Explosions in Kyiv. Geran drone attacks.

There are differing reports coming out of Makarivka.

Deepstate reported that Russian forces expanded their bridgehead on the western bank of the Mokri Yaly river, further tightening their operational encirclement of the AFU, whereas Suriyak reported that Ukraine was able to withdraw from the village to avoid encirclement.

The SBU is reportedly behind today’s IED bombing in Moscow, which resulted in the death of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the commander of the Russian Armed Force’s Radiological, Chemical, and Biological (CBR) Defence Unit, as well as his assistant.

Senior U.S. officials to the WSJ: "Turkey and its militia allies are building up forces along the border with Syria, raising alarm that Ankara is preparing for a large-scale incursion into territory held by the SDF".

The moment of the IED explosion in Moscow.

Syrian civil war part 2 incoming. I have a feeling that Turkey will become the new Russia - at least in SNA controlled parts of the country.

Reminder: War is not only measured in square km.

There are other things that contribute significantly to the success of one side or another:

- logistics
- quantity of manpower
- quality of manpower
- artillery shell firing rates
- quantity of defensive fortifications
- quality of defensive fortifications
- Natural geography (eg. tactical heights & rivers)
- Production rates to sustain a war of attrition
- Economic growth
- Good wages for soldiers
- Morale
- Technological advantages
- Size of the country (at least in the case of Ukraine)
- RELIABLE allies
- Spheres of influence
- Natural resources
- Trade routes

And much, much more.

Don't think that just because people are saying that "RuSSia oNlY aDvAncEd aN aVerAgE oF 200 MeTReS PeR dAy" that it means that this will stay the same forever.

It's not that simple.

1 Russian Tu-95ms aircraft departed from Olenya airbase in Murmansk Oblast a short while ago and is flying south towards Engels-2 airbase in Saratov Oblast, presumably for the purpose of being equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles. I expect it will return to Olenya within the next 36 hours.

Renewed Turkish airstrikes are being carried out on SDF controlled parts of Northern Syria. This photo is from near Tel Abyad.

A reliable source reported that Russian forces have advanced in the direction of Kostyantynopil', taking up new positions in the treelines to the southeast of the village.

According to Hadshot Yisrael, Netanyahu is in Cairo to sign a prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas. Meanwhile other Israeli media report that Israel has received a list of hostages confirmed to be alive in Gaza.

It's looking more and more likely that we will see at least a temporary ceasefire in Gaza soon.

A Hamas official to The Washington Post: “We have dropped the demand for a complete end to the war and the withdrawal of the IDF from the Gaza Strip. We insist that Palestinians be allowed to return to northern Gaza.”

Israeli forces have reportedly seized the Al-Wahda Dam in the southern part of the Dara'a governorate of Syria.

If true, Israel now controls the flow of the Yarmouk River.

A reliable source reported that Russian forces have advanced down a treeline and into the first houses of Novovasylivka.

Russian forces have reportedly advanced in Toretsk, seizing new residential areas and are now apparently trying to encircle the Ukrainians who have fortified themselves on the territory of the military enlistment office (circled in blue) and in the building of the community centre.