🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured their fourth town in the Dnepr region - Voronoe, in the Pokrovskoe direction.

Further north, Russian troops have captured half of the large town Iskra (Ukrainian: Andreevka Klevtsovo) - Novopavlovka direction.

🇷🇺⚡- Russian President Putin arrived in Magadan, far-east Russia, overnight in preparation for his flight to Alaska.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- Yuri Ushakov, Putin's Aide on Foreign Affairs, says the Trump-Putin Alaska Summit will begin 11:30am local time on Friday.

A joint press conference is scheduled after the meeting.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- The first few members of the Putin delegation team have already left for Alaska.

Russia's delegation team:
President Vladimir Putin.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Foreign Policy Aide, Yuri Ushakov.
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
Envoy Kirill Dmitriev.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: "Tomorrow everything will end, we are talking about the 'Special Military Operation'. And we will begin a major demining work," - Vyacheslav Gladkov, Russia's Governor of Belgorod, in a very unusual statement.

🇷🇺⚡- Russian President Putin held a security cabinet meeting before departing to Magadan, far-east Russia.

Top leaders from across the country were in the meeting, including representatives of the government at federal and regional levels.

🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian President Zelensky arrives at 10 Downing Street, London, to meet UK's Prime Minister Starmer.

🇺🇸🇷🇺 - Reports that Russian President Putin has departed for Alaska are false. Putin is currently on the Staritsky Peninsula, the far north-east of Russia.

The aircraft RSD381 that has departed from Moscow is carrying a part of Putin's team, likely towards Alaska - the aircraft has no input destination. RSD381 has its transponders currently off, it was last seen flying northeast over Arkhangelsk.

RSD381 will be returning to Russia early morning on Friday. The Il-96 aircraft will return to Elizovo Airport, Kamchatka, far-east Russia, at 8:15am local time. It's likely here that Putin will be picked up to fly to Alaska, to arrive for the Trump-Putin Summit at 11:30am local time.

🇮🇱⚡- Heavy Israeli jet movement across the country.

🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇷⚡- "Iran’s nuclear programme remains a threat to international security.

As the E3 [the UK, France and Germany], we have offered to extend sanctions relief, if Iran meets our conditions. If not, we will reimpose these measures.

Iran still has the choice to resume diplomacy. The ball is in their court," - David Lammy, Britain's Foreign Secretary.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇳⚡- "Refiners in India are looking for alternative crude supplies ahead of a summit between the US and Russian leaders.

India's state processors have bought non-Russian crude from the US, Brazil, and the Middle East for September-October delivery. Indian importers of Russian crude are facing hesitation from banking and logistics partners due to the threat of US secondary sanctions," - Bloomberg.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- The US has announced its delegation team for the Trump-Putin Summit in Alaska:

President Donald Trump.
Vice President JD Vance.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent.
Envoy Steve Witkoff.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- Russian flight RSD381 has entered American airspace in Alaska. Its transponders went active approximately half an hour ago.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- The Kremlin has finally confirmed that RSD381 is not carrying President Putin, as Rerum Novarum reported earlier. The aircraft carried Russian journalists from different outlets that will cover the Trump-Putin Alaska Summit tomorrow.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The White House says that President Trump is planning to visit Israel next month.

🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: Following the E3 threats of activating the 'snapback' sanctions on Tehran, Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei has agreed to resume nuclear negotiations with the US, viewing them as "vital to the Islamic Republic’s survival," Reuters reports.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- US aircraft RCH3267 has lifted off from Joint Base Andrews heading towards Anchorage, Alaska.

The aircraft is preparing for President Trump's visit to Alaska for the Trump-Putin Summit.

RCH3267 has assisted the Trump administration with logistics in several high-profile visits, such as Vice President JD Vance's visit to Rome in mid-April.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: Ukrainian lines in the Kupyansk direction have also begun to collapse!

After Russian infantry units began storming northern Kupyansk city last night, the Ukrainian defensive lines east of the Oskol River began to crumble. Russian forces captured an incredible 87 sqkm of area. Multiple fortifications have fallen to Russian control.

Note, the area captured is not only some of the most densely trenched territory, but Russia had been unable to move the front in this area for well over 12+ months - until now.

Fighting has begun for the large town of Petropavlovka.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian counterattacks in the Pokrovsk direction seem to have failed.

The decision to counterattack, requiring the greater number of reinforcements from other areas, instead of trying to just stabilize or contain the Russian breakthrough has now left Ukrainian defenses exposed in the other directions.

While Pokrovsk may have stabilized, the frontline is now moving rapidly in Russian favor in the Konstantinovka, Limen and Kupyansk directions.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- A Russian Su-30SM jet crashed in the Black Sea. The wreckage has been found, but the pilot remains missing.

🇵🇸🇸🇸🇮🇱⚡- Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel arrives in Juba, South Sudan, to meet President Kiir.