"A total of 161 combat engagements have been recorded along the Ukrainian frontlines while in the Pokrovsk direction alone, Ukraine repelled 58 Russian assaults. The Russians launched a missile attack and 91 airstrikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, employing three missiles and 162 guided bombs. Almost 4,900 artillery strikes have been recorded, of which 100 involved multiple rocket launchers, as well as 2,180 kamikaze drone attacks. Russian airstrikes targeted the settlements of Uhroidy, Turia, Pokrovka, Myropilske, Dmytrivka, Mala Rybytsia, and Krasnopillia in Sumy region, Zoria, Romanivka, Pokrovsk, Udachne, Zelenyi Kut, Bohatyr, Zirka, Tolste, and Voskresenka in Donetsk region, Novopavlivka, Sichneve in Dnipropetrovsk region, Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia region, and Kozatske in Kherson region.
Ukraine’s aviation, missile and artillery units hit 10 enemy manpower and equipment clusters. In the Kharkiv direction, Ukrainian troops repelled three attacks in the Vovchansk area. Five Russian attacks were recorded in the Kupiansk direction where assaults were repelled near Stepova Novoselivka and Zahryzove. In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 17 times, trying to advance near Hrekivka, Katerynivka, Nove, and Kolodiaz. In the Siversk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled four assaults toward Hryhorivka, Bilohorivka. and in the Verkhniokamyianske area. In the Kramatorsk direction, six clashes were recorded in the areas of Vasiukivka, Chasiv Yar, Bila Hora, and Kurdiumivka. In the Toretsk direction, Russian troops launched 18 attacks near Ozarianivka, Toretsk, and Leonidivka. In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders held back 58 assault and offensive attempts by the Russians in the areas of Kalynove, Yelyzavetivka, Lysivka, Shevchenko, Zvirove, Udachne, Uspenivka, Novo-oleksandrivka, Kotliarivka, Bohdanivka, and Andriivka. In the Novopavlivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 13 Russian attacks near Kostiantynopil, Rozlyv, Dniproenerhia, and Burlatske. In the Huliaipole direction, the invaders carried out three attacks towards Vilne Pole and in the Burlatske area. In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled four assaults in the Stepove and Lobkove areas. In the Prydniprovia direction, no clashes were recorded, the General Staff emphasized. In Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine’s forces repelled 25 Russian attacks. The enemy carried out 35 airstrikes using 50 guided bombs, and 323 artillery strikes, including seven rocket volleys." Ukrin
air traffic control imposed temporary restrictions on takeoffs and landings at Vladikavkaz and Grozny airports, in response to a drone attack on the republics of North Ossetia–Alania and Chechnya." NV
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that if US 'indirect' talks with Iran
over its nuclear program fail, then a military attack becomes 'inevitable'. He issued the warning fresh off his Monday Oval Office visit with President Trump, wherein the US leader announced for the first time that Saturday talks with the Iranians will be hosted in Oman. Netanyahu said in the new video statement, "“We agree that Iran will not have nuclear weapons. This can be done in an agreement, but only if... they go in, blow up (Iran's) facilities, dismantle all the equipment, under American supervision." And he added: "If talks drag on, then the military option becomes inevitable." ZH
"Donald Trump Jr. has criticized Kiev for failing to alert the U.S. authorities about a man who reportedly tried to obtain military weapons from Ukrainian contacts to assassinate his father during the 2024 presidential campaign.
In a tweet posted on Tuesday, Trump Jr. responded to recent revelations about Ryan Wesley Routh, a pro-Ukraine activist currently facing federal charges after being arrested near Donald Trump’s golf resort in Florida with a rifle in September. According to newly surfaced court documents obtained by Fox News, Routh had allegedly sought to acquire heavy weaponry from someone he believed had access to Ukraine’s military arsenal in order to kill the then-presidential candidate. “If you think it’s bad that Ukraine never said thank you for everything the United States has done for them,” Trump Jr. wrote on X, “the fact that they seemingly did not tell us that this sociopath literally tried to buy arms from them to assassinate my father seems like a much bigger deal. Wonder why?!?” Routh, a convicted felon, had attempted to enlist in the Ukrainian military in 2022. Though unsuccessful, he remained engaged in the conflict in the region, reportedly working to recruit ex-Afghan soldiers to fight on Ukraine’s behalf, according to a Justice Department filing with the Florida Southern District Court. In August 2024, prosecutors say Routh used an encrypted messaging app to reach out to an individual he believed to be a Ukrainian weapons supplier. He allegedly requested a Russian RPG grenade launcher and a U.S.-made Stinger missile, stating explicitly why he needed the weapons. “I need the equipment so that Trump don’t [sic] get elected,” one message read. Routh also insisted that obtaining such arms wouldn’t be difficult due to the chaos of war, adding that “one missing would not be noticed.”
"The U.S. has hiked tariffs on all Chinese imports to a staggering 104%, escalating the
ongoing trade conflict and wiping out another $1.5 trillion from U.S. stock markets on Tuesday. China was originally set to face a 34% tariff increase on Wednesday, as part of President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” measures targeting virtually all U.S. trade partners. However, after Beijing responded with a proportional 34% duty of its own, the U.S. president raised the blanket tariff to a total of 104%." RT
