"Russian troops and diplomats have begun to flee the Syrian capital, Damascus, as the first armed clashes there broke out. According to Ukrainian intelligence, forces opposing the Russian-backed Assad administration are moving south, with the first urban clashes taking place in Hama, Homs and Suwayda.
The Russian contingent is known to have abandoned Hama and relocated to the Khmeimim airbase. Colonel General Alexander Zhuravlyov, chief of the Russian coordinating headquarters in Khmeimim, has declared that the situation is out of the Assad regime's control." Pravada
"Iran-backed Iraqi militias have been pouring across the border into eastern Syria to assist Damascus in repelling the Islamist militant advance after Al Qaeda splinter group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham took over Aleppo this weekend.
A Syrian army officer has told Reuters that Iraqi militia forces crossing the border are "fresh reinforcements being sent to aid our comrades on the frontlines in the north."
Many of the fighters have been identified as belonging to the Kataib Hezbollah and Fatemiyoun groups. The US has long been in an internecine conflict with Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq, with over the years periodic rocket fire even targeting the US Embassy in Baghdad, as well as various bases which host remaining American troops." ZH
"Days after Donald Trump announced that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had "agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States," or face 25% import duties on Mexican goods, it appears she's done just that. Mexico has already broken up two migrant caravans consisting of approximately 4,000 people at their peak. Some of the migrants were bused to cities in southern Mexico, while others were offered transit papers, which allow them to travel across Mexico for 20 days." ZeroHedge
"President Joe Biden unleashed a firestorm of controversy and further eroded public trust in his already damaged party by giving a shocking blanket pardon to his son, Hunter, on Sunday.
Biden fled from the controversy by jetting to Angola, one of the most corrupt nations in the world.
Biden was wheels-up for Angola within a few hours of pardoning his son for all crimes, both known and yet to be revealed, over a ten-year period. He refused to answer questions about the pardon from reporters during a stopover in Cape Verde." Breitbart
"A third Russian drone attack on the administrative center of Ternopil in a week has again targeted an energy infrastructure facility, leaving part of the western Ukrainian city without power." NV
"Ukraine's defense forces shot down 22 Russian drones during an overnight attack on Ukraine. Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 28 Shahed strike drones and UAVs of other types launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk, Oryol, and Millerovo." Ukrin
"As many as 201 combat engagements between Ukrainian forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front lines.
In the Kharkiv sector, the enemy, supported by aircraft, made eight unsuccessful attempts to break through Ukrainian defenses near Vovchansk and Starytsia.In the Kupiansk sector, seven enemy attacks were recorded, with Ukrainian forces repelling Russian assaults near Dvorichna, Petropavlivka, Zelenyi Hai, Kolisnykivka and Lozova.
In the Lyman sector, Russian forces launched 11 attacks, trying to penetrate Ukrainian defenses near Hrekivka, Cherneshchyna, Kopanka, Yampolivka, and Terny.
One assault was repelled near Bilohorivka in the Siversk sector.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the occupiers launched four attacks on Ukrainian positions near Hryhorivka and Chasiv Yar.
In the Toretsk sector, Russian forces carried out nine attacks near Toretsk, Nelipivka, and Shcherbynivka, with most clashes recorded near Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled 40 Russian assaults near Myroliubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Krasnyi Yar, Dachenske, Zhovte, Chumatske, and Novyi Trud.
In the Kurakhove sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 67 attacks, with the heaviest fighting recorded near Berestky, Stari Terny, Sontsivka, Novodmytrivka, Zoria, Kurakhove, Dalnie, Katerynivka, Antonivka, and Hannivka.
In the Vremivka sector, Russian troops carried out 30 assaults on Ukrainian positions near Kostiantynopolske, Rozdolne, Velyka Novosilka, Novoandriivka, Novosilka and Novopil.
In the Huliaipole sector, Russian forces launched an airstrike near Huliaipole.
In the Orikhiv sector, the enemy did not conduct active operations in the past day.
In the Dnipro River sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled three Russian attacks near Kozatskyi Island.
In the Volyn and Polissia sectors, no signs of enemy offensive group formations were observed." Ukrin
