"Alexey Baranovsky, a volunteer from the Freedom of Russia Legion, commented on the raidthat continues in the Belgorod and Kursk oblasts against the backdrop of the sham Presidential elections in Russia during a Radio NV broadcast....."We still have enough surprises," Baranovsky said.
“At the moment, the military leadership has not decided when this special liberation operation will be completed and whether it will be completed at all. Now, we are working according to the schedule. The last ‘election day’ is in full swing. It's hard to announce yet, but the fighting is on, and we are not going to stop there.” UV
"Ukraine appears to be hosting a charity calendar featuring porn actress Yulia Senyuk, also known as Josephine Jackson, posing with armless and legless war veterans wearing tuxedos. Who could have guessed that porn stars would become a staple of public war relations?" ZH
"An American porn actor who has advocated for Palestinians online during Israel's war onHamas traveled to Iran and visited the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, which was abandoned after the 1979 hostage crisis.
The visit by Whitney Wright as Iran imprisons Nobel Peace Prize laureate and women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi sparked heated criticism of the country's crackdown on women since the 2022 death in police custody of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked.
Wright filmed herself throughout Tehran despite her work in pornography exposing her in theory to criminal charges that carry the death penalty.
Wright did not respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press." Yahoo
"Russian missile strikes on Nikolayev target a tank factory repairing foreign military equipment, including German Leopard-2 tanks, leading to cordon-offs and ambulance presence, indicating possible international involvement in repairs." Sputnik
"58 combat engagements were recorded between Ukrainian defense forces and Russian invasion troops.....Russian air strikes targeted the settlements of Velyka Pisarivka, Stara Huta, Ryzhivka, Popivka, Yamne, Oleksandrivka, and Luhivka of Sumy region; Starytsia and Lyptsi of Kharkiv region; Novoyehorivka of Luhansk region; Spirne, Vesele,Rozdolivka, Chasiv Yar, Druzhba, Oleksandropil, Semenivka, Umanske, Ocheretyne, Krasnohorivka, Kostiantynivka, Heorhiivka, Novomykhailivka, Vodiane, Urozhaine, Makarivka, and Velyka Novosilka of Donetsk region. Nearly 140 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under Russian artillery fire.
Volyn and Polissia directions: the operational situation saw no significant changes.
Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna directions: the enemy maintains its military presence near the border, conducting sabotage and reconnaissance missions in order to prevent the transfer of Ukrainian troops to other directions. In the areas of Stara Huta and Brusky in Sumy region, Ukraine’s defenders thwarted two Russian attempts to penetrate the border.
Kupiansk direction: no offensive efforts were reported.
Lyman direction: Ukrainian soldiers repelled an assault on Bilohorivka, Luhansk region.
Bakhmut direction: five enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, and east of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region.
Avdiivka direction: Ukraine repelled 11 attacks in the areas of Berdychi, Tonenke, Pervomaiske, and Nevelske.
Novopavlivka direction: Ukraine’s defense forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Novomykhailivka, and east of Vodiane of Donetsk region, where the Russians 28 times tried to break through the defenses.
Orykhiv direction: the enemy attacked Ukraine’s positions four times in the areas of Robotyne and north-west of Verbove in Zaporizhzhia region.
Kherson direction: the invaders pursue their attempts to dislodge Ukrainian troops from their bridgeheads on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro where two assaults were reported." Ukrin
"Niger has denounced “with immediate effect” a defense pact that allows Washington tooperate a $100 million drone base. The decision comes just days after a senior US delegation, which included the chief of US Africa Command, General Michael Langley, wrapped up a three-day visit to the African state. The US team met several top Nigerien officials, including PM Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine – apparently seeking to negotiate a renewal of the deal – but failed to secure a meeting with the country's leader, General Abdourahamane Tchiani." RT
"Ukrainian shelling of the Russian city of Belgorod killed two people, officials said Saturday, while Russia claimed to have thwarted a new attempt by saboteurs to cross the border. Saturday´s attacks occurred as Russians entered the second day of voting in a presidential election that is all but certain to extend Vladimir Putin´s rule by another six years after he crushed dissent. Russia’s Defense Ministry also said Saturday that it had thwarted attempts by “Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups” to enter the country from Ukraine’s Sumy region. That followed an armed incursion claimed by Ukraine-based Russian opponents of the Kremlin on Tuesday in the Belgorod and Kursk regions," Breitbart
