"The UK is reportedly trying to convince the European Union to take control of frozenRussian assets, aiming to undermine US President Donald Trump’s efforts to advance peace initiatives that could end the Ukraine conflict, according to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
In a statement released on Tuesday, the SVR claimed that the UK’s leadership was “desperately pushing for Brussels’ decision to seize Russian assets.” Aside from the clear goal of providing financial support to Kiev, London is also seeking to diminish US interest in facilitating any peace mediation between Ukraine and Russia, according to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service." RT
"A strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred in the Coral Sea 134 km (83 mi) from Solomon
Islands in the evening at 8.18 pm local time (GMT +11). The depth of the quake could not be determined, but is assumed to be shallow." VD
"A levee breach along the White River prompted evacuation orders and Flash Flood Warning for the city of Pacific. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Flash Flood Warning around 01:39 PST, reporting a levee breach on the White River in the city of Pacific in King County." W
"President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that the United States has enacted a full
blockade on sanctioned oil tankers leaving Venezuela, marking a major escalation following months of tensions with Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro’s regime.
“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us,” Trump posted on Truth Social." TP
"Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 278 combat clashes with Russian troops on the frontline.
Airstrikes targeted settlements such as Ivanivka in Dnipropetrovsk region, and Vozdvyzhivka, Zaliznychne, Ternuvate, Zorivka, Nove Pole, and Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia region.In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, Ukrainian defenders repelled 15 Russian attacks. The enemy carried out three airstrikes, dropped eight glide bombs, and conducted 138 shellings, including eight with MLRS.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, nine enemy assaults were stopped near Prylipka, Synelnykove, and toward Izbytske, Obukhivka, and Kolodiazne.
In the Kupiansk sector, 24 attacks were repelled near Kupiansk, Petropavlivka, Kucherivka, Pishchane, Novoplatonivka, Holubivka, and Nova Kruhliakivka.
In the Lyman sector, the Russians carried out 27 assaults near Torske and toward Lyman, Stepove, Korovii Yar, Zarichne, Drobysheve, Novoselivka, Stavky, and Hlushchenkove.
In the Sloviansk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled six attacks near Siversk, Serebrianka, and toward Pazeno.
In the Kramatorsk sector, one attack occurred near Bondarne.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, 24 Russian attacks were repelled near Pleshchiivka, Ivanopillia, Rusyn Yar, Yablunivka, and toward Sofiivka and Kostiantynivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian forces stopped 82 enemy assaults near Kotlyne, Udachne, Pokrovsk, as well as toward Rivne, Myrnohrad, Rodynske, Hryshyne, Zvirove, Serhiivka, Novopavlivka, Filiia, Nove Shakhove, Dorozhne, Sukhetske, Vilne, and Ivanivka.
In the Oleksandrohrad sector, Russian forces carried out 20 attacks near Zelenyi Hai, Sichneve, Krasnohirske, Zlahoda, Rybne, and toward Ivanivka, Iskra, Oleksandrohrad, Verbove, Pryvilne.
In the Huliaipole sector, 28 attacks were repelled near Solodke and toward Varvarivka, Huliaipole.
In the Orikhiv sector, eight enemy attempts to breach Ukrainian defenses near Shcherbaky, Stepove, and toward Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriivka, and Prymorske failed." Ukrin
