WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine downs Russian strategic bomber after airstrike kills eight, Kyiv says Ukraine shot down a Russian strategic bomber on Friday after the warplane took part in a long-range airstrike that killed eight people including two children in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, Kyiv said. Missiles rained down on the city of Dnipro and the surrounding region in the early hours, damaging residential buildings and the main train station. Regional Governor Serhiy Lysak said three people died in Dnipro, including a man whose body was pulled from the rubble of a five-storey building, while five others were killed in nearby…

ISREAL’S REPORTS IDF: IDF and ISA forces eliminated a terrorist cell in central Gaza; the terrorist responsible for investigations in Hamas' Internal Security Department was eliminated in the area of Beit Hanoun This week, following operational information gathered by the Southern Command, an IAF aircraft struck and eliminated the terrorist Yussef Rafik Ahmed Shabat, responsible for investigations in Hamas' Internal Security Department in Beit Hanoun. Shabat served as a security officer in Hamas' military intelligence wing of the Beit Hanoun Battalion, and his elimination significantly damages the terrorist organization's investigations department. In addition, following precise intelligence information, the IDF and…