Zelensky dismisses US VP Harris' request to stop attacking Russian refineries

"U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris held a confidential meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and asked Kyiv to refrain from attacking Russian oil refineries, The Washington Post reported. But Harris' request on this issue "irritated" Zelensky and his team.
Zelensky "brushed off" Harris's recommendation, sources in the Biden administration said." UB

Israeli Air Force Kills Hezbollah Coastal Sector Commander in Lebanon Attack

"An Israeli Air Force (IAF) strike killed a commander of the Hezbollah movement’s coastal sector in southern Lebanon the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

"Earlier today, an IAF aircraft struck and eliminated Ismail Yusaf Baz, the commander of Hezbollah’s coastal sector, in the area of Ain Ebel in Lebanon, " the IDF wrote on its Telegram channel." Sputnik

50 combat clashes on front lines

"Fifty combat engagements occurred along the front lines in Ukraine....The enemy launched 2 missile strikes,43 air strikes and carried out 39 MLRS attacks on Ukrainian positions and various settlements.
In the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna sectors, the enemy maintains his military presence in the border areas, conducting subversive activities to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian troops to dangerous sectors and increasing the density of minefields along the state border.
The enemy carried out air strikes near Popivka and Vozdvyzhenska in the Sumy region. More than 15 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Liskivshchyna in the Chernihiv region, Stara Huta, Khliborob, Romashkove and Vilna Sloboda in the Sumy region.
The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations in the Kupiansk sector. The enemy launched air strikes near Hlushkivka, Kolisnykivka and Berestove in the Kharkiv region. About 20 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Kyslivka and Pishchane in the Kharkiv region.

In the Lyman sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled six attacks outside Terny, Torske and Hryhorivka in the Donetsk region and near the Serebrianske Forestry in the Luhansk region.
The enemy carried out air strikes near Terny and Zarichne in the Donetsk region. More than ten settlements came under artillery and mortar shelling, among them Makiivka in the Luhansk region and Terny¸ Yampolivka and Torske in the Donetsk region.
On the Bakhmut axis, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 12 attacks near Verkhniokamianske, Vyimka, Bilohorivka, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske and Klishchiivka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aircraft, tried to improve their tactical position.
The Russian army carried out an air strike near Spirne in the Donetsk region. More than ten settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Hryhorivka, Kalynivka and Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region.
In the Avdiivka sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled nine attacks near Ocheretyne, Novokalynove, Berdychi, Semenivka and Netailove in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aircraft, tried to dislodge Ukrainian units from their positions.
The Russians also carried out air strikes in the areas of Pervomaiske, Soloviove, Novobakhmutivka and Oleksandropil in the Donetsk region. About ten settlements, including Novobakhmutivka, Semenivka, and Netailove in the Donetsk region, came under artillery and mortar shelling.
On the Novopavlivka axis, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continued to hold off the enemy near Krasnohorivka and Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy launched 14 attempts to break through Ukrainian defenses." Ukrin