U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel, late on Saturday in his first trip to The Middle East.

Last week, a State Department official said that Rubio will discuss Gaza, the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Israel during the trip, and will pursue Trump’s approach of trying to disrupt the status quo in the region.

I will never understand those who criticize people for using Russian (or even neutral) sources for their information on the war, but then proceed to view the clearly fabricated casualty counts and missile/drone interception reports made by the Ukrainian government as fact.

Explosions in Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky, Odesa Oblast. Two Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles struck at or near the city.

I have to say, I’m really enjoying watching the remnants of NAFO attacking each other over all the different issues that they disagree on, eg. Trump, David D, Georgian Legion, aid scams, grifters, etc.

It seems that Nafo as an organisation is finally coming to an end.

Karma’s real guys.

The Kurakhove salient has now completely fallen apart. Russian forces have entered Ulaky, and it’s likely that there are Ukrainians trapped in an encirclement.

The withdrawal is messy and unorganized, with Russian equipment taking advantage of the confusion.

Russian forces continue to slowly advance in the western part of the Kursk salient, capturing the majority of the village of Sverdlikovo.

They advanced from their bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Loknya River, down the Korenevo - Sudzha highway, and branched off to the two adjacent streets. Russian forces took up positions in the houses there.

This was likely achieved with the help of detachments being moved from the fields to the west, where the Ukrainians were nearly pushed back to the international border, to Sverdlikovo, therefore reinforcing the local offensive.

Once Sverdlikovo falls, Russian forces will have a relatively solid bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Loknya River, and will begin to assault the treelines to the south and north of Lebedevka, laying the groundworks for an attack on the village.

+ ~0.60km² in favour of Russia.

Correction of the frontline in favour of Ukraine:

At some point, Ukrainian forces advanced in the Kupyansk direction, recapturing a large section of land north of the city of Kupyansk. This likely occurred shortly after Russia's failed attack on the city late last year.

Ukrainian forces retook positions in the forests near Kucherivka and Petropavlivka, reaching the southern bank of the Hnylytsya River in all directions.

The main Russian presence is maintained in the forests to the west, as they don't hold many positions in the northwestern part of Petropavlivka.

+ ~13.9km² in favour of Ukraine.

In the Toretsk direction, Russian forces advanced, capturing the main part of the village of Shcherbynivka.

After being pushed out of Novospaske, Russian forces refocused on attacking along the eastern bank of the Kryvyi Torets River. They advanced from positions in the eastern part of Shcherbynivka, capturing the rest of the main part of the village. Ukrainian forces maintain control over the northern streets, however.

+ ~0.81km² in favour of Russia.

On the eastern flank of Pokrovsk, Russian forces advanced, capturing the village of Berezivka.

Russian forces advanced from positions in Vodyane Druhe, moved across the fields, before capturing Berezivka. They also attacked through the forests in the low-lying ground towards the village of Tarasivka, capturing positions there.

Russian forces are now developing an offensive on Tarasivka from three directions, after capturing Zelene Pole, and now Berezivka.

+ ~3.05km² in favour of Russia.

In western Donetsk Oblast, Russian forces advanced, reaching the northern approaches to Preobrazhenka.

Yesterday, I reported that the Russians advanced west through the fields, and took up positions in the northern part of Preobrazhenka, but this was then clarified to have taken place as a larger advance from the north, where Russian forces advanced from positions southwest of Nadiivka.

They were able to advance down one treeline, down a perpendicular one, and also gained a foothold in the next treeline over.

+ ~1.73km² in favour of Russia.

In the Bahatyr direction, Russian forces closed the salient west of Kurakhove, encircling a small group of Ukrainian soldiers in the treelines west of Dachne.

Russian armoured columns advanced north from near Zelenivka, with infantry taking up positions in the treelines there. They also captured positions in the southeastern and eastern parts of Ulaky, with most of the village now being under Russian control, or in the grey zone.

We will likely see the fall of Ulaky and then perhaps Kostyantynopil in the coming days, with the frontline falling back towards Bahatyr.

+ ~2.42km² in favour of Russia.

In the Komar direction, Russian forces made significant progress, crossing the Mokry Yaly River, and entering the village of Novoocheretuvate.

Russian forces advanced up the treeline on the eastern bank of the Mokri Yaly River, before crossing at the bridge, and taking up positions in the first houses of Novoocheretuvate. They also advanced up a treeline on the western bank of the river, after making another crossing there too.

+ ~3.55km² in favour of Russia.

M23 rebels have captured the South Kivu capital of Bukavu, in eastern DR Congo.

For those wondering, my reports on Ukrainian advances are based ONLY off reports from Russian sources, and geolocations.

The pocket west of Kurakhove has been cleared by Russian forces. There are Ukrainian POWs.

I've had a pretty shitty day today. I lost one, maybe two, of my good friends.

I won't be reporting anything else for now.

Thanks for all the supporting messages everyone. I’ll try to be back by tomorrow. Today’s Ukraine updates are live on my interactive map (shorturl.at/XrnqF) but I won’t be posting about them.

🇨🇩🇷🇼🇺🇬 - Burundi threatens preemptive military action against the M23 and Rwanda if the M23 advance any further south towards its borders

M23 advanced 105km in 18 days, from Minova to Bukavu. M23 have exactly 105km from its current positions to Uvira, the eastern DR Congo town that borders Burundi's economic capital Bujumbura.

The IDF has withdrawn from all areas of southern Lebanon, except for 5 key positions, as marked on the map.

These positions are:
1. Labounah-Alama al-Shaab forests
2. Jabal Balat, between Marwahin and Ramieh
3. Jabal al-Deir in the south of Aitaroun
4. The newly established base along the Marbakah-Houla road
5. Tel al-Hamamis in the south of Khiam

RSF collapse continues across multiple sectors of Sudan, including in Khartoum and Kordofan.