Yesterday, the Axios news agency reported that the US and Russia had resumed talks on a plan to end the war in Ukraine, and that the plan includes Russian demands and has a chance of being accepted by both sides of the conflict. www.axios.com/2025/11/19/u...

Today is November 16th, so it's worth recalling the Russian plans I wrote about in the attached thread at the beginning of September. bsky.app/profile/madr...

Luhansk Oblast Administration: "In Luhansk Oblast, Russians have forcibly mobilized the first group of Ukrainians for war with Ukraine."

Vadym Skybicki, deputy head of the Ukrainian GUR: "North Korea has halved its missiles deliveries to Russia this year due to depleted supplies." AFU soldiers have not complained recently about the intensity of Russian artillery fire. censor.net/ua/news/3585...

#Kostiantynivka Many have undoubtedly wondered why the armor losses on both sides are comparable in the latest Oryx updates. After all, Russia has been on a relentless offensive for almost two years, and so far, its losses have been catastrophic.

#Kupyansk, everyone's been buzzing about the fighting in Pokrovsk lately, but fierce urban fighting is also ongoing in Kupyansk, and overall, both sides haven't released much information on the matter. Geolocation is being used primarily, which can lead to erroneous conclusions.

Of course, we are all concerned about Russian attacks on the Ukrainian energy system and are pleased that they are not affecting Ukrainian morale, but Z-Blogger "INSIDER-T" reported some very interesting information about these attacks today:

#Pokrovsk Yulia Kyriienko: "The battle for Pokrovsk is just beginning. Because everything that's happening now is far from over." Remember this post when you read from "experts on X" that the AFU is withdrawing from the city.

A very interesting article by Volyamedia about the personnel losses of both sides and, most importantly, the information comes directly from both fighting armies: teletype.in/@volyamedia/...

#Pokrovsk In addition to the latest information from the city (not from "X" accounts, but from people on the ground), collected by @bunkerhunter.bsky.social (link to his profile), I'd like to include a summary of yesterday's post by Colonel Mashovets:

#Pokrovsk Demon: "90% of Pokrovsk is in the grey zone and is under the control of the underworld. There is more of the grey zone, but the situation is very difficult, even though there is no encirclement."

Today, journalist Yuri Lutsenko posted on Facebook that in October, the Prosecutor General's Office recorded 21,602 cases of unauthorized abandoning a combat position from posts. The link is attached. www.facebook.com/igor.lutsenk...

@Jonpy99 may not be very knowledgeable about operational art (as I wrote about yesterday), but when it comes to military equipment, he's a top-tier expert. 👌 Anyone with on the "X" portal account needs to read this. x.com/Jonpy99/stat...

Remember how recently Europe couldn't provide Ukraine with a million missiles in a single year? Coincidence... no, it's simply the result of DJT's policies 💪

#Pokrovsk The only (!!!!) Polish OSINT representative worth watching. He presents the situation unemotionally, without the influence of Russian and Ukrainian propaganda, and has visited Ukraine numerous times during the war. x.com/konrad_muzyk...

#Pokrovsk Ukrainian Militant: "Our units – the assault troops from the 32nd, 155th, and 68th Assault Brigades – are holding their positions in Pokrovsk, even though maps already mark these areas as enemy-held. The boys remained in their positions in the Shevchenko area,

#Pokrovsk Yulia Kiriyenko: "The situation is changing by the minute. So no matter what information you read about this city, it WILL NOT be exhaustive. Because the front line is so volatile. Or rather, there isn't one at all. Because a single skyscraper could be behind our forces,

#Pokrovsk video shows what fighting looks like in the city. RuAF soldiers occupy an abandoned building, then a Ukrainian drone attacks them, leaving the building empty. Then AFU soldiers appear, and OSINT-ers senselessly paint the area either red or blue.

Volunteer and war correspondent Yulia Kiriyenko: "Rodynske. Paratroopers from the 95th Squadron are destroying the last Russians who entered the city. The paratroopers arrived as reinforcements to clear the city, which lies on the road to Pokrovsk.

#Pokrovsk, I sincerely apologize to everyone, but there's so much nonsense online about the situation on this section of the front that it's a waste of time to address it. Therefore, I won't share my opinion on the matter; at most, I'll quote something I find interesting.

Demon: "Throw me Roepke from Bild, I'll show him what the war in Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad is about, which he and his German crap Bild writes about." www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/bild-ukra...

#Pokrovsk great news from Demon: "The Russian foothold has been pushed away from Rodynske, their dreams of surrounding Myrnohrad and Pokrovsk remain dreams. The hard war continues, damn it, but our forces are holding the foothold."

#Pokrovsk I am attaching today's post by General Syrsky, the most important fragment: "The defense of the agglomeration will be supported by additional units, weapons and equipment..." t.me/osirskiy/1303

#Pokrovsk 👍💪👌, details on channel of the 7th Corps, I encourage you to use the link I attached yesterday.

#Pokrovsk Demon: "Write less about the counteroffensive in Pokrovsk, that's what ignorant people who know nothing about fighting write. The operation is ongoing, but it's something different and more daring." My request, ignore the "experts" from X....🙏

#Pokrovsk, of course, a storm full of speculation and nonsense on "X" portal regarding the GUR's activities in the city. I will quote once again a fragment of Demon's post below: "I would tell you more about the work of special forces, but for now I can't." I suggest not to get excited, just wait.

#Pokrovsk – a few words about the current situation from Demon, who is fighting in this area: "Everything is very difficult. The gang has brought more people to Pokrovsk, fighting is ongoing in the area and in the city.

# Pokrovsk For those who are tired of reading nonsense written on "X" by "armchair experts", I am attaching a link to the Telegram account of the defenders of the agglomeration, i.e. the 7th Corps. t.me/s/corps7DSHV...

Three hours after the end of one of the largest airstrikes, Ukrenergo: "The current one-hour power outages are CANCELED throughout Ukraine. However, there is a possibility that the outages will return later in the day." 😀👍

This is fantastic news. After one of Russia's largest airstrikes, Xenta is simply going to work and enjoying the weather. These people are unbreakable!!!! 👍👌💪 All the best and have a nice day!🙂 bsky.app/profile/xent...

#Pokrovsk today Deep State wrote a long post about the situation in the city. I don't think I need to convince anyone that the DS is the most reliable source, so I'll try to translate this post in full: "The enemy continues to infiltrate the city, gradually absorbing it with its own personnel.

A truly epic video of a Ukrainian BTR-4 shelling Russian positions. Further proof that skillfully utilized armored vehicles can still successfully participate in combat operations, even when exposed to potential drone attacks.

#Pokrovsk Yesterday, the world's leading fabulist, Gerasimov, let his imagination run wild again and, among numerous absurdities, claimed that: "Russian troops, advancing in converging directions, encircled a group of 31 Ukrainian battalions (up to 5,500 fighters of the AFU)

A very interesting article by "The Economist" regarding the current developments in the war and the losses on both sides. The current ratio of AFU to RuAF losses is simply insane, at 1:5!!!!! The rest of the information is for those logged in to the article. www.economist.com/interactive/...

#ChasivYar A few facts, just as a reminder. On May 20, 2023, the "Wagner" group captured Bakhmut, a town located about 12 km from Chasiv Yar. In early 2024, the Russians managed to reach the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, and on March 29, 2024, Demon wrote:

Yesterday, I read an article by Ukrainian military and political observer Alexander Kovalenko on Russian armor. The author presents current losses and calculates how many vehicles remain that can be restored to combat readiness. war.obozrevatel.com/armiya-rossi...

#Pokrovsk Frontovik: "The enemy is increasing the pace of the offensive, gradually advancing from the north and northeast within the city limits. The fighting is in hand-to-hand combat. Our units are conducting a maneuverable defense and inflicting fire damage on the enemy.

#Lyman remember how Gerasimov and Belousov "liberated" Torske five months ago? I wrote about it in the attached thread. bsky.app/profile/madr...

After three weeks, Oryx released an update of the destroyed equipment on both sides; this is the first update in October. This visually confirms that Russia lost 42 tanks and 111 AFVs, IFVs, and APCs. The last time the RuAF lost this much armor was in May of this year, and October is still ongoing.

A very interesting article comparing the actions and their consequences of the Red Army during WWII and the RuAF during the current war. Everyone can draw their own conclusions. war.obozrevatel.com/myasnik-zhuk...

#Pokrovsk today, for the first time in its daily Deep State update, officially marked part of Pokrovsk in red. Russian DRG groups managed to break through to the dacha in the Lazurny district and take control of parts of it.

Z-Blogger "INSIDER-T" provided some very interesting information regarding mobilization in Russia: "Mobilization has not actually ended, as pointed out by figures from the government's legislative bloc.

This is the kind of news I like. A Polish court has refused to extradite Volodymyr Zhuralvov, a suspect in the Nord Stream gas pipeline bombing. 👍 wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-wy...

This borders on absurdity. After every conversation between Trump and Putin, after every attempt to initiate more concrete negotiations, must the agencies write: "...raised fears in Europe of a US capitulation to Moscow"? www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Duma MP Oleg Matvechev: "The highest birth rates are in poor countries, and the lowest in rich ones. The population must live in poverty to improve the demographic situation. We must abandon the dogma that improving material conditions will solve the fertility problem." 🤪

The latest Hungarian election poll shows TISZA with a constitutional majority: 😁 TISZA - 132 seats FIDESZ - 60 seats MHM - 7 seats

For several days now, I've been watching with utter surprise the GSUA reports, which put Russian IFV losses at 0-3, despite all the frontline videos showing the massacre of these vehicles. The GSUA has just updated its data, revealing that the RuAF lost 28 IFVs.

#Novopavlovsk Anyone following Deep State updates has surely noticed that this direction appears almost daily. Last month, over half of Russia's territorial gains came from this sector of the front. I'm attaching today's update.

The PM Office has released official information on Polish military assistance to Ukraine:tens of thousands of AFU soldiers have been trained, a logistics hub has been established in Jasionka and 44 packages worth €4 billion have been transferred to O7.24. Below is a list of the transferred equipment

#Dobropillia Yesterday, the 1st Azov Corps reported a massive mechanized attack on Shakhove on October 9th, involving 35 pieces of armored vehicles. As a result, 1 ATV, 3 MBTs, 16 IFVs, 41 motorcycles, and 2 cars were destroyed.