🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- 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) .

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡ - From an anonymous Ukrainian source near the Kharkov Region:

Zelensky lied, the Ukrainian military was unaware where and when the Russians would attack and were unprepared this morning. Although there's been a buildup of Ukrainian forces in both Sumy and Kharkov, there are now massive queues of military vehicles and transports clogging the roads leading towards the border.

🇰🇼⚡️- Kuwait's Emir has dissolved parliament, ending the country's brief experiment with democracy.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The enemy has increased forward operations along the entire front. Now there are heavy battles along the entire front line." – Ukrainian Commander-In-Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi.

🇰🇼⚡️- Some articles of Kuwait's constitution have also been suspended.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian sources confirm the loss of Strilecha, Kharkov region. Making it the second town to be under complete Russian control in the Kharkov direction, that is confirmed by both sides.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian shelling of the Kharkov region has intensified greatly in the past few hours.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- There is use of glide bombs and missiles on the Kharkov border areas by Russian forces

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Symbol used by the Russian northern "N" group

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- Russian forces have taken the outskirts of Liptsy village which is less than 15km away from Kharkov city itself

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured Pletenivka, North of Volchans'k (Kharkov direction) – both sides have now confirmed.

Ukrainian sources report fierce clashes on the outskirts of Gatishche.

🇲🇱🏴🇷🇺⚡- IS have shot down a Russian jet in Mali, killing both Russian pilots.