Do you guys remember the video of the Spetsnaz soldiers storming a high-rise building? Well I believe that same building is the rubble on the far right of the photo.

Radio activity on the strategic comms was observed earlier that could indicate that a Russian missile attack involving Tu-95MS and Tu-160 strategic aircraft is going to happen today.

The channel that published this info put the probability at 50%. I personally believe it’s less due to the lack of redeployments and equipments of missiles lately, but I’ll monitor the situation and inform you if any aircraft take off.

I'm seeing a lot of people saying that Russia has captured the largest Ukrainian Lithium deposit in Shevchenko (northwest of Velyka Novosilka). This is not true. It's still around 7km from the frontline in western Donetsk Oblast. I assume people are saying this because there are two other villages called Shevchenko which were recently captured. Please check your maps before making such statements.

Additionally, Lithium wasn't even mined in Ukraine in the first place, meaning that the proper infrastructure to mine it isn't present. However, as it isn't extracted from brine, but rather from rock, the solar-evaporation process (which can take up to a year) can be skipped when mining it. It also means that the large expanses of terrain required (see picture above) to evaporate the different types of salts, sulfates, as well as magnesium isn't required.

This does make the establishment of the required infrastructure to extract lithium in the future much easier once the deposits are eventually captured and are far enough behind the frontline, although obviously not as easy as if Russia just captured the pre-built infrastructure and fixed any damage to them from the fighting (unless of course Ukraine were to choose to blow it all up before retreating).

Alright, the map will be going under maintenance for the next hour or so to make this change. I'll edit this post once its finished.

Edit: All done

The IDF reported that over 100 airstrikes were carried out across the Gaza Strip over the weekend.

A Russian S-300 missile system is currently active near Rozdolne, Crimea, however it is in air defence mode. There is also a Russian S-300/400 missile system active near Belgorod, but it is also in air defence mode.

Missile launches are possible but unlikely at this moment.

Unconfirmed reports of a Ukrainian counteroffensive being launched in Kursk. More details to follow.

Ukrainian Su-24s are airborne once again. There is a threat of storm shadow cruise missile launches for Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Oryol, Kaluga and Rostov Oblasts, as well as Krasnodar Krai and Crimea.

Russian channels report that Ukrainian forces are using a large number of mine clearers, tanks, armoured vehicles, and are heavily utilising electronic warfare making most drones useless. In turn, long-range Russian weapons are reportedly being used to combat the Ukrainian movements. The vector of attack appears to be towards Bolshoe Soldatskoe from Martynovka.

Some channels are speculating that this is a diversionary assault, with another offensive set to take place towards Lgov (dotted arrow).

Air defence activity is reported in Kursk. There may have been HIMARS launches.

Ukraine is also apparently attacking towards Pushkarnoe, further south.

The threat of Storm Shadow cruise missiles for the areas previously mentioned has been cancelled.

2 Russian Tu-95MS aircraft are redeploying from Olenya air base in Murmansk Oblast to Engels-2 air base in Saratov Oblast, presumably to be equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles. They will probably fly back to Olenya within the next 12-24 hours.

There are unconfirmed reports that Ukrainian forces have captured the village of Berdin, west of Bolshoe Soldatskoe in Kursk Oblast.

Another source denies these claims, stating that Ukraine has not yet entered Berdin, but is actively building up its forces. They state that Ukrainian infantry continues to be transferred by armoured fighting vehicles, which makes the situation very changeable.

They also further confirmed that Ukraine has tightly covered the area with electronic warfare (EW), rendering many of Russia's drones "useless". As a result, Russia is apparently carrying out "pinpoint strikes" on positions (likley forward troop deployment points) and equipment. The same source noted that the situation remains "tense".

Positive temperatures are expected in the border areas of Russia from Tuesday. Country roads and fields will become muddy again, which will undoubtably make Ukrainian mechanised assaults difficult.