Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Putin Sends Message To US With Record 700+ Drones, Missiles On Ukraine Overnight

"Russia overnight launched an unprecedented 728 Shahed drones as well as decoy drones,
accompanied also by 13 cruise and ballistic missiles.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described that the northwestern city of Lutsk, near the borders with Poland and Belarus, suffered the most intense attacks and damage, and ten other regions were also targeted." ZH

Mt. Rainier rattled by rare, ongoing ‘earthquake swarm'

"Geologists detected hundreds of small earthquakes at Mount Rainier Tuesday in the largest earthquake swarm measured there in more than 15 years.

Beginning around 1:30 a.m., as many as several earthquakes a minute struck between 1 and 4 miles below the summit, in an ongoing swarm expected to last multiple days, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The largest was a 1.7-magnitude quake." msn

Life-threatening flash flooding in New Mexico

"Fast-moving flash flooding happening in some parts of New Mexico. 
NBC News Meteorologist Bill Karins details the scene as homes are getting caught in the floods." NBC

Arkansas in Chaos Today! Cars & Homes Underwater in Oklahoma

"Flash floods paralyzed Fort Smith, Arkansas, overnight as a powerful storm swept through
the River Valley. Emergency crews carried out multiple water rescues, and roads were quickly submerged as rainfall overwhelmed the drainage systems. From Highway 96 near Ozark to downtown Fort Smith intersections, water levels surged to dangerous depths. With more rain in the forecast and flood warnings still in place, officials are pleading with residents to stay off the roads. "
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Mother dies trying to save son from draft officers in Ukraine

"A woman in eastern Ukraine has died after attempting to prevent military recruiters from
detaining her son, according to local reports and dramatic footage circulated on social media.

Update: Regional police spokeswoman Yelena Sobolevskaya denied reports of the woman’s death. “The woman who attempted to stop the van was taken to the hospital but declined admission. She is alive,” Sobolevskaya told the news channel TSN.
The incident occurred in the town of Merefa, Kharkov Region, and was captured in a video published by a local Telegram channels, the news website Strana.UA said. The footage shows a woman, believed to be in her sixties, clinging to the windshield of a van that begins reversing down a street as she screams." RT

183 clashes on front lines over past day

"Ukrainian forces engaged in 183 combat clashes with Russian invaders along the front line.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, 16 combat clashes were recorded. The enemy launched 12 airstrikes, dropped 21 guided bombs, and conducted 326 artillery attacks, including six with MLRS.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, 11 clashes occurred near Vovchansk, Zelene, Ambarne, and Kamianka.
In the Kupiansk sector, four enemy attacks were repelled near Zahryzove, Stepova Novoselivka, and Holubivka.
In the Lyman sector,
Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions 19 times, trying to advance in areas near Novyi Myr, Karpivka, Zelena Dolyna, Torske, Ridkodub, Hryhorivka, and toward Shandryholove and Serednie.
In the Siversk sector, four enemy assaults were launched near Ivano-Darivka, as well as toward Serebrianka and Vyiimka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, three clashes occurred near Stupochky and Bila Hora.
In the Toretsk sector, the enemy launched ten attacks around Dyliivka, Toretsk, Yablunivka, Rusyn Yar, and toward Katerynivka and Oleksandro-Kalynove.
In the Pokrovsk sector,
Ukrainian defenders repelled 67 enemy attacks in areas including Popiv Yar, Poltavka, Myrne, Malynivka, Myroliubivka, Razine, Lysivka, Shevchenko, Zvirove, Udachne, Promin, Novoserhiivka, Muravka, Oleksiivka, Zelenyi Kut, Horikhove, as well as toward Pokrovsk, Volodymyrivka, Molodetske, and Novopavlivka.
In the Novopavlivka sector, 36 Russian assaults were repelled near settlements such as Zaporizhzhia, Piddubne, Myrne, Komar, Voskresenka, Shevchenko, Zelene Pole, Vilne Pole, and Novopil.
In the Huliaipole sector, one
Russian attack was recorded near Malynivka.
In the Orikhiv sector, no offensive actions were observed.
In the Dnipro River sector, one unsuccessful enemy attempt to advance on
Ukrainian positions was reported." Ukrin