After yesterday's events in the White House, Haltbakk Bunkers, one of Norway's largest marine fuel companies, appears to have announced that it will no longer refuel American Navy vessels.
Haltbakk has called on other European companies to refuse service to American forces.
The shutdown may have already affected USS Virginia (SSN-774), which attempted to refuel in Norway today but turned around.
(The Virginia class requires some marine diesel for its Caterpillar model 3512B V-12 auxiliary generator).
Seeing a lot today on Russia's potential breakthrough north of Pokrovsk, so here's a map.
This is a collation of recent Sentinel-2 and other satellite imagery from August 8-10 (methodology below). Topline: small Russian assault groups most likely breached Ukrainian lines.
I have generally classified newly burned fields as evidence of shelling.
There is no way to describe the exact side or system responsible, whether it be artillery or an FPV drone, though the date of the shelling is relatively clear.
Airstrikes, on the other hand, are clearer.
These are mostly among Ukrainian-held treelines and in towns, where Russian aircraft hit Ukrainian positions with UMPK guided bombs.
Seen here, a heavily targeted Ukrainian position east of Dobropillya.
Ukrainian attack drones successfully hit Russia's Arzamas Instrument-Building Plant this morning, a key electronics manufacturer for the Russian aerospace industry.
The plant is currently under heavy international sanctions for its role in Russian cruise missile production.
Putin and his Russian forces continue to carry out massive drone attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine, with hundreds of Russian attack drones launched into Ukraine tonight.
Seen here, footage of a Russian Shahed-136 hitting the cameraman’s apartment in Kyiv:
Major Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian city of Stavropol this morning.
Up to 5 Ukrainian drones reportedly hit the Stavropol Radio Plant, which, according to French sanctions, is "one of the main manufacturers of radio-electronic devices for the Armed Forces [of Russia]."
Over the past 24 hours, the US approved sales of maintenance and upkeep for Ukrainian M109 Howitzers, surface-to-air missile systems, and M2 Bradley IFVs.
The massive tranche of contracts is worth roughly $650 million combined.
Air defense sustainment contract worth roughly $180 million.
The carriers USS George Washington and HMS Prince of Wales, along with their strike groups, operating in the Timor Sea near Australia.
US and allied forces are conducting Talisman Sabre 25 and REFORPAC 25 simultaneously, surging a massive number of assets into the Pacific.
USS George Washington (CVN 73), USS Robert Smalls (CG 62), USS Shoup (DDG 86), HMS Prince of Wales (R09), HMS Dauntless (D33), RFA Tidespring (A136), HMAS Sydney (DDG 42), HNoMS Roald Amundsen (F311), and HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332)
At the same time, Taiwanese forces are conducting massive yearly urban combat exercises, Han Kuang, across the island.