In my opinion, the only *truly* sovereign countries in the world are: Russia, China, India, North Korea, Iran, and the United States.

Lebanon is about the furthest from a sovereign country.

Ukrainian forces re-established control over the town of Novopavlivka, Novopavlivka direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (Synelnykove District).

Pre-war population: ~3,440.
Total land area: ~19.0 km²

The fighting for Novopavlivka lasted approximately 7 months, 15 days.

Russian forces have captured the village of Kryva Luka, Rai-Oleksandrivka direction, Donetsk Oblast (Kramatorsk District).

Pre-war population: ~380.
Total land area: ~1.15 km².

The fighting for Kryva Luka lasted approximately 4 months.

According to Ukrainian sources, the North Korean Hwasongpho-11Ga (Hwasong-11A) tactical ballistic missile, commonly known as the KN-23, has reportedly achieved a Circular Error Probable (CEP) of 1–5 meters. If accurate, this would indicate that the missile has matured into a highly maneuverable, reliable, and precise weapon system, combining improved production quality and substantially lower failure rates with exceptional strike accuracy.

Russian forces have captured the village of Kalenyky, Rai-Oleksandrivka direction, Donetsk Oblast (Kramatorsk District).

Pre-war population: ~49.
Total land area: ~1.15 km².

The fighting for Kryva Luka lasted approximately 3 months 15 days.

Russian forces have captured the village of Kucherivka, Kupyansk direction, Kharkiv Oblast (Kupyansk District).

Pre-war population: ~704.
Total land area: ~0.96 km².

The fighting for Kucherivka lasted approximately 6 months 10 days.

Russian forces have captured the village of Kurylivka, Kupyansk direction, Kharkiv Oblast (Kupyansk District).

Pre-war population: ~3,620.
Total land area: ~6.37 km².

The fighting for Kurylivka lasted approximately 5 months.

The reach on my Twitter account has finally been unthrottled. During the period when this occurred, I went from 40,000 followers to 165,000 followers (November 2025 to now).

In fact, it was so throttled, that when these restrictions on reach were removed earlier today, I legitimately thought my account had been botted because my posts reached 1,000 views within a minute (it usually takes around 10 mins to reach 1k views) 🤣🤣

It seems that the 120,000 new followers I've gained since November are finally seeing my posts in their timelines. Hopefully this lasts.

MiG-31K airborne from Savasleika Airbase. High threat of Kinzhal launches.

No launches yet. Likely a training mission.

The aircraft is returning to Savasleika Airbase.

Russian forces have captured the village of Bochkove, Bilyi Kolodyaz direction, Kharkiv Oblast (Chuhuiv District).

Pre-war population: ~136.
Total land area: ~1.63 km².

The fighting for Bochkove lasted approximately 1 month, 20 days.

A Belarusian tactical aircraft is currently circling very close to the international border with Ukraine, opposite Chornobyl.

Israeli Merkava tanks shelled the towns of Mazraat Byout El Saiyad and Al-Mansouri, southern Lebanon, marking the first Israeli ceasefire violation in 37 hours.

Here's a comparison of my map of the situation in Kostyantynivka to the Ukrainian source Deepstate and the Russian source Divgen.

Deepstate's map shows less than 1% of Kostyantynivka as under Russian control, 64% under Ukrainian control, and the rest in a grey-zone.

My map shows 40% of Kostyantynivka as under Russian control, 15% as under Ukrainian control, and the rest in a grey-zone.

Divgen's map shows 73% of Kostyantynivka as under Russian control, 10% as under Ukrainian control, and the rest in a grey-zone.