RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Two Ukrainian military trains hit in missile strike Two Ukrainian military trains, carrying dozens of pieces of hardware, have been destroyed in a ballistic missile strike, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday, sharing drone footage of the attack. The trains, carrying equipment and personnel of the 41st mechanized brigade, were discovered at a railway station near the town of Barvenkovo, located near the border between Ukraine’s Kharkov Region and Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic. Each train consisted of at least 20 flatbed cars, the ministry said. Infrared footage captured by a surveillance drone shows a ballistic missile fired…

Israeli jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen after Tel Aviv attack Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen's Hodeidah port on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding 87, a day after a drone launched by the Iranian-backed group hit Israeli economic hub Tel Aviv. Most of the wounded suffered severe burns in air strikes that targeted oil facilities and a power station, Al-Masirah TV, the main television news outlet run by Yemen's Houthi movement, quoted the health ministry as saying. Hodeidah residents told Reuters by phone that explosions were heard throughout the city during an intensive…

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian thermobaric weapons thwart Ukrainian attack New drone footage shows TOS-1A Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) strikes on Ukrainian positions in Volchansk, Kharkov Region, according to a Telegram channel allegedly run by Russian forces from the north grouping, which is primarily responsible for combat operations there. The video was reportedly taken in eastern Volchansk earlier this week when two groups of Kiev’s shock troops moved out to attack Russian positions, the Telegram channel North Wind wrote on Saturday. They posted infrared camera drone footage of the Russian MLRS systems striking the Ukrainian positions with thermobaric munitions. The TOS-1A…

Top UN court says Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories illegal The United Nations' highest court said on Friday that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and settlements there are illegal and should be withdrawn as soon as possible, in its strongest findings to date on the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The advisory opinion by judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), known as the World Court, was not binding but carries weight under international law and may weaken support for Israel. "Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the regime associated with them, have been established and are being…