"Seventy-one combat engagements have occurred on the front between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops in the past 24 hours. Ukraine’s Defense Forces are holding positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region and continue inflicting fire damage on Russian occupiers. Ukraine’s Air Force has launched strikes on 21 Russian personnel, ammunition and military equipment clusters. Russian troops launched three missile strikes and 47 air strikes, and opened fire with multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) 38 times on Ukrainian positions and settlements. In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the operational situation remained rather unchanged. No enemy offensive groupings were detected. Certain Belarusian units are completing tasks within the areas bordering with Ukraine." Ukrin
"German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius suggested possible reintroduction of compulsory military service in the country, calling its suspension a mistake despite the reasons that existed at the time.
"I'm considering all options ... At one time there were reasons to suspend compulsory military service. But in retrospect, it was a mistake," Pistorius told Germany's Die Welt newspaper in an interview." Sp
"Austria has agreed to lift its blocking of the 12th package of EU sanctions against Russia after Ukraine removed its bank Raiffeisen from the list of international sponsors of the war." Pravada
"Iranian state media is now reporting that the USS Eisenhower has exited the Persian Gulf and vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz. Based on maritime tracking websites, the carrier has been out of the region already for at least several days and is now moving into the Mediterranean.
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy, Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, said the carrier had exited the area following over two weeks of being closely monitored by IRGC assets:
"This flotilla was in the Persian Gulf for less than 20 days and has been under the IRGC naval forces' intelligence oversight."
Tangsiri went on the claim that the US carrier was only there for "propaganda" purposes related to supporting Israel, at a moment Israeli leaders have warned Iran against further support to its proxies such as Hezbollah or the Houthis." ZeroHedge
