Thursday, September 10, 2026

Russian drone in Moldova nearly hit Zelensky's plane

"A suspected Russian Shahed-type drone that violated Moldovan and Romanian airspace 
nearly hit President Volodymyr
Zelensky's plane as it was departing from Moldova.
Zelensky was traveling to Norway to meet Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store ahead of the funeral of King Harald V at the time of the incident. The president's plane took off from Moldova, where the drone incursion occurred.
Moldova's Defense Ministry reported that a Shahed-type drone had invaded the country's airspace at around 4:20 p.m. local time. It was monitored by the Moldovan military until the drone crossed into Romanian airspace at around 4:37 p.m." KI

5.3 Earthquake - 126 km WSW of Alianza Cristiana, Peru

A strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit 126 km WSW of Alianza Cristiana, Peru, in the early morning at 1.42 am local time (America/Lima GMT -5). The depth of the quake could not be determined, but is assumed to be shallow. The quake was felt by many near the epicenter. 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

263 clashes on front line over past day

"Ukraine’s Defense Forces engaged in 263 combat clashes with Russian forces on the front line.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors,
Russian forces launched two assaults. Thee also carried out 79 shelling attacks and one strike with a guided aerial bomb.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector,
Ukrainian forces repelled 10 Russian attacks. Russian troops attempted to advance toward Lyman, Starytsia, Vovchansk, Chaikivka, Mala Vovcha, Rubizhne, and Ustynivka.
In the Kupiansk sector,
Russian forces made six attempts to improve their positions, launching assaults toward Kupiansk, Kurylivka, Hlushkivka, and Novoosynove.
In the Lyman sector,
Russian forces attacked 11 times toward Shyikivka, Druzheliubivka, Novoselivka, Lyman, and Dibrova.
In the Sloviansk sector, the enemy launched seven assaults near Yampil, Kryva Luka, Kalenyky, Mykolaivka, and Rai-Oleksandrivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector,
Russian forces carried out one offensive operation toward Yurkivka.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, there were 17
Russian attacks. Russian troops launched assaults near Kostiantynivka and toward Novoselivka, Mykolaipillia, Shakhove, Sofiivka, Rusyn Yar, Illinivka, and Kucheriv Yar.
The enemy launched 49 attacks in the Pokrovsk sector, attempting to advance toward Dorozhnie, Bilytske, Novyi Donbas, Vodianske, Shevchenko, Nadiia, Myrne, Serhiivka, Udachne, Novomykolaivka, Novopidhorodnie, Dobropillia, Hannivka, Krasnopodillia, and Novopavlivka.
In the Oleksandrivka sector,
Russian forces launched two assaults toward Rybne and Shevchenko.
In the Huliaipole sector,
Russian forces attacked nine times, attempting to advance toward Dobropillia, Rizdvianka, Kosivtseve, Tsvitkove, and Charivne.
In the Orikhiv sector, the enemy made no attempts to improve their positions." Ukrin