had reported on its capture.

This comes as Russian forces reportedly approach the village of Novoolenivka from the north and threaten the encirclement of Ukrainian formations north and northwest of Pushkine.

A recent report by the Ukrainian source "Deepstate" suggests that Russian forces likely continued to advance in southern Kurakhove.

Russian forces likely completed the capture of the eastern half of the dachas and entered the first buildings in the western part of the Pivdennyi micro-district. There were also reports yesterday that Russian forces captured most of this district.

If both the reports from yesterday (in yellow) and Deepstate's report (in purple) are true, then it would suggest that there is a small group of Ukrainian forces operationally encircled in a few of the high-rise buildings in the western part of the micro-district.

Battles have broken out between the Al-Quds brigades' Nablus Battalion and Israeli special forces in the West Bank city of Nablus after Israeli forces launched yet another raid into the city.

Ukrainian source "Deepstate" reported that Ukrainian forces launched a counterattack in the village of Kostiantynopolske, pushing the Russians out.

They also reported that Ukrainian forces recaptured a treeline to the southeast of the village and pushed another one out of the grey zone.

The Belarusian ministry of defence reported that Russia has transferred a new batch of Tor-M2K air defense systems to Belarus, which will be sent to protect its western borders.

During the ceremony of handing over military equipment, the commander of the Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus Andrei Lukyanovich noted that Belarus "maintains a peaceful orientation of its policy, relying on a compact but well-trained and equipped army."

Lukyanovich also said that "today we live in a difficult time, when the security of the state depends on our readiness for any challenges."

The Tor-M2K air defence missile system is designed to engage fixed and rotary-winged aircraft, aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicles, guided missiles, and other elements of high-precision weapons at medium, low and extremely low altitudes in contested air and jamming environments.

It can go from standby to full alert in 3 minutes and acquire 144 air targets, while simultaneously tracking the 20 most dangerous ones marked for priority by the two-man crew. Its missiles have a range of 15 km.

In November 2023, it was reported that the system was being installed on large landing ships of the Black Sea Fleet.

One of the new 🇺🇦"Peklo" Drone -Missiles crashed after launch

For the first time ever, I think I'm 100% caught up with news. This is an achievement lol.

If anyone has anything interesting that they saw, comment it below.

Following reports of the Lebanese army being deployed to parts of northern and western Khiyam, the IDF spokesman announced that Israel has fully withdrawn from the town of Khiyam "in accordance with the ceasefire agreement."