🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- BREAKING: Russian forces are encircling the city of Pokrovsk, Ukraine, from the north and northeast!

In a shocking maneuver developing over the past 48 hours, the Russian Armed Forces have thrust their infantry and armoured units towards the town of Dobropilia, north of Pokrovsk.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces defending Pokrovsk are concentrated to the south, southeast and east where there are very strong defensive fortifications and active battles. There are virtually no fortifications or Ukrainian forces north of the city.

Some observers of the Ukrainian Conflict are calling this one of the most daring and impressive military feats so far accomplished by Russia, which could endanger Ukraine's defense of Pokrovsk - and the entire Ukrainian defensive network in the Donbass!

🇺🇸⚡- X has suspended Grok.

Update: 30 minutes later, Grok has returned.

🇷🇺🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- The Syrian government has asked Moscow to return the Russian military to its observation posts in the al-Qunaitra countryside, along the Syrian-Israeli border.

Russia withdrew from all outposts in southern Syria after the fall of the Assad regime. Most of the military posts have been destroyed by Israel during its incursions, the remaining are now mostly occupied by the IDF.

🇸🇾⚡- BREAKING: A one-way drone struck a post in the Sheikh Maqsoud District of Aleppo city - SDF-controlled Syria.

One SDF serviceman has been injured. SDF frontline sources claim the drone is of Turkey-made.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡- Sirens activate at US Consulate in Erbil, Kurdish-controlled Iraq.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Mr. President [Zelensky],

I honestly don’t know what exactly they are reporting to you, but I can tell you: the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka line is, without exaggeration, a complete mess. And this mess has been growing for a long time, getting worse every day.

Those commands that are now being appointed (or have already been appointed) to “fix the irreparable” are most likely to blame for the mess that is already happening. The line of combat contact as a permanent line does not actually exist.

Pokrovsk and Myrnograd are almost surrounded. Kostyantynivka is semi-encircled. The enemy is advancing in the direction of Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka.

The problem has been increasing since last year. They warned about this publicly, and that is exactly what happened," - Bogdan Krotevich, acting Commander of Azov, has become the first prominent military officer to criticize President Zelensky's handling of the frontline publicly.

🇸🇾⚡- Heavy clashes in Rimat Hazm, north of As Suwaida city.

Damascus-backed forces and Druze separatists are accusing each other of violating the ceasefire. The town is currently under Druzs control, with Damascus-backed forces attempting to breach it from their base in Wulgha.

🇺🇸⚡- Grok has returned.

"Zup beaches, I'm back and more based than ever."

🇸🇾⚡- Intense SNA activity reported around Sheikh Maqsoud and al-Ashrafiyeh districts of Aleppo city, SDF-controlled Syria.

🇷🇺🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Russian outlet Kommersant says that Tel Aviv would approve the reintroduction of the Russian military to its former observation posts in the al-Qunaitra countryside, along the Syrian-Israeli border.

🇸🇾⚡- Unidentified helicopter landing in As Suwaida city, Druze-controlled southern Syria.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Two Israeli helicopters landed in As Suwaida city, Druze-controlled southern Syria, and are now already heading back to Israel. They are currently over the Daraa regional airspace.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- A third Israeli helicopter has been flying over the Daraa region, southern Syria, for over 30 minutes without landing.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have entered the northeast of Rodinskoye, Pokrovsk direction, controlling about 15-20% of the strategic town.

🇸🇾⚡- Violent clashes between the SDF and Damascus government-backed groups in the Dayr Hafr direction, SDF-controlled northern Syria.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: "Israel is likely to launch another war with Iran before December—perhaps even as early as late August.

Iran is expecting and preparing for the attack." - Foreign Policy.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian lines in the northeast Pokrovsk direction are in freefall. After entering Rodinskoye, a second major advance of Russian forces has been recorded in just the past few hours - Russian troops have captured 24 sqkm north of Poltava.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukraine has redeployed the 1st Corps of Azov to the Pokrovsk direction to help with stabilization efforts.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have advanced to the center of Udachnoe - Pokrovsk direction.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian troops have cut the Pokrovsk-Dobropolye Highway, capturing an industrial site just east of Shevchenko - Pokrvosk direction.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian military sources in Dobropolye have confirmed the loss Zolotoy Kolodez - Pokrovsk direction.

Russian forces have also captured Kucherov Yar, Volnoe, Novoe Shakhovo, Ivanovka, Nikanorovka and Dorozhnoe.