🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukraine's vast network of fortifications around Kurakhovo have begun to crumble. Russian troops have reached the outskirts of Dalnoe.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured Voznesenka and Yureevka in the Pokrovsk-Kurakhovo direction. Russian troops have also entered Sonstovka and Zorya.

🇷🇺🇸🇩⚡- "The Republic of Sudan is interested in building a Russian naval base in the city of Port Sudan, located on the western coast of the Red Sea," - Hussein al-Hajjah, Sudan's Deputy Foreign Minister.

🇸🇩🇹🇩⚡- "We have a lot of evidence that Chad offers Rapid Support Forces a military base near its borders with Sudan. Chad allows weapons to be transferred, provides logistical support and even allows mercenaries from different West African countries and other countries to pass through to join the militia," - Hussein al-Hajjah, Sudan's Deputy Foreign Minister.

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🇩🇪🇮🇱⚡- "Attacks on Israelis similar to the 'Jewish pogroms' in Amsterdam may be repeated in Germany," - Bild, German media.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The number of Ukrainian troops involved in the operation in the Kursk region now surpasses those deployed in the Donbass. A sergeant from the 225th Assault Battalion noted that their mission in the Kursk region is to continue the offensive," - El Pais, Spanish media, citing a source in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

🇹🇷🇸🇾⚡- Turkish President Erdogan left the room when Syrian President Assad began speaking at the Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - The situation for the Ukrainian forces in the Porovsk-Kurakhovo direction has become very critical.

Russian troops have approached the last line of defense in the Donetsk region (highlighted on the map). With fighting ongoing in the center of Zorya, Russian forces are less than 2.5km away from the final line before the Dnepr region. The distance to the Dnepr border is less than 19km.

As seen on the map, the number of fortifications beyond the final line are considerably less, which will make defending against a possible Russian offensive extremely difficult. A recent British Intelligence report states Russia is forming 8 new brigades to launch a massive winter offensive, on a scale similar to Russia's summer 2024 offensive.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇷🇺⚡- "The U.S. and UK are preparing to blow up underwater fiber-optic cables that provide the entire world with internet," - Nikolai Patrushev, Russian Presidential Aide.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - The image above which is being circulated claiming to show the destruction of the Kurakhovo dam is incorrect.

We have geolocated the photo to 50.74844, 30.36706, Kozarovitskaya Dam in Kiev. This dam was destroyed by Ukrainian forces in 2022 during the battle of Irpin.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Large-scale Hezbollah attack across northern Israel. Several injuries reported.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israel claims Hezbollah launched over 90 rockets at northern Israel in the last attack.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Israel threatens to expand ground operations in Lebanon," - al-Akhbar, Lebanese media.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured Novoselidovka, Kurakhovo direction. The 114th Brigade's flag was raised at 48.05465, 37.29558.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Hezbollah continues to fire rockets from the border. Lebanese towns that were allegedly 'cleared' by Israeli forces.

🇨🇳⚡- A man crashed his car on purpose into a crowd at a sports center in Zhuhai, China. Bodies are littered across the road, as medic teams rush to the site.

🇨🇳⚡- The perpetraor attempted to flee, but security forces managed to detain him.

🇨🇳⚡- Scenes in Zhuhai, China - 7 dead, over 30 injured. Death toll likely to rise.

Zhuhai is currently also hosting an airshow.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "There are two threats that we need to solve - the Iranian threat and the conscription law," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.

🇨🇳⚡- China is censoring the event, including the number of casualties.