Explosions in Kyiv.

2 Tu-95's are circling over the Caspian Sea.

Air defence continues to work on Shaheds in Kyiv Oblast.

2 Shaheds entered Kyiv city.

~15 Shaheds are still airborne.

They very well could be testing the fences to see if F-16 scramble. Ukrainians have been very successful with rebasing during strike days.

There are still 4 Shaheds in Kyiv Oblast.

Explosions in the Suburbs of Kyiv.

It's become clear to me that the Tu-95s will not launch Kh-101 cruise missiles today. I will finish my reporting on the drone strikes for now, as I only cover them live during missile strikes. Thanks to all the new subscribers for joining!

The Russian offensive near Zhelanne appears to have stalled for the past couple of days.

This could be for two reasons:

1. The Ukrainians are putting up heavy resistance and holding the line

2. The Russians are being very careful and consolidating their new positions near the outskirts while attacking elsewhere.

I'm personally more inclined to believe the latter as Ukraine's manpower issues in this area significantly hampers their ability to put up significant resistance.

It appears that the Russians will continue with their attritional strategy for the foreseeable future rather than launching big arrow attacks that would result in heavy losses.

Big arrow attacks wont come until Ukraine's manpower issues become too critical for them to handle.

⚡️ Al-Aqsa TV:

The head of the political bureau of #Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Tehran

This comes as Hezbollah's commander-in-chief was killed in a precision strike. War might be on the horizon..

🔻Israeli media: Hezbollah will be able to launch 20 rockets every hour or two to exhaust the home front in Tel Aviv and its suburbs

[NP]

Hebrew channel 12 confirmed that Israel was behind the assassination on Ismail Haniyeh. This is very bad.

https://t.co/iWd5GUeZoj

I only saw this now…
How on earth did an Israeli air strike reach Tehran?

Palestinian sources are reporting that a massive rally is going to be held in Nablus in the West Bank in less than 4 hours time. This is in response to the killing of Ismail Haniyeh which occurred a few hours ago.

An Iranian Source claimed that the Missile which Struck the Home of Hamas Chief Political Leader Ismail Haniyeh last night in Tehran, killing him, was launched by an Israeli Aircraft that was outside of Iranian Airspace. Interestingly, no explosions were reported in Tehran at the time of the strike.

Russian forces likely expanded their foothold in the Zhovtnevyl district, advancing by nearly a block of houses, and also likely advanced from the Zhovtnevyl micro-district, across 260 metres of open land, capturing the Chasiv Yar radio station, therefore gaining a foothold in the Novyi Micro-district.

This would put the Ukrainian fortifications near the canal at a serious risk of encirclement. If this advance is true, expect a Ukrainian withdrawal from those trenches soon.