🇭🇺🇨🇳⚡- "Now we are living in a multipolar world order, and one of the pillars of this new world order is the People’s Republic of China. The country that is now setting the course of the world economy and world politics." – Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian mappers have begun adding 'grey-zones' to Kharkov-Belgorod border regions – mainly in Lyptsi area.

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡- The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense confirms Russia's attack on the Kharkov region. The MoD states they repelled all attacks, with reserves being sent for reinforcements.

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡- "The Russian Federation has started a new wave of offensive actions," — Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyi.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Scenes from Volchans'k (Kharkov region) right now – Ukraine confirms they still control the city and neighbouring areas.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Areas North of Volchans'k (Pletenovka) have now also been Grey-Zoned.

🇮🇱🇵🇸⚡️- The Israeli war cabinet has approved an expansion of operations in the Rafah sector, per Axios

🇷🇺⚡- The State Duma voted Mikhail Mishustin’s candidacy for the post of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, for a second term. Mishustin was endorsed by President Putin earlier in the day also.

The Communist Party abstained from voting.

🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡️- Six loud explosions rocked Kiryat Shmona

🇮🇱🇵🇸⚡️- Rockets struck Beersheba without Iron Dome intercepting

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Air alerts across Belgorod region, massive Ukrainian drone strikes against Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- First visual confirmation – Russian forces have captured Pylna (Kharkov region), making it the first confirmed capture in the Kharkov direction.

🇺🇸🦁⚡️- President Trump stated today that his son, Barron, likes to "advise him on politics." "Dad, this is what you have to do," he said of Barron.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russia has taken control over South Umanske (Avdiivka direction) – both sides have confirmed.

Ukrainian forces have begun withdrawing from the city, Russians are expected to control the entirety soon.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - The Russian Armed Forces are accumulating forces near the Sumy region.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - As we have been predicting since last year, Russia will imminently launch an offensive into the north, most likely towards Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkov.

The raids that have occurred in the last 24 hours are nothing more than probing attacks, meant to test the Ukrainian defenses in this sector. Given that these small Russian sabotage and reconnaissance squads have managed to capture some locations, it's not looking good for Ukraine in terms of defense.

In our opinion, Russia will be targeting Kupiansk in order to seize that and continue momentum south towards Lyman. From there, Russia will target Slaviansk and/or Kramatorsk, coupled with the advances from the south after the fall of Avdiivka. Slaviansk will more than likely play out very similarly to the battles of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, with Russian forces opting for pincer maneuvers around the city to force the defenders into a hasty and embarrassing withdrawal, rather than direct combat inside the city.

As our predictions on this impending Russian offensive have come true, be on the lookout for the Donetsk front, especially the Avdiivka and Marinka sector. This is where the most important developments will occur.

The region around Sumy has seen a buildup as well, but nowhere near as significant as Kharkov. In our opinion, Russia is not likely to invest too much into an offensive towards Sumy, as it is disconnected from the main focal point of the conflict in Donbass.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured Vesele (Soledar-Sivers'k) direction – both sides have now confirmed.

This marks the second town along the main frontline today, since the Kharkov operations began.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- Russian forces have made incremental advances into southern New York, just outside Gorlivka - confirmed by both sides.

Russia has not made any attempts at advancing into the town until now.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The main blow will be in the Donetsk region — Chasiv Yar, Pokrovsk and Kurakhove. The situation in the Kharkov region is a maneuver that distracts us from moving troops there." — Andriy Kovalenko, Head of Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation (CPD) .