Situation

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Russian decree just dropped.

The order in my view does not necessarily presage a larger draft, or greater mobilization - it could, but it may be a way of accommodating the various current recruitment efforts to create additional volunteer battalions in the force, and build in room for force expansion.

My general view is that this is a procedural raising of the ceiling cap. One can speculate on how they intend to fill it, or if they can fill it given the problems with recruitment and retention. But I’d take care settling on one specific explanation at this point.

UA Air Force

Low flying Ukrainian Mi-8 transport helicopter

Captured

Russian MT-LB captured by paratroopers of the 95th brigade … and, you will be surprised, the protective armor plates of Russian body armor

Russian BMP-2 captured by Ukrainian troops

Destroyed

Destroyed Russian equipment in eastern Ukraine. A tank, two MT-LBs, and a BMP-1 are visible in the video. In addition, the video mentions a destroyed tank and two more IPVs.

Video from Ukraine’s TERRA unit showing a DJI UAV dropping VOG grenades on Russian positions.

Video from Ukraine’s Operational Command North showing strikes on a Russian tank (possibly by a mine) and ammunition storage

Video of Ukrainian artillery strikes on Russian Msta-B howitzers

A Russian helicopter shot down in eastern Ukraine is on fire on the ground

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Donetsk

Gorlovka

Plant “Stirol” occupied Gorlovka now

Izyum

Heavy fighting continues outside of Izyum, here, a Ukrainian drone films a turretless Russian T-72

Kherson

Stremousov showed a bridge made of barges, which the occupiers are building next to the damaged Antonovsky, as well as a ferry crossing

DARIIVSKY BRIDGE

Zaporizhzhia

Due to ongoing fire in the vicinity of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the plant has been completely disconnected from the grid for the first time in history, says Enerhoatom.