Tulkarm, West Bank

Iron Dome is working

It might be another cluster missile

The missile was shot down southwest of Salfit, West Bank

The missile was carrying a cluster warhead; even after interception, some submunitions can still fall. There is currently a report of one impact

3 debris/submunition impacts are reported in central Israel

A new Israeli airstrike was carried out on the southern suburbs of Beirut.

In the Pokrovs'ke direction, both Russian and Ukrainian forces have advanced over the last few weeks, with Ukrainian forces continuing their localised counteroffensive operation.

In the southwest, Ukrainian forces continued clearing the fields west and northwest of Zlahoda, capturing new treeline positions and continuing their infiltrations towards the village.

To the east, the Ukrainians cleared a number of treeline positions south and southeast of Vyshneve, and carried out a deep infiltration into the centre of Novohryhorivka, where fighting ensued. Meanwhile, the Ukrainians continued their attacks in the area of Pryvillya while Russian forces re-entered the village of Verbove from the treelines that remained in the grey-zone.

Further east, Ukrainian forces improved their positions south of Kalynivske and entered the western part of Novomykolaivka, before subsequently being pushed out by Russian counterattacks.

To the northeast, Russian forces cleared the eastern part of Berezove from Ukrainian forces and began advancing along the road towards the southeastern part of Ternove. On the other hand, Ukrainian assault groups finally cleared the Russian strongpoints northwest of Ternove.

Further northeast, Ukrainian forces established control over some treelines north of the Khoroshe Tract and broke through Russian positions to the east, recapturing additional treelines and entering the western streets of Sichneve. Additionally, they cleared some treeline positions south and east Oleksandrohrad and reached the northwestern outskirts of Voskresenka.

+ ~21.51 km² in favour of Ukraine.
+ ~1.86 km² in favour of Russia.

Interactive map link: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1thW9kqnDOaS2lAepLhLdzSX8Ur9Sc4k&ll=47.972743277699266%2C36.237619512610394&z=10

I'll try to publish some more much-needed Ukraine map updates tomorrow.

Mr Joe Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Centre has made his letter of resignation public.

Mr Kent makes clear that from his position 'Iran posed no imminent threat' and the war started 'due to pressure from Israel'

There is a high threat of another combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine for the next 3 days, especially for Kyiv City and Kyiv Oblast.

If this attack does take place, the following could be used:

- Iskander-M ballistic missiles
- Iskander-K cruise missiles
- Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles
- Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles
- The new "Izdeliye-30" cruise missile

As we are entering the spring months, its likely that there will be other targets hit beyond the usual energy infrastructure, especially that of the military-industrial complex.

An attack like this would not include strategic aviation, and would take place any time between 12am and 4am Kyiv Time.

After this attack (if it does indeed take place), we can expect another combined attack 1-2 weeks from now involving Tu-95MS, Tu-160M, and possibly Tu-22m3 strategic bombers, which are being redeployed and are undergoing equipment of Kh-101 cruise missiles.

Footage showing two Israeli airstrikes flattening a high-rise building in the city centre of Beirut.

The IDF claims it was targeting "Hezbollah infrastructures".

The IDF published footage claiming to show a targeted assassination strike on Yahya Abu-Labda, a commander of Hamas' supply and logistics department.

Copy pasted from my Twitter:

I plan to get back into my normal posting schedules soon. Iran updates will continue, but I won't be covering every single event like I've been doing lately (during my online periods).

I know I've gained over the majority (over 100,000 followers) from my Iran coverage, but this account was originally made for covering and mapping the war in Ukraine, and I plan to stick to my roots for as long as this war lasts, even if it means I lose a ton of engagement and impressions.

In the end, I know much more about the war in Ukraine and find it a lot more interesting to research and post about. I've dedicated the last 2 years to covering it, and the last 4 years to following it. I don't want to force myself to always post mostly about a conflict that I've viewed as secondary to Ukraine for me.

So expect the rate of my Middle East updates to begin decreasing over time, although I do plan to keep them decently consistent and numerous for those who are here for them.

Rocket alerts in northern Israel

Elements of Ukraine's 425th assault regiment "Skala" have been redeployed to the Slovyansk/Rai-Oleksandrivka direction in an attempt at slowing down the relatively rapid Russian progress in this sector.

As I've been saying for months, Russian advances west of Siversk and northwest of Bakhmut towards the cities of Mykolaivka, Slovyansk, and Kramatorsk are extremely dangerous for Ukraine. In my opinion, this is THE MOST critical front for Ukraine right now. After capturing the stronghold city of Siversk and the surrounding heavily fortified areas, Russia has been able to capture most of the heavily fortified areas west of Siversk, which have been held for nearly 4 years.

Due to their massive concentration of manpower in this direction, their successful movements on the opposite bank of the Siverskyi Donets River in the adjacent Lyman sector, and the presence of major logistical hubs (Lysychansk, Severodonetsk, and now Siversk), Russia has been able to enter and consolidate positions at an unprecedently fast rate. Artillery shells are now striking the eastern suburbs of Kramatorsk for the first time ever, and FPV drones are flying freely over both Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, forcing Ukraine to construct anti-drone nets on the city streets and logistical routes.

It's unclear where these elements of the 425th regiment were redeployed from as this unit is currently stretched across multiple fronts, but in my opinion it likely came from the Pokrovs'ke direction where it was previously deployed to take part in the ongoing counteroffensive. This is because its redeployment from there was reported (but never confirmed) last month.

I wouldn't be surprised if other units are sent to this sector in order to slow Russian advances. Ukraine's goal is likely to halt Russia's advance before they can capture the remaining tactical heights and "old" fortifications east of the Siverskyi Donets Canal and Mykolaivka.

Pisky, Donetsk Oblast. Right on the outskirts of Donetsk City.

Its crazy that there used to be an entire town here with houses and apartment buildings, rather than just a field of debris.