"Ukraine's great fortress city of Pokrovsk has officially fallen — as far as Moscow is concerned.
More than five weeks after Russian troops first started to swarm into the southern outskirts of the Donetsk Oblast city, Pokrovsk has been decisively overrun, although Kyiv still claims a presence inside the urban area.Reposting the video on her personal X account, Russian propagandist presenter Margarita Simonyan proclaimed it as the "moment Pokrovsk became Krasnoarmeysk," referring to the Soviet-era name of the city, which was changed in 2016 as part of Ukraine's decommunization drive.
According to one Ukrainian drone pilot, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to the Kyiv Independent, Ukrainian soldiers still hold some positions in the northern part of Pokrovsk.
But, in the environment of constantly advancing Russian infiltration groups — moving forward through the urban area and soon followed by reinforcements digging in — these Ukrainian positions are mostly cut off on the ground, resupplied only by drone.
"It's stupid to keep them surrounded there," the pilot said." KI
"A strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit 23 km (14 mi) away from Salina Cruz, Estado deOaxaca, Mexico, in the evening at 9.45 pm local time (America/Mexico City GMT -6). The quake had a shallow depth of 63 km (39 mi) and was felt over a large region. 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 5.3 earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean 97 km (60 mi) from Fiji at 04:31 GMT. The quake had a great depth of 604 km (375 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so)." VD
"A strong magnitude 5.4 earthquake occurred in the Maluku Sea 156 km (97 mi) from Indonesia around noon at 1.23 pm local time (GMT +9). The quake had a shallow depth of 36 km (22 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so)." VD
"A strong magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean near the coast of n/a
in the late afternoon at 6.12 pm local time (GMT -9). The depth of the quake could not be determined, but is assumed to be shallow." VD
"A strong magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit 278 km (173 mi) away from Almaty, Almaty,
Kazakhstan, in the early afternoon at 3.44 pm local time (Asia/Urumqi GMT +8). The depth of the quake could not be determined, but is assumed to be shallow. The earthquake was felt over a large region." VD
"Over 1 000 people have died and hundreds remain missing after rare Tropical Cyclone
Senyar brought severe flooding and landslides across Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia.
Senyar was a very rare cyclone, being only the second known system to form over the Strait of Malacca after Cyclone Vamei (2001). Like Vamei, Senyar was compact but well-organized, confirming that although extremely rare, equatorial tropical cyclones can occur under brief favorable conditions." W
"President Donald Trump said he believes Vladimir Putin wants to end the Ukraine war, despite talks between the Russian president and American negotiators ending without a deal.
Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner negotiated into the early hours with Putin in the Kremlin but reached no breakthrough for a settlement to end Europe's worst conflict since World War II.
Trump said it was too soon to tell what would happen "because it does take two to tango." Gulf News
"Ukrainian Defense Forces recorded 170 combat engagements with Russian forces.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, four combat engagements occurred. Russian forces carried out two airstrikes using three guided bombs and conducted 203 shelling attacks, including one with MLRS.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the enemy attacked Ukrainian positions 17 times near Starytsia, Vovchansk, Synelnykove, Ambarne, Prylipky, and toward Kolodiazne and Kutkivka.In the Kupiansk sector, there were two combat engagements. Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults near Pishchane and Petropavlivka.
In the Lyman sector, there were 10 attacks by the enemy in attempts to breach Ukrainian defenses near Nadiia, Derylove, Hrekivka, Novoiehorivka, Zarichne, Myrne, Torske, and toward Stavky.
In the Sloviansk sector, 10 enemy assaults were stopped near Yampil, Dronivka, Serebrianka, and Siversk.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled three attacks near Chasiv Yar.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, Russian forces launched 29 attacks near Kostiantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Kleban-Bik, Rusyn Yar, and toward Novopavlivka, Stepankivka, and Torske.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled 45 Russian assaults in the areas of Nove Shakhove, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Novoekonomichne, Nikanorivka, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Novopavlivka, Filiia, and toward Sofiivka, Bilytske, and Hryshyne.
In the Oleksandrohrad sector, 14 enemy attacks were recorded near Yalta, Sosnivka, Verbove, Oleksandrohrad, Rybne, Krasnohirsk, Vyshneve, and Pryvilne.
In the Huliaipole sector, Ukrainian forces stopped 12 Russian attempts near Zatyshshia, Huliaipole, and toward Pryluky, Dobropillia, and Varvarivka.
In the Prydniprovske sector, three Russian attacks were repelled near the Antonivskyi Bridge." Ukrin
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