"Officials say a powerful solar storm will hit Earth and its arrival could cause infrastructure problems. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued an alert Thursday for a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Solar Storm Watch after approximately five “earth-directed coronal mass ejections” (CMEs) were seen and expected to reach Earth, Insider Paper reported. It is the first G4 storm watch issued since 2005, according to 12 News. The NOAA also said “these storms have the potential to affect infrastructure both in near-Earth orbit and on the Earth’s surface, possibly disrupting communication systems, the electric grid, navigation, radio, and satellite operations,” according to Insider Paper." MS
"President Zelensky fired the head of the department responsible for his personal protection after two of its officers were detained this week over an alleged assassination plot. Zelensky published a decree to "dismiss Sergiy Leonidovich Rud from the post of head of the State Protection Department of Ukraine".... detained two colonels from the bodyguard department on suspicion of passing secret information to Russia's rival FSB security service. One of them, it alleged, had personally provided rocket rounds, drones, and anti-personnel mines for an agent to carry out attacks.
The 47-year-old Rud had headed the department – which oversees the personal security of the president, other senior officials and their families – since 2019." MS
"Ukrainian military has claimed it pushed back an attempted Russian incursion amid fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make renewed efforts to capture the city of Kharkiv. "Russia has launched a new wave of counteroffensive operations in the Kharkiv sector," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced, claiming the Russians fought against his forces and that a fierce battle continued throughout the day." FOX
"Following several heavy barrages from Lebanon, fires erupted in Northern Israel, according to Israeli media. The heavy rocket barrages caused the fire, which is still raging at this hour, with the arrival of Shabbat. Firefighters have not yet brought the blaze under control." JerusalemPost
"The Russian army captured four border villages during an offensive in the north of Kharkiv Oblast: Strilecha, Krasne, Pylna, and Borysivka. A slight Russian advance was also recorded near Vovchansk." UB
"Russia has struck ammunition warehouses of the Ukrainian armed forces in Kharkov and the Kharkov region. A Ukrainian air defense missile was presumably launched at the moment, and an explosion was heard one minute later." Sputnik
"Ninety-five combat engagements occurred on the battlefield in the past 24 hours.... the enemy launched 6 missile strikes, 80 air strikes and 127 attacks using multiple rocket launchers on the positions of Ukrainian troops and Ukrainian cities and villages.....enemy air strikes targeted Bilopillia, Kostiantynivka and Sadky in the Sumy region; Vesele, Vovchansk and Vovchanski Khutory in the Kharkiv region; Lyman, Verkhniokamianske, Druzhba, Spirne, Kalynove, Umanske and Bohoiavlenka in the Donetsk region. More than 120 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions were under artillery fire." Ukrin
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