—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 The approximate PLC advanced on Bab Al-Mandab front

Ansarallah still control the city of Dhubab and the Al-Omari mountain, which contains significant defenses.

If the PLC wants to capture Dhubab, they first have to capture the Al-Omari camp.

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Out of the 31 cities in Donetsk Oblast controlled by Ukraine before Russia's invasion in 2022, 20 have been destroyed and 11 have suffered significant damage.

Recently, the cities of Bilozerske and Mykolaivka have been added to my "destroyed" list, and Druzhkivka will likely also be added in the near future. Slovyansk and Kramatorsk were also added to the "significantly damaged" list.

The 20 destroyed cities include: Lyman, Mykolaivka, Siversk, Soledar, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Kostyantynivka, Toretsk, Zalizne, Avdiivka, Pokrovsk, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Dobropillya, Bilytske, Bilozerske, Krasnohorivka, Kurakhove, Marinka, and Vuhledar.

The 11 significantly damaged cities include Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, Svyatohirsk, Svitlodarsk, Ukrainsk, Selydove, Hirnyk, Novohrodivka, Volnovakha, and Mariupol.

Of these cities, only 6 (Lyman, Svyatohirsk, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, and Bilozerske) are under full Ukrainain control. Another 4 (Mykolaivka, Kostyantynivka, Dobropillya, and Bilytske) are contested. The other 21 are under Russian control.

The 20 cities under the control of DPR forces prior to 2022 remain largely intact.

❗️Saudi Aramco chief warns global fuel stockpiles could take two years to recover

Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser warned that global shortages of crude oil and refined fuels could worsen, with replenishing stockpiles depleted through emergency measures potentially taking up to two years, according to remarks cited from the Energy Intelligence conference in London.

"Until Hormuz fully reopens and confidence returns, the crude reality is that pressure at both ends of the barrel will intensify," Nasser said.

He added that even after the Strait of Hormuz reopens, rebuilding inventories while meeting global demand could take up to two years.

BREAKING: Oil flows in Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline were halted again following a Houthi attack on a pumping station east of Riyadh, according to AFP.

“There was big damage and the pipeline stopped again,” a source told AFP.

Regarding this post made by Radov about Ukrainian counterattacks northeast of Dobropillya.

It is very misleading. Russian forces never controlled Zolotyi Kolodyaz, Novovodyane, or any nearby areas in the first place. At most, there were maybe a dozen Russian soldiers who infiltrated Ukrainian lines in the last three weeks, and were operating in the area of Novovodyane, Bilozerske, Zolotyi Kolodyaz, Marivka, and Vesele Pole. Before this, some DRG groups were operating in this area to identify safer infiltration routes and disrupt Ukrainian logistics. .

These Russian soldiers do not have the task of "controlling" territory (there are not enough of them for this), but rather change positions constantly and hide in concealed areas to avoid detection, while waiting for new infiltrators to arrive to begin the accumulation, and then eventually consolidation, process. This is how almost every Russian advance in the last few months has been made. Sending in soldiers in groups of 2s and 3s, hiding, surviving, bringing in more infiltrators, and attacking the Ukrainian defences from within. Essentially "absorbing" an area with large amounts of infantry overtime, and overwhelming Ukrainian drone operators and clearing groups.

Russia was only in the very first stage of this process, and Ukraine has been actively clearing these areas with their small assault groups reserved for such operations. Radov mentions the national guard (presumably 12th Brigade "Azov"), and elements of the 425th Assault Regiment "Skala". Both of these units have been stationed in this sector for months.

If Ukrainian forces can push further south to Vilne, Stepy, and Kucheriv Yar, then it could be considered a coordinated series of counterattacks. But for now, this is just clearing operations against Russian infiltrators. The same happens in other parts of the frontline (especially north of Stepnohirsk), but isn't as publicised as in this sector. Neither correspond to any major Russian advance, and neither correspond to any Ukrainian counterattacks.

One of the targets hit by a Russian Geran-2/4 drone in Zaporizhzhia City was a bridge across the Dnieper River, where a small crater formed.

Russia carried out another series of strikes on Odesa Oblast last night, targeting the northern suburbs of Odesa, the city of Podilsk, and port infrastructure in southern Odesa Oblast.

A large fire broke out in the northern part of Odesa following one of the Geran-4 jet-drone strikes.

And still no American response 😁

Iranian deterrence holds.

At least two Russian Geran-4/5 jet-drones struck the city of Synelnykove, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, this morning.