This is very true. We saw similar situations occur in south Donetsk Oblast, but that was only with the direction that the fortifications were facing.

Ukraine truly will be known as the whack-a-mole war. Never predict Russia to push in one area for a long time - at least not for now.

Remember what I and others said about the Sumy and Kharkiv incursions? Don’t lose sight of the true goals of attritional warfare… like people from both sides constantly do.

It's rumoured that Russia's breakthrough east of Dobropillya has bloomed further, with Russian forces capturing the villages of Nove Shakhove, Novyi Donbas and Vilne, and entering the villages of Ivanivka, Zolotyi Kolodyaz (again), Rubizhne, Dorozhnje and Kucheriv Yar.

It's also reported that Ukrainian forces moved back into northern Volodymyrivka after the Russians failed to consolidate there.

If these reports are true, then it would put Russia just 3.4km from the Dobropillya - Kramatorsk Highway, and 3.9km from the outskirts of Dobropillya.

An entire Al-Jazeera journalist team was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike on their tent outside the destroyed Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

The team consisted of two reporters, two photographers, and a driver. An independent Palestinian journalist was also killed.

The IDF stated that they were targeting one of the correspondents, who they claimed operated under the guise of an Al-Jazeera journalist to conceal his activity as the head of a Hamas squad.

A total of 6 Reconnaissance drones are operating over Dobropillya, Donetsk Oblast.

Another reconnaissance drone is operating over Myrnohrad.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that Australia will recognise the State of Palestine at the next UN General Assembly on September 9, 2025.

He stated that Australia recognises the "right of the Palestinian people to a state of their own, predicated on the commitments Australia has received from the Palestinian Authority".

The Palestinian Authority (PA), led by the Fatah Political Party, are the internationally recognised leaders of Palestine. They exert partial civil control over the Areas A and B of the West Bank, but have no presence in the Gaza Strip, which was under full control of the Hamas political party (and still partially is).

The PA is funded by Israel to maintain security in areas of the West Bank not permanently occupied by the IDF, and they collaborate with Shin Bet and the IDF both in military activity and intelligence gathering, often against militant cells operating in the West Bank's refugee camps.

Possible Iskander launch from Crimea to Mykolaiv Oblast.

This was an S-300/400 air defence missile. Unclear what its targeting.

MiG-31K airborne from Savasleika Airbase. Flight characteristics are combat.

Probably training, but I'll monitor it.

Flying south through Tambov Oblast.

The MiG-31K is conducting training within Tambov/Penza Oblasts. The alarm was declared due to the aircraft rapidly taking altitude.

Its now approaching Savasleika Airbase for landing.

The MiG-31K landed around 5 minutes ago. Here is the approximate flight path for those interested.

There are reports, including from a reliable source, that Torske in the Lyman direction has finally fallen to Russian forces.

I will wait a little to confirm this, as Torske is similar to villages like Bilohorivka and Stepova Novosilka in the sense that mappers will declare it captured multiple times before it actually is.