The Chief of Staff for the French Army, Gen. Pierre Schill, has stated that forces must be ready “as early as tonight” for high-intensity warfare, warning of a potential direct military confrontation in the near future with Russia over the defense of a NATO Ally in Eastern Europe.

The French Navy has reportedly intercepted and boarded the Boracay, an oil tanker linked to the “Russian Shadow Fleet” and sanctioned by both the European Union and the United States, which is currently anchored off Saint Nazaire in France after transiting the Baltic Sea and around Denmark. This comes less than a day after French authorities announced they were investigating the Boracay for “serious offenses” against French and European Security.

An Emergency Situation has been declared by the Ukrainian Energy Ministry at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Kyiv Oblast of Northern Ukraine, after shelling today by Russian Forces damaged energy infrastructure in the city of Slavutych, cutting power to the New Safe Confinement (NSC) which houses Reactor 4, the reactor that was the cause of and was destroyed by the Chernobyl Disaster in 1986.

The Israeli Navy has officially intercepted the flotilla of several dozen humanitarian vessels attempting to violate the military blockade and exclusion zone off the coast of the Gaza Strip.

Two nuclear power plants in Ukraine, both Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia, are currently operating off of only the power produced by their emergency diesel generators, one having been cut off from outside power now for eight days, as a direct result of strikes against energy infrastructure close to the plants by Russia.

At least two crewmembers onboard the Russian oil tanker Boracay, part of “Russia’s Shadow Fleet” and suspected of being involved in recent drone activity over military bases and other critical sites in Denmark, have been detained and will be transferred to France, following a raid today by the French Navy off the coast of Saint Nazaire.

Network data via NetBlocks has confirmed a major power outage tonight in the area around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Northern Ukraine, following strikes against nearby energy infrastructure by Russia.

Six U.S. Navy E-6 “Mercury” Airborne Nuclear Command Post and Communications Relays are currently airborne over the United States, likely as part of a nuclear exercise by U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), similar to the one last month near Iceland.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is reporting that power has been restored to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Kyiv Oblast of Northern Ukraine, following a blackout that lasted for more three hours after an attack earlier today by upwards of 20 Russian one-way attack drones launched from Belarus, which deliberately targeted energy infrastructure in Slavutych that provide power to Chernobyl.

For the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, the United States will provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with intelligence for long-range missile strikes against energy infrastructure inside of Russia, senior officials have told the Wall Street Journal.

An order instructing both the Pentagon and intelligence agencies to aid Ukraine with strikes against targets within Russian territory was recently signed by President Donald J. Trump, with U.S. officials asking NATO Allies to provide similar support to Kyiv.

In addition, the U.S. is also weighing the delivery of Tomahawk and Barracuda Cruise Missiles, as well as other American-made ground and air-launched missiles that have ranges of around 500 miles to Ukraine, allowing them to potential strike targets in Russia that are as deep as Moscow.

Three suspected members of Hamas were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of plotting attacks against Israeli and Jewish institutions in Germany, according to the Associated Press. Federal prosecutor said the three suspects, two of which are German citizens, have been involved in procuring firearms since earlier this summer, including an AK-47 and hundreds of rounds of 7.62×39mm, which they would use in attacks on Israeli diplomatic sites and Synagogues in Germany.

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One person was injured, when two regional passenger jets operated by Delta Airlines, DL5155 and DL5047, collided earlier tonight while taxiing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City.

On Thursday, Papua New Guinea ratified the “Pukpuk Treaty” a mutual defense pact with Australia, that places PNG on the same level as both New Zealand and the United States, and would see Australia come the defense of PNG if they were attacked as well as vice versus with PNG coming to the defense of Australia. Additionally, the treaty will also establish a pathway to Australian Citizenship for Papua New Guineans who wish to join the Australian Defence Force.