"President Donald Trump has said he’s “not really” considering providing Kiev with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles, suggesting Ukraine and Russia should be left to “fight out” the conflict.
Trump made the remarks on Sunday aboard Air Force One. He was asked about supplying Ukraine with Tomahawks following a CNN report that the Pentagon approved the move, concluding that it would not significantly affect US stockpiles.
“No, not really. Could happen, could change, but at this moment, I’m not,” Trump stated." RT
"Air Defense Forces destroyed 108 of 135 drones that the Russians used to attack Ukraine in the evening. Russians attacked Ukraine with 135 Shahed and Gerbera strike UAVs and other types of drones from the directions of Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and Shatalovo. About 90 of them were Shahed drones." Ukrin
"President Donald Trump has claimed that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, told himthat Moscow has been trying to find a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine conflict for over a decade, and that Washington is more than welcome to compel Kiev to accept a negotiated solution.
Putin and Trump discussed Ukraine during a lengthy phone call last month, as well as the possibility of another in-person meeting in the near future.
“President Putin, I spoke to him two weeks ago, and he said… ‘We’ve been trying to settle that war for ten years. We weren’t able to do it, you got to settle,’” Trump told the audience at the America Business Forum in Miami on Wednesday." RT
"A strong magnitude 4.9 earthquake occurred in the Tasman Sea near the coast of New Zealand in the evening at 9.09 pm local time (GMT +13). The quake had a very shallow depth of 22 km (14 mi) and was felt widely in the area. The shallow depth of the quake caused it to be felt more strongly near the epicenter than a deeper quake of similar magnitude would." VD
"A strong magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurred in the South Atlantic Ocean 73 km (45 mi) from South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the evening at 8.03 pm local time (GMT -2). The quake had a very shallow depth of 33 km (21 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so)." VD
"Ukrainian forces engaged in 276 combat clashes with Russian troops.
Ukrainian aircraft, missile forces, and artillery units struck two enemy personnel and equipment concentration areas and one artillery system.
In the Northeastern-Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, Ukrainian defenders repelled two Russian attacks. The enemy carried out 11 airstrikes, dropped 25 glide bombs, and conducted 177 shelling attacks, including nine using multiple rocket launchers.
In the Southern-Slobozhanshchyna sector, there were 14 combat clashes near Vovchansk, Bolohivka, and toward Synelnykove.In the Kupiansk sector, seven enemy attacks were recorded. Ukrainian forces repelled assaults near Bohuslavka, Petropavlivka, Pishchane, and Nova Kruhliaivka.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy attacked Ukrainian positions 27 times, attempting to advance near Hrekivka, Novoiehorivka, Kolodiazi, Karpivka, Derylove, Myrne, Shandryholove, and Zarichne, as well as toward Korovii Yar and Drobysheve.
In the Sloviansk sector, Russian forces launched attacks near Yampil, Dronivka, Serebrianka, Pereizne, and toward Siversk and Zvanivka, with 17 clashes recorded.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled six enemy attacks near Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Chasiv Yar, Fedorivka, and toward Stupochky.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, the enemy launched 35 attacks near Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, and Rusyn Yar.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders halted 100 enemy assaults near Maiak, Nykanorivka, Fedorivka, Chervonyi Lyman, Myroliubivka, Pokrovsk, Lysivka, Zvirove, Novopavlivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Muravka, Filiia, and Yalta.
Pokrovsk. Active countermeasures continue against Russian infantry groups trying to entrench themselves.
In Pokrovsk, Ukrainian forces are conducting strike and search operations, involving assault units of the 425th Separate Assault Battalion, operators from the Unmanned Systems Forces, combined groups of the Special Operations Forces, Military Law Enforcement Service, Security Service of Ukraine, National Guard, and Defense Intelligence of Ukraine. Additional reinforcements have been deployed to military units defending the city.
In the Oleksandrohrad sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 31 enemy assaults near Zelenyi Hai, Ivanivka, Oleksandrohrad, Piddubne, Sichneve, Vorone, Sosnivka, Stepove, Verbove, Pryvilne, Novohryhorivka, and Pershotravneve." Ukrin
