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Kh-59/69 cruise missile to Konotop, Sumy Oblast.
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A large fire is seen burning at the impact site.
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⚡️🇺🇸🇻🇪🇶🇦Reuters: The U.S. has completed its first sales of the $2 billion Venezuelan oil deal between Washington D.C. and Caracas.
Revenue from the estimated $500 million sale is being held in a government bank account.
The main account is located in Qatar, which is seen as a neutral country where funds can be moved with U.S. approval and without risk of it being seized.
@wfwitness
This doesn’t necessarily mean there will be an American/Israeli attack on Iran today.
Reports suggest that a U.S. strike carrier group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln is redeploying from the South China Sea to CENTOM’s area of responsibility in the Middle East, and will take around 6 days to get there.
The UK FCDO has advised against all non essential travel to Israel and Palestine.
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Heavy Israeli fighter jet activity in northern Israel. Iranian fighter jets have also taken off.
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The drone turned back to Kyiv and was subsequently shot down over the southern outskirts of the city.
Multiple more Geran-3 jet-powered drones seem to be flying to Kyiv from Chernihiv Oblast.
Another Geran-3 is approaching the CHP-5 power plant in Kyiv.
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Well, the first two weeks of 2026 have been very eventful.
- The U.S. bombs Venezuela and kidnaps Maduro.
- The Southern Transitional Council in Yemen capitulates after a lightning offensive by the PLC.
- Russia strikes Lviv with an Oreshnik IRBM.
- Aleppo finally falls to the new Syrian government.
- Mass protests in Iran.
- Trump expressing his wish to annex Greenland again.
It's gonna be a busy year...
Situation on Aleppo [13/1/2026]:
After the victory in Aleppo, the STG took advantage of the momentum gained with Turkish-American diplomatic support to prepare for an offensive in the east of Aleppo governorate, sending reinforcements together with the SNA (& TSK support) to the Tishrin and Deir Hafer fronts, as well as to Raqqa, on the Ma'dan-Ghanem Ali axis. Consequently, the SDF has also sent reinforcements to these fronts in anticipation of a large-scale confrontation that will end any attempt at diplomacy in Syria and mark the beginning of a new violent phase of the civil war.
The Kh-59/69 cruise missile was shot down as it approached the Sumy-Poltava border.
An explosion was heard in Sumy, likely from the launch of a patriot missile which intercepted the Russian missile.
A Russian Su-57 continues to fly in Kursk Oblast, covered by a Su-35.
In addition to the strikes in and around Kharkiv City, Geran-2 drones also attacked targets in other parts of Kharkiv Oblast.
The following was hit:
- "Bohodukhiv" 110 kV electrical substation in the city of Bohodukhiv by several drones. Widespread power outages were reported [Media 2].
- Unknown target in the city of Izyum by at least 2 drones [Media 1].
- Unknown target in the city of Zlatopil.
- Unknown target in the area of the city of Merefa.
- Unknown target in the town of Pechenihy by multiple drones.
- Unknown target in the city of Lyubotyn.
- Unknown target in the town of Velykyi Burluk by at least 3 drones.
I'm aware of Deepstate's update on Kupyansk, and quite frankly I don't care.
Those who map UKRAINIAN advances based off a UKRAINIAN source who is under constant pressure from the SBU are naive at best, and propagandists at worst.
I'm not saying this map isn't correct, as the situation is indeed critical for Russian forces in the city, but we will need a lot more to say for certain that this is true.
This was Russian S-300/400 air defence targeting Ukrainian fighter jets
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The missile disappeared east of Konotop. It was launched from a Su-57 in eastern Kursk Oblast.
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Russian forces have captured the village of Komarivka, Hlukhiv direction, Sumy Oblast.
Pre-war population: ~116.
Total land area: ~1.22 km².
The fighting for Komarivka lasted approximately 18 days.
At least two Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles impacted the suburbs of Mykolaiv City.
Repeated launches from Crimea are reported.
⚡️🇮🇷 Iran has extended its airspace closure until 7AM local time.
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Additional fighter jet activity reported near the IDF-occupied Golan heights in southern Syria.
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Explosions were heard in multiple cities in Iraq from fighter jets breaking the sound barrier.
It’s unclear who these aircraft belong to.
Iran has issued a NOTAM, closing its airspace to all civilian aircraft.
Missile defences have been put on their highest alert, with air defence reportedly ordered to shoot down any aircraft entering their airspace without prior identification.
It flew further east, away from the power plant in the direction of Boryspil.
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Russian Geran-3 jet-drones are currently attacking the Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant. Explosions are heard.
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Any integration of the SDF into the STG seems extremely unlikely anymore, although I doubt Turkey would've allowed it anyway.
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Russian forces have captured the village of Bondarne, Rai-Oleksandrivka direction, Donetsk Oblast.
Pre-war population: ~43.
Total land area: ~0.89 km².
The fighting for Bondarne lasted approximately 20 days.
In the Orikhiv direction, Russian forces continued their assault operations in Mala Tokmachka and have made new progress.
After regaining the initiative and expanding their foothold in the eastern part of Mala Tokmachka again, Russian forces continued advancing west and have captured new positions along the highway north of the ruins of the prison. They also improved their positions in the streets to the north, approaching the centre of the village.
+ ~0.44 km² in favour of Russia.
The Ukrainian GUR reports that Russia has added a new anti-air modification to their Geran-2 drones.
These Geran-2 drones can be equipped with a "Verba" anti-aircraft missile. All drones equipped with Verba missiles are directly controlled by drone operators in real time, using an optical camera in the nose of the drone.
This allows the drone operator to remotely launch the "Verba" missile in the event of a Ukrainian aircraft being detected.
Geran-2 drones recently gained the ability to be equipped with R-60 anti-aircraft missiles, however the main difference with this new drone is that they still have their usual 90 kg warhead. This means that even after firing its missile, the drone can still carry out its primary task of striking a target. This action can also be controlled by the drone operator.
No missiles have been detected in Ukrainian airspace. The launch maneuvers were simulated with electronic warfare.
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Flying to Poltava on a ballistic trajectory. Could be EW.
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