Russian strike on Kyiv: damage reported in 3 districts, building and vehicles ablaze, unexploded missile in one of the apartments

"Following the morning strike by Russia on Kyiv there are reports of buildings and a

kindergarten being damaged in several areas of the city. In the Sviatoshynskyi district, vehicles are ablaze. Fire has also been reported in several apartments of a residential building in the Solomianskyi district. Emergency services are heading to the scene.Klitschko said that another apartment is on fire at a different address in the Sviatoshynskyi district. As a result of wreckage falling on the building, balconies from the ground to the fourth floor are damaged. One person was found in the apartment where the fire occurred." Pravada

Iraqi Militia Coalition Targets Israeli Port, US Troops at Syrian Gas Field

"A Shia militia-led alliance known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that it had

attacked the port in the Israeli city of Ashdod, located on the Mediterranean coast.Israeli officials and media have not commented on the attack, which purportedly took place in the early hours. Footage allegedly shot near Ashdod has appeared on social media showing firefighters battling a large blaze with the help of an excavator, but Sputnik has not been able to independently verify the video's authenticity.

Separately the militia coalition reported targeting a US base at Conoco - Syria's largest natural gas fields, using missiles." Sputnik

Why French farmers are up in arms: fuel hikes, green regulation, EU directives

"French farmers have engaged in a standoff with the government to express anger over a lack

of respect, rising costs and suffocating EU regulation. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal seeks to calm the protesters while the National Rally hopes to take advantage of their anger, just five months before the European elections." France24

68 combat clashes in Ukraine over past day

"There were 68 combat engagements. The enemy launched a total of four missile strikes and 102 airstrikes, as well as 80 MLRS attacks at the positions of Ukrainian troops and at various settlements. Unfortunately, Russia’s terrorist attacks killed and wounded civilians. Private

residential and apartment buildings, and other civil infrastructure facilities sustained damage and destruction.Russian invaders launched another barrage of 10 Shahed-136/131 type one-way attack drones. Eight UAVs were intercepted.
Russian airstrikes hit the settlements of Hrafske, Vovchansk, Mykolaivka, Vilkhuvatka, Ivanivka, Kislivka, Tabaivka, and Pishchane of Kharkiv region; Makiivka, Serebryanske Forestry in Luhansk region; Yampolivka, Hryhorivka, Minkivka, Bohdanivka, Chasiv Yar, Kostiantynivka, Toretsk, Severne, New York, Lastochkyne, Avdiivka, Staromaiorske, Rivnopil, and Novomykhailivka of Donetsk region; Chervonyi Maiak, Zmiivka, Novoberyslav, and Vesele of Kherson region.
More than 100 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under Russian artillery fire." Ukrin