One thing that I’ve found very funny throughout my time reporting on the Ukraine war is when people try to discredit other’s work based purely on age. For example, I’m 19, and ever since being doxxed two years ago, I’ve faced constant hate based purely on age - from both Pro-Russians and Pro-Ukrainians. But the funny thing is, pretty much all of those hater's favourite analysts are a similar age as me, if not even younger.

In fact, you would be VERY surprised how young the Ukraine war analyst space is. The vast majority of English-speaking OSINTers are under the age of 25, with many being under 18, although a lot haven’t specified their ages for obvious reasons. I can guarantee for almost all people reading this - a lot of your favourite accounts will be MUCH younger than you would expect.

Attacking someone based on age is always a sign that you have no ability to debunk or counter their arguments and present your own. It is a form of character assassination, and proves that you are probably the more immature one. Usually, attacks based on age actually have nothing to do with age, but rather to do with the fact that they aren’t reporting what you want to hear. If you say to someone that you disagree with: “why should I trust a random kid in his mum’s basement who has no qualifications”, but then say to someone else of the same age who you agree with “the fact that you are doing all this at such a young age is incredible, keep it up!”, then your biases are the issue, not the person’s age.

An oil tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz reports hearing two explosions.

It's unclear if this was an IRGC attack or just warning shots.

The Russian Ministry of Defence claims that Russian Geran-4 jet-drones struck two more cargo ships in the western Black Sea during overnight attacks.

They claim that the ships were transporting cargo for the Ukrainian military.

Russian forces have recaptured the town of Vilcha, Bilyi Kolodyaz direction, Kharkiv Oblast (Chuhuiv District).

Pre-war population: ~1,639.
Total land area: ~3.20 km².

The third battle for Vilcha lasted approximately 3 months, 15 days.

At least five Ukrainian FP-5 "Flamingo" cruise missiles are currently flying towards Sverdlovsk Oblast, nearly 1,800 km from Ukraine.

High threat of Iskander-M launches from Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, for Kharkiv, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts.

2 Iskander-Ms on Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Flying further to Znam'yanka, Kirovohrad Oblast

Explosions in Zhovti Vody, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Explosions were also heard in Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

It seems that 3-4 missiles were used in total, striking two different locations.

Ukrainian forces have re-established control over the village of Zlahoda, Pokrovs'ke direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (Synelnykove District).

Pre-war population: ~109.
Total land area: ~0.68 km².

Russian forces have re-established control over the village of Shcherbaky, Stepnohirsk direction, Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Polohy District).

Pre-war population: ~96.
Total land area: ~1.79 km².

The second battle for Shcherbaky lasted approximately 1 year, 4 months.

Update on the Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missiles: They have passed over the Ural Mountains and are now flying towards Tyumen Oblast.

~2,050 km from Ukraine.

The missiles are flying at an altitude of ~10 metres right now, and are only periodically detected by Russian radars.

The Flamingo cruise missiles might be targeting Russia's largest oil refinery - the Omsk Refinery.

If so, they are around 550 km away.

Zircon/Iskander-M from Millerovo, Rostov Oblast, is flying to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Edit: disappeared from radars

Ballistic missile launches from Yemen.

These missiles are reportedly targeting ships in the Red Sea.

Approximate flight route of the 5 Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles.

They disappeared over Tyumen Oblast, likely after being shot down once again by Russian air defence.

Once again, the missiles followed the path of major rivers at low altitude in order to complicate Russian radar detection, which is crucial for such large and relatively slow missiles.

The approximate flight length was 2,500 km.