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Smoke rising over Odesa after the Oniks cruise missile impacts

New high-resolution satellite imagery reveals that an hangar used for storing U.S. MQ-9 "Reaper" drones at Muwaffaq al-Salti Airbase was destroyed by an Iranian ballistic missile strike.

With all of this imagery coming out, one trend is clear: Iranian missiles are getting very accurate, especially compared to during the active phase of the war.

A Ukrainian SBU drone-boat struck a Russian oil tanker in the eastern Black Sea.

The SBU claims that this is the fourth Russian oil tanker hit by drone-boats in the past 10 days.

Situation on the Kostyantynivka direction, Donetsk Oblast:

Over the last two weeks, heavy fighting has persisted as Russian forces continue their high-intensity assault operations, while Ukrainian forces carry out a new series of counterattacks in multiple locations.

In the southwest, Russian forces intensified their assault operations west of Kostyantynivka and captured new treeline positions west of Stepanivka. From here, they are attempting to bypass Stepanivka and Dovha Balka from the east and west, pushing north up two parallel tactical heights towards Mykolaipillya and Oleksijevo-Druzhkivka. Fighting continues for the eastern and central parts of Dovha Balka.

To the northeast, Russian progress in Kostyantynivka has largely stalled after the Ukrainian command redeployed elements of the 425th Assault Regiment "Skala", who have been carrying out active counterattacks and clearing operations in the northern and northwestern parts of the city. Russian forces have continued clearing operations in the eastern part of Kostyantynivka and are carrying out deep infiltrations up both banks of the Kryvyi Torets River towards Osykove, Oleksijevo-Druzhkivka, and the fields northeast of Mykolaipillya.

To the east, Russian forces intensified their assault operations and are attempting to consolidate in Molocharka. From there, they are infiltrating northwest towards Izhevka, while other assault groups continue attempts at reaching Stinky from the south.

Further northeast, Ukrainian forces counterattacked east of Virolyubivka, recapturing a number of treeline positions on the tactical heights there, and alleviating the pressure on the Ukrainian strongholds in and west of Chasiv Yar. Russian forces responded with counterattacks, as well as continued assault operations on heavily entrenched Ukrainian positions along the railway near Mykolaivka and Chervone.

Further north, Russian forces resumed assault operations in the Markove area, breaking through Ukrainian positions in the centre of the village, before establishing full control over the settlement. From here, they are infiltrating further west down the road to the neighbouring village of Fedorivka.

+ ~5.77 km² in favour of Russia.
+ ~2.65 km² in favour of Ukraine.

Interactive map link: amkmapping.com

Situation on the Kramatorsk & Slovyansk directions, Donetsk Oblast:

Over the last few weeks, Russian forces stepped up their offensive operations, and have made significant progress in the direction of Mykolaivka and Kramatorsk.

In the south, Russian forces cleared the remaining parts of Minkivka and the strongpoints south of the village, before securing the entire eastern bank of the Siverskyi-Donets Canal in this area. Assault groups then crossed the canal, establishing a foothold on its western bank, and entered the villages of Malynivka and Tykhonivka. Some infiltrations have taken place even further west towards Vasyutynske and Pershomarivka, to within 5.5 km of the eastern outskirtsof Kramatorsk.

To the north, the Russians cleared the section of highway northwest of Pryvillya and linked up with forces pushing west from Dibrrova, capturing additional positions along the eastern bank of the canal. Other assault groups began pushing north from Fedorivka Druha, establishing control over the forest, and are attempting to break through a Ukrainian FPV drone kill-zone towards Rai-Oleksandrivka from the south.

To the northeast, Russian forces recaptured the northern part of Nykyforivka and the village of Lypivka, and established control over the forests north of Lypivka. Other forces improved their positions in the forested gullies east of Rai-Oleksandrivka, forcing the Ukrainian formations in the strongpoints to the east to withdraw due to the risk of encirclement. From here, Russian forces have reached Rai-Oleksandrivka from the south and are attempting to clear the remaining treeline positions east of the town. In Rai-Oleksandrivka itself, Russian assault froups captured the town centre and advanced in the northern and southern parts of the town, with some infiltrators penetrating west towards Orikhuvatka.

Further north, the Russians gained a foothold in the eastern part of the large forest north of Rai-Oleksandrivka and improved their positions in the trenches on the tactical heights northwest of Kalenyky. Other assault groups cleared the salient southeast of Kryva Luka as well as the pocket east of the village, and captured a number of positions along the tactical heights west of the village. Since then, Russian infiltrators have been penetrating deep behind Ukrainian lines up to the eastern outskirts of Mykolaivka, and throughout Pyskunivka to the eastern outskirts of Starodubivka. Furthermore, Russian forces once again recaptured the southern and central parts of Yampil, and are pushing south towards the northern outskirts of Ozerne.

+ ~68.00 km² in favour of Russia.

Interactive map: amkmapping.com

A massive crater is seen in a field following a Russian Oniks supersonic cruise misisle strike on Odesa Oblast a little over an hour ago.

Debris from a U.S. MQ-9 "Reaper" drone is seen near the city of Dehloran, western Iran, after it was shot down by Iranian air defence.

A short time ago, 4 Russian Tu-22m3 strategic bombers from Engels-2 Airbase launched 4 Kh-22/32 supersonic cruise missiles at the Yuzhnyi Port in Odesa Oblast, as a part of the expected combat mission for today.

Explosions in Kuwait. Iran launched tactical ballistic missiles towards the country from the Abadan area.

Two Russian Geran-4 jet-drones struck a logistics warehouse in the town of Berezna, Chernihiv Oblast.

Russian Geran-4 jet-drone strike on a hydrocarbon processing unit near the village of Bazylivshchyna, Poltava Oblast.

Coordinates: 49.478482, 34.847048

Russian Geran-4 jet-drone strike on a bulk carrier ship in the outer harbour of the Odesa Port.