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Russian forces have re-established control over the village of Synelnykove, Bilyi Kolodyaz direction, Kharkiv Oblast (Chuhuiv District).
Pre-war population: ~311.
Total land area: ~1.11 km².
The second battle for Synelnykove lasted approximately 1 month.
Ansarallah launched several ballistic missiles and drones at the ARAMCO marine terminal in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Fires were seen burning following reported impacts.
These attacks were carried out in response to earlier Saudi airstrikes on the Yemeni city of Hudaydah.
Odesa Oblast is under attack from cruise missiles right now.
At least 4 Kh-59/69 cruise missiles are flying to Chornomorsk and Zatoka.
One of the targets of today's attack on Kyiv Oblast was an arms exhibition for the "ARMADA" drone company, which was struck by at least two Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles.
The exhibition was advertised on social media, with the time and date public information. At least six people were killed and dozens of others injured.
2 Oniks supersonic cruise missiles to Yuzhnyi Port, Odesa Oblast.
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🇺🇦☄️🇷🇺 - Ukraine may have manipulated Russian air defenses into shooting down the Russian Su-57 fighter jet we reported on yesterday.
According to InfoRmNapALm, Ukrainian intelligence and cyber specialists allegedly interfered with the BARS-Moscow air-defense network, altering operational data and causing a Russian crew to misidentify the aircraft as a hostile target.
Russia’s Defense Ministry attributed the crash to a technical malfunction, while Russian linked military channels have been suspicious that it could have been a case of friendly fire.
The available data and reports are still being analyzed.
CENTCOM released footage showing tonight's airstrikes against Iran, which they claim targeted Iranian military command and control centres, drone storage sites, communication networks, coastal surveillance sites, and maritime capabilities.
Note: the footage they posted doesn't appear to show any of these claimed targets, except for "maritime capabilities". This discrepancy has become a trend for CENTCOM in recent days.
🗺🇮🇷 Map of the U.S. strikes on Iran tonight
💥 Explosions were reported in the following cities/towns:
Khondab
Khorramabad
Borujerd
Andimeshk
Ahvaz
Khorramshahr
Taft
Anarak
Omidiyeh
Firuzabad
Bandar Abbas
Suza (southern Qeshm Island)
Jask
Konarak
+ air defense activity was noted in and around Tehran
ℹ️ Explosion counts might not be fully accurate, but an approximate made from public reports, strikes in rural areas might not be known for now.
Civilian evacuations from the Bilenke District of eastern Kramatorsk have begun, as Russian forces approach from the east.
Forward Russian infiltrators are around 5.5 km from the eastern edge of Kramatorsk.
Footage showing the impact of a Russian Geran-2 drone in Odesa City.
Russia launched at least 34 Geran-2/Gerbera drones and 13 Geran-3/4 jet-drones at Odesa Oblast during the night.
Ukrainian forces have recaptured the village of Ternove, Pokrovsk'ke direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (Synelnykove District).
Pre-war population: ~316.
Total land area: ~1.50 km².
The third battle for Ternove lasted approximately 4 months.
Tomorrow night and the night after between 11pm and 5am, there is a high threat of Russia carrying out a large-scale, combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine.
Currently, strategic bombers don't appear to be ready, as they have not yet flown back from Ukrainka Airbase in the Far East after being equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles earlier this week. It is not ruled out that they carry out the attack directly from Ukrainka Airbase, however.
Up to 35 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles have been delivered to launch positions near Klintsy (Bryansk Oblast), northern Kursk Oblast, Manturovo (Kursk Oblast), Taganrog (Rostov Oblast), Crimea (either western Crimea or Dzhankoi), and potentially Millerovo (Rostov Oblast). There may also be launches of Oniks supersonic cruise missiles from Crimea towards Odesa Oblast.
Additionally, up to 16 Kalibr cruise missiles could be launched from either the Black Sea Fleet at Novorossiysk Naval Base, or the Caspian Sea Flotilla at Kaspiysk Naval Base.
The highest threat is, again, to Kyiv City and Kyiv Oblast. Russian Gerbera drones have been scouting out the northern approaches to Kyiv and the Bucha area for air defence positions, in order to find the optimal route for the Iskander-M ballistic missiles to fly along. A couple of months ago, Patriot systems deployed to the Vyshhorod area north of Kyiv shot down multiple Iskanders, so Russia has been keeping an eye on this area for movements, in order to ensure a higher impact rate. Gerbera drones have also scouted out the eastern approaches to Kyiv, including near Brovary, which is a frequent route for Zircons and Kh-101 cruise missiles.
For Kyiv itself, the highest threat is to the western, southeastern and southern districts of the city. Other areas may be hit as well.
There is also a threat to Odesa Oblast, specifically Odesa City, Chornomorsk, and Yuzhnyi Port.
It is currently unclear if the attack will occur tomorrow or the day after, but western intelligence has informed Ukraine about this high threat for the next 48 hours. They have also been actively informing Ukraine about the accumulation of Iskander-M ballistic missiles and Zircon cruise missiles for the last several days.
In my opinion, it's strange that the Tu-95MS strategic bombers have not redeployed back to Olenya/Engels-2 yet, which could indicate the attack will happen on the night of Sunday-Monday instead of Saturday-Sunday. But we will see.
The levels of incompetence needed to advertise a fucking drone exhibition on social media with the time and date, within range of ballistic missiles, is absolutely mind-boggling.
The people responsible for this should be imprisoned for life.
Day-time ballistic missile attack on Kyiv. ~6 Iskander-M and ~4 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles were launched, targeting Kyiv and the vicinity of Vasylkiv Airbase.
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This is not my claim. This is a channel I forwarded, citing a claim. I just found it interesting. Some of you cannot read.
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One of the targets hit by Iranian drones overnight may have been a U.S. HIMARS launcher in Kuwait.
HIMARS rockets were seen being launched towards southwestern Iran, following by a drone strike and large fire in the area of the launch position.
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The first Russian DRGs were recorded in the eastern part of Mykolaivka, at the high-rise buildings of Microdistrict No. 2. Ukrainian sources claim that four Russian soldiers were taken as POWs.
I have drawn up the most plausible infiltration route these DRGs took, moving from the tactical heights in the forest north of Rai-Oleksandrivka, west through the treelines, and then the "Rassvet" Dachas.
New high resolution satellite imagery reveals that four housing units for U.S. soldiers were destroyed and two others damaged in an Iranian ballistic missile strike on Ali Al Salem Airbase in Kuwait.
If American soldiers were inside the units at the time, then there were definitely casualties
Gonna take some time off this evening to avoid burnout. Working almost all day 7 days a week can be exhausting 😅
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Recently, a large number of accounts have been claiming that Ukraine successfully encircled a large number of Russian troops north of Lyman, as a part of their ongoing counterattacks that began in mid-April.
This is not true, and originated from a single small Ukrainian Telegram channel that, somehow, managed to mix up Ukrainian artillery and MLRS shelling with Russian KAB glide-bomb strikes on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, resulting in him drawing incredibly inaccurate and ludicrous maps from this assumption that Russia was striking Ukrainian positions in this area.
In reality, there is no encirclement. In the area where he claimed the encirclement occurred, there is still another 11 km (including grey-zones) between Ukraine's northern and southern flank. While Ukraine's counterattacks allowed them to retake important areas here, they have significantly slowed down in recent weeks, with Russia even being able to retake some previously lost positions near Zelena Dolnya. Furthermore, Russia has resumed assault operations in the Stavky and Drobysheve areas, which has resulted in a difficult situation for Ukrainian forces holding the southern flank.
As usual, the same accounts that copy/paste and blindly trust the best-looking maps for Ukraine from Telegram are spreading misinformation, while gaining thousands of likes and hundreds of thousands of views per post, and receiving exactly zero backlash from the so-called "disinformation fighters" in the Pro-Ukrainian community.
Footage showing the impact of Russian Kh-59/69 cruise missiles at the Odesa Port overnight.
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