⚡️🇺🇸🇻🇪🇶🇦Reuters: The U.S. has completed its first sales of the $2 billion Venezuelan oil deal between Washington D.C. and Caracas.

Revenue from the estimated $500 million sale is being held in a government bank account.

The main account is located in Qatar, which is seen as a neutral country where funds can be moved with U.S. approval and without risk of it being seized.

@wfwitness

At least two Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles impacted the suburbs of Mykolaiv City.

Repeated launches from Crimea are reported.

A large fire is seen burning at the impact site.

Russian forces have captured the village of Komarivka, Hlukhiv direction, Sumy Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~116.
Total land area: ~1.22 km².

The fighting for Komarivka lasted approximately 18 days.

Kh-59/69 cruise missile to Konotop, Sumy Oblast.

The missile disappeared east of Konotop. It was launched from a Su-57 in eastern Kursk Oblast.

Iskander from Feodosia, Crimea, to Odesa

Explosion in Odesa

It impacted in Chornomorsk, just south of Odesa

The impact took place in the area of the Chornomorsk Port. Smoke is seen rising.

Russian forces have captured the village of Prylipka, Bilyi Kolodyaz direction, Kharkiv Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~100.
Total land area: ~0.32 km².

The fighting for Prylipka lasted approximately 40 days.

In the Komyshuvakha direction, Russian forces continued their offensive operations, making further significant progress in the direction of the Konka River.

Over the last 10 days, Russian forces have been advancing towards the village of Novoyakovlivka. They first improved their positions in the treelines southeast of Lukyanivske, and once that village fell, they were able to penetrate further northeast up a gulley, reaching Novoyakovlivka. From there, they were able to enter the western streets of the settlement, where fighting is now ongoing.

Once this spearhead had formed, efforts were quickly made to strengthen its flanks. Russian assault groups advanced east along the treelines on the tactical heights from the newly captured Lukyanivske, establishing control over new positions southwest and west of Novoyakovlivka. Infiltrations are now being carried out into the neighbouring village of Novoboikivske, as well as into the village of Pavlivka, to the south of Novoyakovlivka, after new positions were captured west of the settlement.

+ ~7.97 km² in favour of Russia.

Interactive map link: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?hl=en&mid=1thW9kqnDOaS2lAepLhLdzSX8Ur9Sc4k&ll

Current trends suggest that another large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine involving strategic bombers will take place in the next 1-4 days.

Currently I'm trying to determine some additional info about movements, so I will make a follow up post with more details when some things clear up.

Kharkiv City / surroundings is currently under attack from Tornado-S rockets. They seem to be impacting the Pisochyn area, just west of the city. This is where the TEC-5 Combined Heat and Power Plant is.

In the Dobropillya direction, Russian forces continued to advance north of Pokrovsk, capturing new positions towards the rear of Rodynske.

After regaining the initiative once again and recapturing a number of previously lost areas, Russian forces continued pushing north from Pokrovsk. They were able to cross the road to Hryshyne at another point, capturing the second pig farm complex and securing positions in the adjacent treelines. From there, assault groups advanced further north, reaching the former "Zaporozhskaya" Mine from the south, which DRGs earlier infiltrated from Rodynske.

As a result of these advances, the remaining Ukrainian formations in southwestern Rodynske withdrew to avoid being encircled, allowing the Russians to regain control over those streets and shift the fighting back to the northwestern part of the city. Russian forces also recaptured a number of positions along the highway between Rodynske and Pokrovsk, as well as the ruins of the pig farm complex there.

+ ~7.80 km² in favour of Russia.

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At least six strikes with Tornado-S rockets have been carried out on the TEC-6 Combined Heat and Power Plant in Kharkiv City so far.

There are also reports that Russia is preparing to use an Oreshnik IRBM during the weekend.

In my opinion, this is being mixed up with a potential threat for Iskander-I launches (Iskander-M with a 1,000 km range).

In the Druzhkivka direction, Russian forces continued to advance northeast of Sofiivka, capturing positions in the direction of a number of Ukrainian stronghold settlements.

After making progress northeast of Sofiivka, Russian forces continued to build on their success, advancing up four parallel treelines and entrenching along a perpendicular treeline further north. Additionally, Russian DRGs managed to cross the Poltavka River and enter the village of Novopavlivka.

+ ~0.92 km² in favour of Russia.

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In the Kostyantynivka direction, Russian forces continued to advance towards Kostyantynivka, making significant progress in developing their offensive.

Following at least a week infiltrations, Russian forces managed to consolidate in the southern part of Illinka and in the forested gulley to the south. This allowed for DRGs to infiltrate even deeper, entering the low-rise residential parts of southwestern Kostyantynivka for the first time, and reaching areas further north in the direction of northwestern Kostyantynivka.

Additionally, Russian forces managed to clear out the rest of the pocket northeast of Yablunivka, where they captured a number of strongpoints in the forests there, and also improved their positions in the treelines in the direction of Berestok. This forced most of the remaining Ukrainian formations to withdraw from the forests north of the Kleban-Bykske reservoir, with those last positions now fully in the grey-zone.

+ ~9.11 km² in favour of Russia.

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