"Manufacturers from Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France, and the U.S. continue operating in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone, where Russia produces thousands of Shahed drones capable of reaching the EU.A huge industrial site in Tatarstan, a region in central Russia, has gained notoriety for its outsized role in Russia's war against Ukraine.
The site, known as the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ), is Russia's main facility for producing Shaheds, its primary long-range attack drones used in the war against Ukraine.
Launched after the Kremlin invaded Ukraine in 2022, the drone plant has produced tens of thousands of Shaheds, known in Russia by the domestic name Geran." KI
"A strong magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit 68 km (42 mi) away from Carson City, Nevada, United States, in the late afternoon at 6.29 pm local time (America/Los Angeles GMT -7). The quake had a very shallow depth of 5 km (3.1 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
"125 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops were recorded along the front line over the past day.
Russian forces launched airstrikes near the settlements of Novoivanivka in the Sumy region, Prosiana and Pysantsi in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Vozdvyzhivka, Novomykolaivka, Yehorivka, Charivne, Dolynka, Verkhnia Tersa, and Kopani in the Zaporizhzhia region; and Tomaryne in the Kherson region.
Aircraft of Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck five clusters of Russian personnel.In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, one combat engagement took place, with Russian forces attempting to advance toward Taratutyne. Additionally, they carried out two airstrikes, dropping eight guided aerial bombs, and conducted 82 shelling attacks, three of which involved MLRS.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, Russian troops launched five assaults near Zybyne, Lyman, Synelnykove, and Vovchansk.
In the Kupiansk sector, Russian forces attacked three times toward Kivsharivka, Novoplatonivka, and Novoosynove.
In the Lyman sector, Ukrainian forces repelled eight attempts to advance near Dibrova, Drobysheve, and Lyman.
In the Sloviansk sector, Ukraine’s Defense Forces stopped two Russian attempts to advance toward Rai-Oleksandrivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian forces repelled one attack near Tykhonivka.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, the enemy carried out 17 attacks near Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Illinivka, Stepanivka, Rusyn Yar, Sofiivka, and Novopavlivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders stopped 21 Russian assault actions near Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Udachne, Zapovidne, Bilytske, Hryshyne, Pokrovsk, and Muravka.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, Russian forces launched seven attacks near Oleksandrohrad, Zelenyi Hai, Sichneve, Vorone, Zlahoda, and Novohryhorivka.
In the Huliaipole sector, 11 Russian attacks were recorded near Zaliznychne, Pryluky, Hirke, and Huliaipole.
In the Orikhiv sector, the enemy attempted to advance twice near Stepnohirsk and Konovalova.
In the Prydniprovske sector, Ukrainian units repelled three enemy attacks near Bilohrudyi Island and the Antonivskyi Bridge." Ukrin
