NASA FIRMS data shows large fires burning in the frontline town of Shevchenkove, Kharkiv Oblast, following an overnight Russian attack consisting of approximately 8 Geran-2 drones.

Coordinates: 49.69997, 37.1732

Footage showing the launch of numerous Patriot interceptor missiles over Amman, Jordan, as well as what appears to be 1-2 ballistic missile impacts.

The U.S. Embassy in Jordan issued a security alert to American citizens due the Iranian attacks, urging them to remain indoors.

Russian forces have re-established control over the village of Zirka, Prosyana direction, Donetsk Oblast (Volnovakha).

Pre-war population: ~154.
Total land area: ~0.47 km².

The second battle for Zirka lasted less than 1 week.

A Russian Geran-2 drone struck a claimed Ukrainian drone assembly workshop next to Chuhuiv Airbase, Kharkiv Oblast.

Coordinates: 49.844471, 36.654950

Palestinian fighters, presumably from the local West Bank armed group "Jenin Battalion", detonated an IED against a group of Israeli soldiers during an IDF raid on the Jabariat Neighbourhood of Jenin, just outside the Jenin Refugee Camp.

The IDF acknowledged that a combat officer was "seriously injured", while a Non-Commissioned Officer was "lightly injured". Evacuation helicopters were deployed to extract them from the area.

This is the first reported Palestinian armed attack against the IDF in the West Bank in over a month. Jenin Refugee Camp and the surrounding areas has been under IDF occupation since early 2025, which effectively dismantled the main part of the Jenin Battalion as a part of Operation "Iron Walls". Since then, attacks against Israeli forces have been becoming increasingly rare.

Hamas issued a statement expressing support for the IED attack against IDF forces in Jenin, but did not directly claim responsibility for it.

This further suggests that the Saraya Al-Quds Brigade's (PIJ) Jenin Battalion was indeed responsible for the attack.

This group has been largely dormant for the last several months, with only isolated reports of ambushes against Israeli forces during IDF raids on the nearby town of Silat al-Harithiya in late 2025 and early 2026.

I forgot to report this yesterday, but the Russian invasion of Ukraine has now officially lasted longer than World War One, at 1,568 days.

The Iranian Air Force carried out another patrol over western Iran, near the border with Iraq, a few hours ago. This continues to be a regular, almost daily occurrence for them.

But I must say, they are doing surprisingly well for an Air Force supposedly “completely destroyed and defeated” according to Trump.

According to ISW and a large amount of individuals, politicians & media claimed Ukraine made net territorial advancements last month.

Interesting to see none of them now believe in linear warfare anymore?

The reason why you see this everywhere is due to an informational bottleneck.

All these people are citing the same two sources: ISW and Deepstate. In fact, for April, only ISW claimed net Ukrainian gains (not even Deepstate did), and yet we still saw so many people claiming net Ukrainian gains then too.

Sirens sounded in all regions of Ukraine overnight due to the threat of an Oreshnik launch.

This was likely related to test launches of S-500 air defence missiles at Kapustin Yar Test Site, Astrakhan Oblast.

Dnepropetrovsk oblast, Mezhova direction: Russian forces expanded their zone of infiltration north of Pidhorodnye, entering the fields 2km north of the settlement and approaching Raypole from the east.

Ukrainian forces have re-established control over the village of Karpivka, Borova direction, Donetsk Oblast (Kramatorsk District).

Pre-war population: ~396.
Total land area: ~4.82 km².

The fighting for Karpivka lasted almost exactly 1 year.

The Saraya Al-Quds' (PIJ) Jenin Battlion claimed responsibility for yesterday's IED attack on the outskirts of Jenin that injured two IDF soldiers.

They stated that the attack was carried out with a pre-placed IED with a mechanical trigger, causing it to detonate when the IDF patrol drove over it.

A few days ago, due to the threat of encirclement, and under complete media silence, Ukrainian forces initiated a full withdrawal from the southwestern and western parts of Kostyantynivka, across the Kryvyi Torets River. Special forces were deployed to the area north of this withdrawal zone to hold key withdrawal roads and repel Russian infiltrations.

Since then, Russian forces have occupied most of the southwestern and western suburbs, which is why we saw that video with dozens of Russian flags going up.

Currently, I can confirm Russian control over more than 40% of Kostyantynivka (not including grey-zones), however, in my opinion, it's likely that Russia now controls more than 50% of the city.

Ukrainian special forces were deployed to the green square to secure Lomonosova Street for withdrawals along the yellow line indicated on the map.

It is unclear if they were already in the city to begin with, or were deployed from another sector of the frontline. Since then, Russian forces have intensified their assault operations, engaging in fierce battles with Ukrainian special forces for Lomonosova Street to secure the remaining western part of Kostyantynivka. This will allow them to begin accumulating for infiltrations into the northwestern suburbs, which, for now, still remain under solid Ukrainian control.

Elsewhere in the city, Russia has significantly stepped up their assault operations, attempting to cut off the Ukrainian garrison in the southeastern suburbs via the so-called historical centre, while simultaneously storming them head-on in the area of the railway station, tram depot, and city cemetery. I doubt Ukraine was able to deploy reinforcements here due to the near-operational-encirclement, so I wouldn't be surprised that Ukrainian forces retreating from the western and southwestern suburbs suffered heavy casualties while trying to cross the Kryvyi Torets River.

Russian forces have captured the village of Illinivka, Kostyantynivka direction, Donetsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~1,120.
Total land area: ~2.14 km².

The fighting for Illinivka lasted approximately 5 months, 5 days.