Drones are continuing to impact the Kuibyshev Oil Refinery in the Samara Oblast of Southern Russia, with several additional explosions seen as nearly the entire complex appears to now be engulfed in flames.

According to sources within the Syrian Government in Damascus, overnight, the Israeli Air Force carried out two waves of roughly a dozen airstrikes against several positions and sites operated by the Syrian Army near al-Kiswah to the south of the capital, resulted in multiple dead and injuried among the Syrian Forces. During and after the first wave of strikes, Israeli Special Forces conducted a landing operated in the vicinity of Jabal al-Mana, carrying out an unknown operation on the ground, before withdrawing back to Israel. Both the ground operation and strikes have yet to be confirmed by the Israel Defense Force.

Overnight, Russia launched over a dozen ballistic missiles, including several Iskander-Ms and Kinzhals, against the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, targeting a number of residential buildings and causing extensive damage to both the British Council Office and the Mission for the European Union. At least 14 were killed and over 50 were injured in the attack on Kyiv.

The U.K. Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian Ambassador following last night’s ballistic missile attack against the British Council Building in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “sabotaging peace” in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

The E3: consisting of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, delivered a letter today to the United Nation’s Security Council announcing their intention to activate “snapback measures” for U.N. Sanctions against Iran, for their continued development of their nuclear program and refusal to seriously negotiate with the E3.

The U.S. State Department and Secretary Marco Rubio have applauded today’s announcement by the E3: Britain, France, and Germany, that they intend to impose “snapback sanctions” against Iran, but added that the United States “remains available for direct engagement with Iran — in furtherance of a peaceful, enduring resolution to the Iran nuclear issue.”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stated that there will be no meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, following last night’s missile and drone attack against Kyiv, which resulted in at least 21 deaths and over 100 injuries, as well as damage to the British Council Office and European Union Mission.