🇺🇦⚡️🇷🇺- Exactly 2 years ago today on August 6th, 2024, Ukraine began their offensive into Russia’s Kursk Oblast, the first significant invasion into Russia since WW2.

➡️As a result of Ukraine’s element of surprise they were able to occupy around 1,300 sq km of land including capturing the Russian town of Sudzha by the end of August

➡️After the first few weeks of the incursion the AFU’s offensive stalled as Russian forces with the help of North Korean soldiers began to gradually take back territory previously lost in August

➡️In March, 2025, Russian forces utilized a gas pipeline to enter the outskirts of Sudzha and from there ultimately pushing the remaining Ukrainian soldiers out of the region by April, 2025.

@GeoPWatch

🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 – Ukraine has just launched up to 350 drones into Russian airspace.

@GeoPWatch

⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷 – A new Reuters/Ipsos poll discovered half of Americans believe stability in the Middle East will get worse due to U.S. military strikes in the region, with a clear split along party lines.

▶️ That's almost three times as much as the 17% that believe stability in the region could improve due to the war.

▶️ The same poll found 58% of Americans expect gas prices in the U.S. to worsen, while only 15% believe they will improve.

@GeoPWatch

🇮🇶❌🇮🇶 - Iraqi security forces have reportedly been deployed in Baghdad amid fears of escalations with Iranian proxies.

Unconfirmed reports say Iraqi forces have been deployed with the goal of preventing the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) from taking escalatory actions against Saudi Arabia.

⚡️🇺🇸🏴 – The same poll also found that, for the first time since starting the question, Americans trust the Democrats over the Republicans on matters of war, foreign conflicts or terrorism.

📝 This is despite Trump making everything to portray the Democrats as weak on crime and foreign policy since campaigning for the presidency.

@GeoPWatch

🇾🇪💥❓ – Tasnim reports explosions were heard in the city of Marib, in Yemen. The cause of the sounds remains unknown.

@GeoPWatch

🇾🇪🇾🇪💥 – The explosions could be related to the launch of missiles by Houthi forces in Ibb, southern Yemen, per unconfirmed reports.

@GeoPWatch

🇾🇪🇾🇪❌🇸🇦 – Pro-Houthi outlets reported a wave of strikes against Saudi military command and deployment centers in the areas of Al-Rawik, Al-Abra, and Al-Thaniyah, which allegedly caused casualties.

▶️ This claims have not been independently verified.

@GeoPWatch

⚡️🇺🇸 – The man arrested for starting the Old Trails fire, one of the three fires that burnt through Spokane and forced tens of thousands of evacuations, planned to start the fire for weeks, police say.

▶️ The man, identified as Aaron Farinacci, planned the blaze and researched the weather to find an optimal date to start it: dry, with strong winds and low humidity.

▶️ He also confessed to starting other minor fires last week and last month, so now he faces five first-degree arson charges.

@GeoPWatch

⚡️🇹🇭 – Two people [shooter not included] died and around 20 were injured after a school shooting in Thailand, local media confirmed. The shooter later died, but it remains unclear whether he was killed by responding police officers or if he killed himself.

@GeoPWatch

❗️🇺🇸 - The Trump administration renews the fight against birthright citizenship with two new executive orders.

The two executive orders on Thursday aimed at limiting the number of people who are eligible for birthright citizenship and cracking down on “birth tourism,” in which women give birth in the United States to get automatic citizenship for their newborns.

The measure came after the Supreme Court struck down Mr. Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born of illegal immigrants in a 6-3 decision.

@GeoPWatch