▶Latest >Russia withdrawing some elements of forces around Kyiv into Belarus for redeployment to other axes - ISW >Russia claims it's signed up 16,000 recruits from the Middle East >BBC report Syrian soldiers are being offered $5000 per month to fight in Ukraine >Russia says it will "Drastically reduce" combat operations around Kyiv & Chernihiv >Ukrainian strike causes explosion at RU military base in Belgorod >Ukrainian forces recapture Irpin, northwest of capital >Russia has deployed Wagner Group mercs to eastern Ukraine- UK's MoD >Abramovich allegedly poisoned at peace talks, since recovered >Ukrainian partisans around Kherson continue to tie down RU units in the region >Russia abandons large scale objectives and claims "main goal" of war is to secure Donetsk & Luhansk oblasts >Missiles hit fuel depot in Lviv >Russians will likely make important progress in seizing the city of Mariupol in coming days - ISW >Ukraine claims to have killed Lt Gen Yakov Ryezantsev, the commander of the 49th Russian Southern District Army >If true, this is the 7th Russian General KIA (worst loss senior command since ww2) >UA forces sink alligator class landing ship at anchor in Berdyansk, 2 other ships damaged >UA forces repelled RU attempts to advance on Brovary from northeast & encircle Chernihiv
Sloboda and Lukashivka in the Chernihiv region are liberated by Ukrainian forces. Ploske, Svitylnya and Hrebelky east of Kyiv are liberated, allegedly Nova Basan as well.
