🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Russell to return to the United States, both of which were called to the Middle East some weeks ago fearing an imminent Iranian retaliation against Israel.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- US envoy Amos Hochstein to make another visit to Israel, reiterating to Israeli political leadership not to escalate tensions in the north and refrain from invading Lebanon.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "Everyone in the United States and Israel realizes that a war with Hezbollah could lead to a multi-front war." -Israel Channel 12, center-left anti-Likud outlet.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "Hochstein will make an extra effort to reach a settlement in the north, and the problem is that such a settlement is also linked to a ceasefire in Gaza" -Israel Channel 12, center-left anti-Likud outlet.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian forces have reentered and captured the northern half of Krasniy Yar – Pokrovsk direction.

New Russian UAV footage shows Russian artillery striking at 48.24393, 37.33189, indicating Ukrainian presence.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian counterattack in the Pokrovsk direction.

While Ukrainian forces had lost 90% of Novgrodovka, they still control the private sector in the south from which they launched a counter attack into Marinovka.

Russian FPVs were seen striking at Ukrainian troops in the northern half of the town, at 48.185233 37.346259.

🇮🇷🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡️- Turkish-backed Syrian National Army media outlet "Syria TV" alleges that Israel carried out a special forces insertion near the city of Maysaf on September 9th, kidnapping "2-4 Iranian officers along with equipment and documents."

As of now, no confirmation on the veracity of these allegations- neither Israel nor Iran have confirmed the operation's existence.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Another major Ukrainian withdrawal in the Kurakhovo direction.

Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from their fortifications west of Krasnogorovka to their trench systems east of Gostroe.

Russian forces captured an area of 25.7 sqkm. The distance to Kurakhovo remains 5.5 km.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have reached the outskirts of Lisovka – Pokrovsk direction.

Russian troops advanced 1,500 meters along the tree lines west of Novgrodovka, entering Lisovka from the east. The advance most likely occurred Wednesday morning as initial reports began circulating Wednesday afternoon and evening.

The current status of the town is unknown, some Ukrainian sources claim Russian forces have already captured the entirety of the town.

🇮🇷🇮🇶⚡️- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has arrived in Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq, as part of his state visit to Iraq. "Iraq is truly our second homeland," Arab media quoted him on his stop in Sulaymaniyah.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Red alerts in northern Israel (Shlomi / Shtula direction.)

Rocket launches were detected from Lebanon as far south as Ein Ya'akov, outside the confrontation line and evacuated zones within northern Israel.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We are shifting the center of gravity to the north, while we complete missions in the south. The important task remains in the north: to restore security and allow residents to return to their homes," – Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- The army is completing preparations for all branches of the armed forces for a possible ground operation in Lebanon – The Jerusalem Post.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- An imminent Israeli attack on Hezbollah will take place in December – al-Akhbar, Lebanese Media, following the Israeli Defense Minister's statement about shifting the "center of gravity to the north".

🇾🇪🇮🇱⚡- Houthi militants have arrived in southern Syria to open a new front against Israel – i24NEWS, Israeli media.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- A fire broke out in northern Israel as a consequence of Hezbollah rocket salvos

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- More than 110,000 Lebanese left their homes in border areas with Israel due to constant shelling – Al-Hadath, Saudi state-owned media.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Scenes from Ukrainsk, Povrovsk direction.

A Russian soldier in the town assists an Ukrainian evacuation team which got stranded in the town. The Russian serviceman assists the team and civilians to make it out of the town and safely into Ukrainian-held territory while under artillery fire.

🇨🇳⚡- "We must thwart US efforts against Iran, Russia and China," – Wang Yi, China's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russia's counter-offensive continues in the Kursk region, Russia.

Russian forces has captured Pokrovskiy.

Meanwhile further west in Kursk, Ukraine has just launched a massive offensive operation towards Novyi-Put. Yesterday Ukrainian DRGs were probing the defenses in the area.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, finally publicly acknowledged Russia's forward-operations in the Kursk region, saying "Russians have launched counteroffensive actions in the Kursk region, everything is going according to our plan".

The current situation in Kursk (shown on the map), Russian forces, in 72 hours, have recaptured 13 towns and 221 sqkm.