The auditor of Russia’s so-called Accounts Chamber, Svetlana Orlova, said during a meeting that prosthetics for 55% of the “heroes of the Special Military Operation” are being bought from countries currently at war with Russia.

Russia is currently attacking Odesa with drones, and reports say there have been strikes in the city.

In the Ulyanovsk region, mobile internet has been shut down until the end of the "special military operation," according to local authorities. The shutdown also affects the city of Ulyanovsk itself, where residents have been left completely without mobile internet in all areas of the city.

One of China’s largest oil refining companies, "Yanchang Petroleum", has excluded Russian oil from its latest tender for deliveries between December and mid-February next year. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Lavrov stated that Zelensky, through his actions, is proving himself to be a Nazi, and there is no evidence to the contrary. He also added that the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine are mandatory conditions for ending the war.

Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed a strike on an oil refinery in Russia’s Orenburg region. The plant produces over 30 types of fuel — gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, lubricants — with a capacity of 6.6 million tons per year and supplies the Russian army. One primary processing unit was hit.

The Trump administration is pushing to strip language from a resolution that affirms the country’s territorial integrity and condemns Russia’s occupation of Crimea and other regions, according to two people familiar with internal UN discussions. www.kyivpost.com/post/63999

In the Russian city of Orenburg, a drone was spotted, possibly heading toward the "Orsknefteorgsintez" oil refinery. Meanwhile, local residents have started wondering whether the war has broken out.

The city of Vovchansk, located on the border with Russia, has been completely destroyed, making it difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to hold their positions. The situation is similar to Avdiivka or Volnovakha, where the Russians are striking with aerial bombs.

“No food, no water. I don’t know where to go. I hope I survive.” — the memoirs of an ordinary Russian soldier, a second before meeting a Ukrainian drone.

Russian-style "liberation." Footage shows strikes by Russian terrorists using FAB-3000 and FAB-1500 bombs on residential apartment buildings in Myrnohrad, Donetsk region. The city is simply being wiped out — they no longer even distinguish between targets.

Saratov is being attacked again — sirens are sounding in the city, and explosions can be heard.

A swarm of Ukrainian drones drives Russian soldiers out of a temporary shelter: the first two drones pierce the walls of the "container," and the third one explodes right next to the Russian occupiers. Caution: the video contains a lot of screaming from the Russians.

During the night, an oil refinery in the city of Saratov was attacked. The refinery produces over 20 types of petroleum products — gasoline, fuel oil, diesel fuel, vacuum gas oil, technical sulfur, and more — and operates to meet the needs of the Russian army.

A Russian soldier wanted to film his comrade making a "beautiful" advance in Donbas, but instead captured how he was "beautifully" blown up.

Ukrainian forces are publishing footage of their devastating strikes on Russian equipment. As soon as they entered Pokrovsk, they were destroyed — neither the fog nor the mobility of their vehicles helped the Russian occupiers.

It has been reported as an entry of Russian troops into Pokrovsk.

The commander of one of the units of the 218th Tank Regiment (military unit 82588 of the Russian Armed Forces) openly explained why there are so many missing soldiers in the Russian army.

Russia is preparing its final maneuver in Pokrovsk to capture the entire Donetsk region, says Syrskyi.

This is what Avdiivka looks like under Russian occupation — almost completely destroyed and devastated.

This is what the grave of a "Russian hero" of the so-called special operation looks like — a broken sign, artificial flowers stuck in the ground, a torn photo, and a bottle of vodka. Quite a show of love for their hero, no doubt.

"In the Kupiansk sector, Russians advance in small groups and use drones to disrupt Ukrainian logistics and push from the south and east. They’re trying to create a “sanitary zone” along the border, which must not be allowed and from which they must be driven out." - Trehubov.

On the night of November 10, units of the Special Operations Forces carried out a successful strike on the "Hvardiyske" oil depot in the Simferopol district of occupied Crimea. This depot is a key element of the occupation authorities’ fuel and logistics system in Crimea. t.me/ukr_sof/2240

A Russian soldier was buried in a pit for refusing to go die. On this soldier’s cap, it says: "To be a soldier means to live forever."

According to Reuters, the Russian company Lukoil has declared force majeure at the giant "West Qurna-2" oil field, one of the largest oil fields in the world. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Satellite images of the port of Tuapse from November 7 and 10.

Russia has started recruiting reservists to guard facilities deep within the country, including oil refineries, due to the increasing number of Ukrainian drone attacks. Recruitment is already underway in 20 regions.

A Russian complains that new laws controlling the internet may stop him from reading messages from his mom. Even Vladimir Vladimirovich reportedly said people shouldn’t be restricted so much. But Russians are obedient and likely won’t do anything about it.

"We are not a threat to the United States. On the contrary, they are our strategic partner. Trump is a person chosen by the people. We must respect the choice of the American people. I was also chosen by the people." — Zelensky in an interview with The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Reported as a result of the strike on Tuapse. It’s probably just debris that fell, as always.

A conversation with a Russian soldier who went to fight in Ukraine, fired his weapon, but didn’t want to kill. That’s how it was. youtu.be/tLYlJVnuVDA?...

RTBF reported that unidentified drones were spotted over the Doel nuclear power plant in Belgium. Similar incidents have already become frequent in the country — last week, Liège International Airport was closed due to a drone overflight. www.rtbf.be/article/nouv...

A Russian soldier with the callsign "Funny" tried to run over a bag on the road out of habit, thinking it would be funny — but now he’s lying there, not looking funny at all.

While the naval drones were attacking the port, strike UAVs targeted a railway traction substation and a command post in the Rostov region.

At night, naval drones attacked the port of Tuapse in Russia’s Krasnodar region. A possible hit on a military ship was also reported.

Russian air defenses fired at targets over Dzhankoy, Saky airfield and Gvardeyskoye in occupied Crimea, monitoring group Crimean Wind reports. Explosions near Karyerne village knocked out power for about 20 minutes, likely hitting a mobile gas turbine 330/110 kV substation located there.

FPV drone footage shows three Russian FAB-500 bombs striking an apartment building in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region.

Ukrainian drone operators on the Pokrovsk front destroyed five vehicles, a quad bike and a ground robot, and killed two Russian occupiers.

Russian drones destroyed a Clear Energy biomass power plant overnight, co-founder Andriy Hrinenko said. Three drones hit the facility built in 2016 as Ukraine's first large biomass plant.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says he is ready to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio but insists Moscow will not budge on its demands for ending the war, Reuters reports. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Russian forces are beginning to establish positions on the southeastern edges of Kostiantynivka and attempting to advance further.

Russian FPV drone operator unsuccessfully targets a Ukrainian flag on a flagpole in Yuvileiny park in Kramatorsk.

Results of Ukrainian FP-2 drone strikes on Shahed warhead storage facilities at Donetsk airport show one warehouse completely destroyed and another damaged.

Ukraine imposed sanctions on Russian officials involved in managing occupied territories, a Putin associate, a military intelligence officer and a collaborator, President Zelensky said. Sanctions also target Russian publishers spreading war propaganda globally.

Over $5 billion in US arms exports to NATO allies have stalled due to the 40-day government shutdown, a senior State Department official told Axios. www.axios.com/2025/11/09/g...

Former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg writes in his memoirs he refused President Zelensky's February 2022 request for a no-fly zone over Ukraine because NATO would have had to strike Russian air defenses in Belarus and Russia, risking direct war. He called ending that phone call painful.

Russian strikes on substations forced Ukraine's Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear plants to reduce output on November 8, the IAEA said, warning the situation is extremely unstable. Russia is now targeting Ukraine's nuclear sites, the Financial Times reported. www.ft.com/content/474e...

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claims neither Russia nor China are conducting nuclear tests and insists Putin allegedly has not ordered any preparations. He added Russia supposedly remains committed to the test ban but will match any country that conducts nuclear tests.

Voronezh residents share their views on the consequences of Russia's so-called SMO in their own city.

Ukrainian resistance operatives destroyed four Russian military logistics targets in late October and early November, HUR reported. The strikes hit equipment at three cell towers in Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan and a railway relay cabinet near Vologda.