Day: January 8, 2026

BREAKING: Local and federal sources tell ABC News that federal agents shot two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday afternoon. The FBI is responding.

The sources say the agents who opened fire are with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Albanian emergency crews deployed boats to rescue stranded residents after heavy rains caused the Vjosa River to burst its banks and flood hundreds of homes  reut.rs/4qgvYrQ
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Tensions escalated at times Thursday between protesters and federal officers. NewsNation’s  @AliBradleyTV was on the scene when two protesters were apprehended.
Protests have continued since the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE officer on Wednesday:  tinyurl.com/3xn2s7am
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𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗢𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗸 𝗜𝗥𝗕𝗠 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝘃𝗶𝘃 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻

On 8 January 2026, circa 21:30 UTC, the Russian Federation conducted a missile strike on Lviv Oblast using the Oreshnik intermediate range ballistic missile. This marks the second confirmed combat use of the system against Ukraine, following the strike on the Pivdenmash facility in Dnipro on 21 November 2024.

Ukrainian officials confirmed impacts on critical infrastructure sites in the Lviv region. Mayor Andriy Sadovyi stated that an energy facility was struck and warned of the possibility of additional attacks. The head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration reported damage to infrastructure and emergency response activity across multiple areas.

Initial reporting and local assessments indicate the target was likely an underground gas storage facility in the Stryi area, approximately 70 kilometers from the Polish border. This region hosts key storage and transit infrastructure supporting western Ukraine’s energy resilience. A strike in this area will result in significant impacts on downstream gas customers, including thermal power plants and steam heating plants.

Video circulating online shows multiple reentry events followed by successive detonations. The visual signature is consistent with a MIRV style non-nuclear kinetic payload. Explosions were reported across the region, with fires and gas supply disruptions following the impacts. Power and gas outages were reported in several districts. No casualties have been officially confirmed at this time.

During the November 2024 Oreshnik strike on the Pivdenmash facility in Dnipro, Russia reportedly provided brief advance notification to the United States, approximately thirty minutes prior to launch, via established nuclear risk reduction and de-escalation channels, including the National Nuclear Risk Reduction Center hotline. This notification was widely interpreted as an effort to signal intent, reduce miscalculation risk, and avoid escalation misinterpretation. At this time, there is no indication that any such advance notification was provided ahead of the 8 January 2026 strike on Lviv Oblast.

There is consistent reporting across multiple sources, including open source intelligence monitoring and real time analysis on X and Telegram, indicating that the Oreshnik missile was launched from Kapustin Yar in Astrakhan Oblast. Kapustin Yar is a primary Russian missile test and development range and is routinely associated with ballistic missile trials and strategic system validation. A Kapustin Yar launch profile places the strike deep within Russian territory rather than from forward basing in Belarus. This supports the assessment that the use of Oreshnik was a deliberate demonstration of range and capability, not a function of proximity or tactical convenience.

Russian sources are framing the strike as a response to Ukrainian actions. Ukrainian and Western reporting are characterizing it as a provocative escalation, particularly given the proximity to NATO territory. 

#OSINT  #Ukraine  #Oreshnik
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Australia to hold wide-ranging inquiry into antisemitism after Bondi attack  reut.rs/4sCg38Q  reut.rs/4sCg38Q

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