Russia has begun preparations for their next large-scale, combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine.

Strategic aviation is being redeployed to Engels-2 Airbase (Saratov Oblast) to be equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles. Currently, there are at least 3 Tu-95MS and 1 Tu-160M that are either already equipped or are being equipped with missiles.

Additionally, accumulation of Geran-2 and Gerbera drones is ongoing at most major launch sites surrounding Ukraine.

In my opinion, the attack will take place early next week. It would presumably contain Iskander-M ballistic missiles and Iskander-K cruise missiles, and could also contain Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles and Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles.

Ukrainian Su-24s might have launched Storm Shadow cruise missiles from eastern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, towards Rostov Oblast.

A few minutes ago, Russian S-300/400 air defence was operating from near Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai. It is currently unclear if this was related to missiles or not.

Sirens are sounding in Rostov Oblast due to the threat of Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

Ukraine and Russia have carried out the next stage of the 1,000 for 1,000 prisoner of war exchange deal, with another 185 Ukrainian POWs being exchanged for another 185 Russian POWs a short time ago.

CENTCOM claims that U.S. forces intercepted 6 out of 7 Iranian ballistic missiles launched towards Bahrain, and Kuwait, while the 7th "did not reach its intended target". They also claimed to have shot down 4 Iranian attack drones.

They denied reports of damage to the U.S. 5th Fleet HQ in Manama, Bahrain and claimed that there are no reports of injured/killed U.S. personnel.

After the previous attacks Iran carried out, CENTCOM was caught lying multiple times about "shooting down all the missiles" after satellite imagery exposed damage to their bases in Kuwait.

Additionally, CENTCOM stated that in response to these Iranian attacks, the U.S. carried out airstrikes on Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites on Qeshm Island and in southern Iran.

The situation for Ukraine in Kostyantynivka is deteriorating day by day.

Russian soldiers began carrying out evacuations of Ukrainian civilians from the city centre (red marker) a few days ago, indicating a strong presence in the northern part of the city.

This, coupled with the Ukrainian airstrikes on the western suburbs, suggests that Ukraine might have initiated a withdrawal from most of the city.

Keep in mind, the area where Russia is carrying out evacuations is 600 metres outside of even the nearest grey-zone on Deepstate's map. It's likely that a lot of maps don't show how dire the situation there is right now.

Kostyantynivka - Druzhkivka Highway:

During the days of Bakhmut and Avdiivka, these last logistical routes were called "roads of life".

With today's drone war, it's the "Road of Death".

I don't usually post FPV drone footage from the frontline as I don't think it's irrelevant, and I think its disrespectful to all those being killed, but this is important because of the scale in which drones are being utilised in the Kostyantynivka direction.

There has been a Russian FPV drone kill-zone set up on the road just outside Kostyantynivka for several months now, and even at the beginning of the year, around 50% of vehicles driving into the city would be hit. You can only imagine how much worse it's got for Ukraine now.

Hezbollah released footage showing the launch of 122mm Grad rockets towards IDF positions in the town of Aadaysit Marjaayoun, southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah released footage showing an FPV drone strike on an Israeli Merkava tank in the town of Yohmor, southern Lebanon, north of the Litani River.

Hezbollah released footage showing FPV drone strikes targeting a group of IDF soldiers and an Israeli Namer Armoured Personnel Carrier in the town of Zawtar El Charqiyeh, southern Lebanon.

The drone targeting the Israeli soldiers was likely shot down by one of the soldiers prior to impacting.

Hezbollah released footage showing the launch of a Fath-360 short-range tactical ballistic missile towards the town of Zarit, northern Israel.

Hezbollah released footage showing an FPV drone strike on an IDF D9 military bulldozer near the town of Zawtar El Charqiyeh, southern Lebanon.

The IDF stated that three Israeli soldiers were injured in recent fighting with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

One combat officer was seriously injured from a Hezbollah drone strike, while another combat officer was seriously injured and an IDF soldier lightly injured during close-quarters combat.

The IDF later claimed that Israeli soldiers dispatched to one of these areas killed two of the Hezbollah fighters which engaged in the close-quarters battle.