Locals from Dnipro confirmed that there were no explosions in the city.

No missiles were launched.

New Ukrainian counterattack in the direction of Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Kursk Oblast. There are already unconfirmed reports that the village has been captured.

As many as 3 battalions are reportedly being utilised, including tanks and armoured vehicles. Russian sources report that 2 tanks and 1 armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) have been destroyed so far.

Russian artillery and aviation are active in the area.

Ukrainian infantry have reportedly dismounted and scattered amongst the treelines and forests.

Multiple Russian sources are reporting that Ukrainian forces have bypassed Cherkassaya Konopelka from the north and are now fighting near the village of Ulanok.

A Russian source reported that 10 more Ukrainian armoured vehicles and tanks have left Sumy Oblast for Kursk Oblast to reinforce the new offensive.

The minister of the French Armed Forces announced that the first Mirage-2000-5F aircraft have arrived in Ukraine.

Ukrainian forces have reportedly begun counterattacking in two directions, from Viktorovka and Nikolaevka, towards Kruglenkoe.

These reports coincide with a new Ukrainian counterattack near Ulanok.

It is reported that as many as 50 armoured vehicles and tanks, and 350 Ukrainian soldiers are taking part in the new Kursk offensive.

Russian forces are reportedly transferring a Chechen "Akhmat" drone company to Ulanok, Kursk Oblast to counter the new Ukrainian offensive there. Russia is actively using fiber-optic drones against Ukrainian vehicles, apparently destroying as many as 20 vehicles so far, but bad weather conditions is making the work difficult.

Yesterday, Ukraine launched another counteroffensive in Kursk Oblast, this time from the southeastern part of the Kursk salient. They captured two villages as well as other surrounding positions.

At some point before this offensive, they cleared the eastern residential area of Makhnovka to secure a path to the next villages over.

As many as 50 Ukrainian armoured vehicles and tanks that were concentrated in Sumy Oblast moved from Makhnovka in multiple waves, punching through Russian lines to the southeast. They advanced in two main directions, towards Ulanok, and towards Cherkasskaya Konopelka.

The first attack took place towards Ulanok, where Ukrainian forces advanced south to positions in the forest plantations in the low-lying ground. Ukrainian infantry dismounted and took up positions there. More armoured vehicles and tanks then conducted a second attack to the west, attempting to break through to Ulanok.

Russian soldiers were forced to withdraw from the treeline northwest of Ulanok, and made a stand at the village. The Ukrainian attack on Ulanok was repelled by Russian fiber-optic FPV drones, and Russian artillery and airstrikes covered the Ukrainian infantry that abandoned their vehicles.

Once Ukrainian forces had secured positions east of Cherkasskaya Konopelka in those forest plantations, succesfully bypassing the village, another Ukrainian column advanced from Makhnovka, down the road to Cherkasskaya Konopelka. Due to bad weather conditions, Russian FPV drones struggled to hit their targets, which resulted in a withdrawal of Russian formations from the village.

Ukrainian armoured vehicles entered the village, infantry dismounted taking up positions in the houses, and the rest of the armoured vehicles, likely including new reinforcements from Sudzha, continued their advance to the southwest. They were then able to seize the village of Fanaseevka, and Ukrainian infantry reportedly dismounted into the forest east of the village, possible to attack Ulanok from the southwest in the future.

+ ~10.4km² in favour of Ukraine.

Russian forces continued to expand their bridgehead on the western bank of the Oskil River, capturing another village.

After capturing the village of Novomylnsk, therefore securing a large section of the western bank of the Oskil River, Russian forces began attacking from positions northeast of Dvorichna. They moved along the road to Fyholivka, quickly pushing Ukrainian forces out of the village, and establishing full control over it.

A supporting attack was also made through the forest plantations southwest of Novomlynsk, where Russian forces secured the eastern flank of the initial spearhead.

Additionally, in Fyholivka, Russian forces secured the rear of the village, capturing a forest, some forest plantations and the orchards on the approaches to the settlement.

+ ~5.74km² in favour of Russia.

And those two updates above are literally all the changes for the day. Frontline news has been really slow lately.

There's lots of Russian military aviation activity right now, especially redeployments.

For example, in the past day,

1 Tu-95MS strategic bomber redeployed from Olenya air base in Murmansk Oblast to Engels-2 air base in Saratov Oblast for the purpose of equipping Kh-101 cruise missiles

1 Tu-95MS strategic bomber redeployed from Bezymyanka Air Base in Samara Oblast to Diaghilev Air Base in Ryazan Oblast.

1 Tu-22M3 strategic bomber redeployed from Olenya air base to Shaykovka air base in Kaluga Oblast.

1 Tu-22M3 strategic bomber redeployed from Shaykovka air base to Akhtubinsk air base in Astrakhan Oblast.

1 Tu-22M3 strategic bomber redeployed from Akhtubinsk air base to Shaykovka air base.

1 Tu-22M3 strategic bomber redeployed from Shaykovka air base to Olenya air base.

1 Tu-22M3 strategic bomber redeployed from Olenya air base to Engels-2 air base.

1 Tu-160 strategic bomber redeployed from Belaya air base in Irkutsk Oblast to Engels-2 air base.

1 Tu-160 strategic bomber redeployed from Engels-2 air base to Olenya air base.

1 MiG-31K redeployed from Savasleyka air base to Akhtuninsk air base.

There has also been uptick in training.

4 Tu-95MS strategic bombers as well as an Il-78M tanker aircraft conducted training from Ukrainka airbase in Amur Oblast.

1 Tu-160 strategic bomber conducted training from Zhukovsky air base in Moscow Oblast

1 MiG-31K conducted training from Savasleyka air base with an IL-78 tanker aircraft.

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) in retaliation for their arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. He cited "illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America our close ally Israel".

In a statement through the official White House website, Trump claimed that the ICC has been asserting jurisdiction over investigations that were opened preliminarily and without a legitimate basis, concerning personnel of the U.S. and its allies, including Israel.

He went on to say that the ICC issued "baseless arrest warrants" targeting Netanyahu and Gallant, and that the ICC has no jurisdiction over the United States or Israel, as neither country is party to the Rome Statute, or a member of the ICC.

This order imposes financial and visa restrictions on individuals who assist ICC investigations of American citizens or allies.

— 🇺🇸/🇨🇳 NEW: Republican members of Congress have filed a resolution to encourage President Donald Trump to abandon the 'One China Policy' and recognize the island of Taiwan, as autonomous

Diplomatic relations between the United States and the Peoples Republic of China were established in 1979 on the condition that the U.S. recognizes there is only one China, and that Taiwan is a province, a policy which Beijing has with any country that wishes to have diplomatic and economic ties.

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