Iskander launch from Kursk

No missiles have been detected in Ukrainian airspace yet

No Iskander threat. It was mixed up with Russian S-300/400 air defence activity.

German Defense Minister Boris Postorius has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine worth approximately 500 million euros, as a part of 2 additional billion euros previously allocated in June 2025.

It will include the following:

Radar systems
Artillery systems
Precision-guided artillery ammunition
2 IRIS-T air defence systems with a large number of guided missiles
Other air defence systems
Patriot interceptors
Portable anti-aircraft systems
Anti-tank weapons
Modern communications equipment
Light weapons

Germany will also begin a project aimed at modernising already delivered weapons to extend their service life and adapt to changing war conditions. A memorandum of cooperation will also be signed between the defence industries of Germany and Ukraine.

Ukraine's Operational Command “South” announced that 2 Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles impacted a training ground being used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, located in the "rear and relatively calm part" of Ukraine.

The strikes likely took place on Poltava Oblast. They did not comment on casualty figures, unlike previous statements on these attacks.

For the first time ever today, a Russian Grom-E1 rocket-powered glide-bomb impacted Mykolaiv City, approximately 49 km from the nearest Russian-controlled territory.

It was launched from a Russian Su-34 over the Black Sea, south of Russian-controlled Kherson Oblast. There were no civilian casualties, as per the Ukrainian Airforce.

Some are upset by yesterday's images in Moscow, but the reality is what it is. Russia intervened to help the former Syrian government fight terrorists and secure its position in the eastern Mediterranean. Between 2015 and 2020, the government regained more than half of the country, and it seemed that the Syrian state would prevail.
However, Russia's entry into the Syrian civil war also involved a series of decisions and reforms that the previous political regime in Damascus was unwilling to allow, so relations between Russia and Syria were not always cordial, despite what was intended to be shown. These relations began to deteriorate in 2024, with the worsening standard of living, rampant corruption, and the stagnation of the political regime. The start of the “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine in 2022 deprived Syria of Russian support to maintain military operations in the country. With its hands tied by Ukraine and unable to focus on another front, it is clear that Moscow sought an agreed exit for Al-Assad with Turkey to allow Jolani to come to power, and with Iran, whose power in the region had been diminished after setbacks in Lebanon and the bloodshed in Syria. Iran maintained good relations with Syria until the costs outweighed the benefits, prompting a withdrawal of its support to neighboring Iraq.
Israel did not participate in that agreement (Astana), but it did contribute until December 2024 to the fall of the previous Syrian political regime by attacking the allies of the resistance axis and supporting terrorist groups. After that, it has a free hand to occupy the rest of Quneitra and de facto control the demilitarized south of Syria.

For those who claim that the SAA had no will to fight and that Russia was not obliged to defend them, it should be noted that before November, the situation was irreversible with or without Russian help. The SAA commanders were either bribed or aware of the betrayal, abandoned their posts, and went into exile (specifically Suhayl al-Hasan and Ghiath Dalla) while the soldiers fought on the front lines. On the terrorist side, the commanders knew the plans, while the rank-and-file militants believed in a limited offensive.
In those days, Russia saved its image by eliminating more than a thousand terrorists with the limited air power it had, knowing in advance that it would not change the agreed situation and the end of the previous government.

Finally, playing devil's advocate, the fall of al-Assad allows Russia to more easily influence a weakened Syria that is more likely to reach agreements due to the new authorities' desperation to consolidate their power. However, pragmatism prevails over Moscow's preferences, which would prefer a secular government to an Islamist one in Syria. (Although more flexible than the previous one), so just as Al-Assad was betrayed, Jolani will also be betrayed when the agreements are not respected and Russia has freed itself from the war in Ukraine. But what is clear is that Russia will not abandon the eastern Mediterranean.

This is all part of the west's greater geopolitical strategy. They don't want to fight Russia directly, so they engage them through a proxy (Ukraine). This frees up other areas which they can focus on, such as China.

Its also part of the reason why Israel will always receive massive amounts of support - they operate in American interests (at least on the theatre-level) and will expand control over Syria and the West Bank. With Assad gone, Hezbollah's main supply routes from Iran are no longer usable to the same degree, and they can now successfully be starved with the help of the new Lebanese government.

Minority groups in southern Syria, especially the Druze, will always choose Israel over Jolani, further increasing Israeli and American influence in the region, and preventing Iran from building any form of proxy here.

It's all part of a larger plan by the west to dismantle opposing states that endanger their dying hegemony indirectly and silently, engaging with those who will do their bidding, but only as long as its worth it for them. Ukraine is a perfect example of this.

Gone are the times of publicly invading and overthrowing regimes, and promoting hegemony and modern imperialism. That isn't worth it, instead its easier and more convenient to go about things more quietly. The U.S. political system allows this as both parties have the same foreign policy goals in mind. They are able to keep America strong and stable on the inside, allowing for them to continue what they do best on the outside.

Globalisation is one of the reasons why it has to be done this way. One of America's biggest weaknesses is having to deal with everyone all at once. Their decline has meant they can only focus in on specific goals directly, which is why they need proxies. And that's without considering what could happen if people in the U.S. actually woke up and used their brains for once to look at the bigger picture - not just which party tells them they are right.

Of course, this isn't considering what Russia and China want. They too have the same selfish goals in mind, as with any great power throughout history. But the difference is that multipolarity currently favours China and Russia, while America requires unipolarity at this point.

Russia attempted a third mechanised assault in the Dobropillya direction yesterday. At least 24 units of armoured vehicles and tanks began moving down the road past Popiv Yar towards Volodymyrivka, however, unlike during the last two attacks, they didn't have the cover from fog and rain.

As a result, 13 vehicles were damaged and destroyed before they even reached the frontline, after they were covered by artillery and FPV drones from the 1st "Azov" Army Corps. All of this took place at around 7 km from the nearest Ukrainian-controlled territory.

It's currently unclear if the surviving 11 vehicles went on to achieve any success.

Following the phone call between Trump and Putin, Trump published a statement saying that the call was "productive", and that great progress was made. He also provided some details on what was spoken about, and what will happen next.

He stated that him and Putin discussed post-war trade between the U.S. and Russia, and that they both agreed to let their high-level advisors, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, meet next week.

Trump and Putin will later meet in the Hungarian capital of Budapest, where they will discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Trump and Zelensky will be meeting in the Oval Office tomorrow to discuss today's conversation with Putin, among other topics.

Get ready for the same brain-dead people who have the worst memory in human history to start saying "Trump wants peace in Ukraine and is actively fighting for it".

No. Neither Trump or Biden wanted peace in Ukraine, and they never will. Not as long as it's worth it to the US for Ukraine to keep fighting. It's all theatre, so don't pay any attention to it.

Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of more Ukrainians and Russians will die in this useless, selfish proxy war where neither the U.S. or Russia cares about the consequences.