"Russia on Tuesday test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile as part of efforts to
modernize the country's nuclear forces, a launch hailed by President Vladimir Putin just days after his claim that the fighting in Ukraine is nearing an end.
Putin said that the nuclear-armed Sarmat missile would enter combat service at the end of the year. It was built to replace the aging Soviet-built Voyevoda." msn
"Ukraine's military launched a drone attack on Russia's Krasnodar Krai overnight striking oil shipping infrastructure in the village of Volna, Russian Telegram media channels reported.Videos posted to social media show large plumes of smoke rising from a nearby port, various channels reported.
In a separate post on Telegram, the Krasnodar Krai Operational Headquarters reported a fire in "one of the premises" in Volna, saying that one person was injured in the Ukrainian drone attack.
NASA's fire monitoring system, FIRMS, appeared to corroborate officials claims, with a fire reported at oil storage near the port, specifically a terminal called Tammanneftogaz that transfers oil and gas from Russian pipelines onto tankers going out through the Black Sea to sell to the world market." Ukrin
"A strong magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean 275 km (171 mi) from Tonga in the morning at 10.19 am local time (GMT +13). The quake had a moderate depth of 154 km (96 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so)." VD
"210 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops on the front line.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, Russian forces launched six airstrikes using 16 guided bombs and carried out 81 shelling attacks, including four with MLRS. One assault action was recorded.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, Russian troops attempted eight assaults near Starytsia and Kruhle, as well as toward Kolodiazne, Radkivka, Lyman, and Novovasylivka.
In the Kupiansk sector, one attack was recorded toward Novoplatonivka.In the Lyman sector, Russian forces attempted five assaults near Stavky and toward Ozerne and Dibrova.
In the Sloviansk sector, one assault was recorded toward Rai-Oleksandrivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Russian troops attacked toward Nykyforivka.
On the Kostiantynivka sector, Russian forces carried out 31 assaults near Ivanopillia, Illinivka, Pleshchiivka, Sofiivka, Nove Shakhove, Vilne, and toward Kostiantynivka, Novopavlivka, and Kucheriv Yar.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian Defense Forces stopped 32 Russian assault operations toward Rodynske, Shevchenko, Pokrovsk, Hryshyne, Vasylivka, Udachne, Muravka, Molodetske, Novomykolaivka, Bilytske, Novooleksandrivka, Kotlyne, and Novopidhorodnie.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, one assault was recorded toward Zlahoda.
In the Huliaipole sector, the invaders carried out 16 attacks toward Zlahoda, Vozdvyzhivka, Olenokostiantynivka, Charivne, Tsvitkove, Staroukrainka, Pryvillia, and Huliaipilske.
In the Orikhiv sector, Ukrainian forces stopped five Russian attempts to advance near Shcherbaky, Mali Shcherbaky, Stepove, and Yehorivka." Ukrin
