"Counteroffensive ongoing on southern front line, Syrskyi says Ukraine's Flamingo missile maker promises FP-9 ballistics will reach Moscow.
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Ukrainian forces are continuing a "counteroffensive" on the southern front line, the country's top general Oleksandr Syrskyi said."KI
"President Donald Trump said that the United States is preparing to waive certain oil-related sanctions in an effort to stabilize global energy prices, which have skyrocketed amid the war in Iran.
"We're ... waiving certain oil-related sanctions to reduce prices," Trump said at a news conference in Florida. "So we have sanctions on some countries. We're going to take those sanctions off until this straightens out."
"Then who knows, maybe we won't have to put them on," he added. "There'll be so much peace." KI
"A strong magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit 233 km (145 mi) away from Shimizu, Hokkaido, Japan at 12.45 am local time (GMT +9). The quake had a moderate depth of 141 km (87 mi) and was reported felt by some people near the epicenter." VD
"A very strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit 36 km (22 mi) away from Naples, Campania, Italy, shortly after midnight at 12.03 am local time (Europe/Rome GMT +1). The quake had a great depth of 382 km (237 mi) and was felt over a large region." VD
"Last week, three data centers operated by Amazon Web Services (AWS), two in the United Arab Emirates and one in Bahrain, were struck by Iranian drones or missiles. The attacks forced the facilities offline and led to service outages affecting banking, payments, delivery apps, and enterprise software across the region.
The U.S. military also uses AWS to run some of its workloads, including runningAnthropic’s AI model Claude for some intelligence functions, and Iran’s Fars News Agency said on Telegram that the Bahrain facility had been deliberately targeted “to identify the role of these centers in supporting the enemy’s military and intelligence activities.” AWS has declined to comment on the Iranian claim, and it is not known whether the attacks impacted U.S. military computing workloads.
Still, the attack is believed to be the first time data centers have been deliberately targeted for air strikes in a conflict. Experts say it almost certainly won’t be the last. Data centers are rapidly emerging as vital strategic assets—and vulnerable targets.
The boundary between commercial cloud computing and military operations has largely vanished. The Pentagon’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability and its Joint All-Domain Command and Control networks run on the same commercial infrastructure that serves banks and ride-hailing apps. Meanwhile, several news organizations have reported that the U.S. military used Anthropic’s AI model Claude—which runs on AWS—for intelligence assessments, target identification, and battle simulations during the Iran strikes." Forbes
"130 combat engagements between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
The invaders launched airstrikes, in particular in the areas of the settlements of Pokrovske, Kolomiitsi, Chornenkove, Pysantsi, Havrylivka, Orly in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as Vozdvyzhivka, Svitla Dolyna, Novosoloshyne, Barvinivka, Novoselivka, Pryluky, Charivne, Huliaipilske, Lisne, Kopani, Dolynka, Hirke, Veselianka, and Prymorske in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Aircraft, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces struck three areas where enemy personnel and equipment were concentrated, four UAV control points, four artillery systems, one ammunition depot, and two other important targets of the Russian invaders.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, Russian forces carried out 115 shelling attacks on positions of the Defense Forces and populated areas, including four using multiple launch rocket systems. They also launched four airstrikes using eight guided aerial bombs.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the invaders attempted three times to break through the defensive lines of Ukrainian defenders toward the settlements of Popivka and Lyman.
In the Kupiansk sector, Russian troops attacked twice toward the settlement of Novoplatonivka.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy attacked five times, attempting to break into defenses toward the settlements of Stavky, Lyman, Drobysheve, and in the area of Zarichne.
In the Sloviansk sector, Ukrainian defenders stopped 11 attempts by Russian forces to advance toward Riznykivka and near the settlements of Zakitne, Platonivka, and Fedorivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the enemy launched one attack near Nykyforivka.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, Russian troops carried out 13 attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Illinivka, Rusyn Yar, and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the Defense Forces stopped 29 Russian assault actions near the settlements of Chervonyi Lyman, Nykanorivka, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Hryshyne, Molodetske, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novomykolaivka, and in the sector of Vilne and Novooleksandrivka.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, Russian forces attacked five times near the settlements of Ivanivka, Dobropillia, Ternove, Berezove, and Nove Zaporizhzhia.
In the Huliaipole sector, 28 Russian attacks took place near Myrne, Luhivske, Huliaipole, and toward the settlements of Zaliznychne, Varvarivka, Staroukrainka, Zelene, and Olenokostiantynivka.
In the Orikhiv sector, one combat clash occurred toward Prymorske." Ukrin
