Great.... the European Space Agency has now decided to include most of Southern Lebanon, almost all of Israel, and parts of Jordan as well under their newly censored areas. Satellite images that are normally accessible today are now delayed by 24hrs.

Ukrainian channels are sounding the alarm on Kupyansk, characterising the situation as "hell".

This comes as Russian forces completely recaptured the eastern half of Kupyansk, the village of Kucherivka, and most of Kurylivka.

Ukrainian formations still entrenched in and around Petropavlivka, as well as in the former military high-rise buildings of Kurylivka are effectively cut off.

Here's my interpretation of the situation in the Kupyansk direction. It's extremely critical for Ukraine right now.

Eastern Kupyansk has fallen. Russian forces entrenched in eastern Kivsharivka and are fighting for the high-rise blocks there. They captured Kucherivka, most of Petropavlivka, most of Kurylivka and are entering Kupyansk-Vuzlovy and Hlushkivka.

Russian forces are also advancing west of the Oskil River. They recaptured the city central hospital and nearby blocks, re-entered Radkivka from the east, recaptured parts of Kindrashivka and nearby forested areas, and are breaking through to the highway from Kindrashivka.

A large portion of the Ukrainian formations entrenched east of the Oskil River are effectively without ground logistics and are being resupplied by UAVs. Not even ground drones can operate here. When they do try withdrawing, it will most likely be through grey-zones, not Ukrainian-controlled corridors.

An alternate timeline where Prigozhin reached Moscow or succeeded would be wild.

Israeli media reports an unusual incident where two Hamas militants reportedly managed to advance through IDF-occupied occupied southern Gaza Strip and reach the Kerem Shalom Border Crossing.

One of the fighters was arrested while the second is being searched for. They apparently did not cross into Israeli territory.

The IDF claims they struck and destroyed four rocket launchers recently set up by Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip.

A Russian Su-35 flying near Staromylnivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, just attempted to shoot down a Ukrainian tactical aircraft flying northwest of Pokrovs'ke, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, with an R-37/77 air-to-air missile.

The Ukrainian aircraft was launching glide-bombs at Velyka Novosilka, Donetsk Oblast.

Around an hour ago, a Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile launched from Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, impacted near the frontline east of Shakhtarske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Around an hour ago, a Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile launched from Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, impacted something near the city of Vyskopillya, Kherson Oblast.

The explosion was heard from nearby parts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

4 Russian KAB glide-bombs struck the Slovyansk Thermal Power Plant in the city of Mykolaivka, Donetsk Oblast.

This plant doesn't generate any power right now, and only serves as a node to transport electricity from nearby substations to Slovyansk and Kramatorsk.