Russian sources report from Oleksiivka, Sumy region, that fresh reinforcements have arrived. They describe the troops as motivated but completely inexperienced, thrown straight into combat instead of holding second-line positions. As a result, Russians are taking what they call “senseless losses.”

A precise strike by Ukrainian Air Force once again cleared out a command post and a concentration of Russian forces, including officers.

❗️The Russians confirmed the shooting down of a 🇷🇺Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber this morning. It appears the pilots were also died.

Reuters reports Chinese specialists are regularly visiting Russia to jointly develop military drones, including at sanctioned facilities. Over the past year, they repeatedly traveled to the Izhevsk-based “Kupol” plant and supplied it with strike and reconnaissance UAVs via a Russian intermediary.

BREAKING: Video footage confirms what the IDF has been saying all along, Hamas terrorists are shooting from within Al-Shifa Hospital at Israeli forces. Save this video for when the media gets outraged over how “Israel is attacking an innocent hospital.”

Russian occupier Alexei Smirnov has a message from the front: "Guys, don't come here to fight in Ukraine. Think about your children. This isn't our war. There were 20 of us, and I'm the only one left. The rest are the 200th." You won’t hear this kind of patriotism on Rossiya 1.

Russian military blogger Anatoly Radov confirms Russian forces lost Nykanorivka in the Dobropillia axis, but refutes Ukrainian control over Novotorets'ke despite presence of Ukraine's 425th Assault Regiment. Even if this is true, another encirclement now seems inevitable.

🔥 Two intermediate oil pumping stations were hit at once - "Kuzmichi-1" (Volgograd region) and "Zenzevatka" (Volgograd region). ❗️"Kuzmichi-1" transports crude oil from Saratov region towards Volgograd region. The source of supply is mainly Saratov Oil Refinery and adjacent storage facilities.

🕯️ A woman during childbirth who suffered burns to more than 80% of her body as a result of a Russian strike on the Svyatoshynskyi district of Kyiv on September 7 has died in a Kyiv hospital.

🤬 At least five enemy strikes on Zaporizhzhia have been recorded. Fires have broken out. No information about casualties has been received so far, — the head of Zaporizhzhia OVA Ivan Fedorov.

🇵🇱 "We know that you disregard international law and cannot live in peace with your neighbors. Your extreme nationalism is a thirst for domination that will not end until you accept that the era of empires is over and yours will not return," — Sikorski told the Russian representative at UN meeting.

Europe and the United States have been hiding behind the bravery of Ukrainians for 11 years 7 months – since Russia invaded Crimea and started World War III.

Russian outlets report about nearly 10 explosions in Moscow and the region during a massive UAV attack. Airports are grounded, skies are closed, and air defense batteries are firing nonstop. The Russian capital faces a night of sirens and uncertainty.

At the UN Security Council Poland’s FM Radosław Sikorski told Russia ‘you will never rule us again’, accused Moscow of imperialism, said Ukrainian drone strikes bring liberation closer, and warned Russia not to complain if debris falls on NATO territory. “You have been warned,” he added.

🇨🇳 The role of Chinese components in Russian drones is crucial. 🇺🇦 President Zelenskyy enacted new personal and economic sanctions targeting companies supplying components for Russian military drones, including firms based in China. Read more 👀⬇️ theukrainianreview.info/china-profit...

🇺🇦 Zelensky: This week alone, there were more than 1,500 strike drones, over 1,280 guided aerial bombs, and 50 missiles of various types. Thousands of foreign components have been found in this weaponry – more than 132,000 items – from many countries: Europe, the US, China, Japan, and others.

With much whining of russians, Ukrainian flags are appearing in various parts of Oleksiivka, Sumy region.

Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov announced that Putin will deliver “important statements” at today’s Security Council meeting with permanent members, expected after 14:30 Moscow time.

So google maps updated some satellite footage, here’s one single Ukrainian village. One out of thousands

Satellite images confirm the destruction of a major Russian ammo depot near Bohdanivka, occupied Luhansk region. Trucks had delivered tens of thousands of mines, grenades, cartridges, thousands of tank rounds including precision ZUBK-14, and artillery shells to the site before it was struck.

For the first time ever, Ukrainian intelligence forces destroyed two Russian Be-12 “Chaika” amphibious aircraft in occupied Crimea — a major loss for the enemy. In addition, a Russian Mi-8 helicopter was hit.👇

🕯️Rescuers found the body of a 75-year-old woman among the ruins in Zaporizhzhia. It is currently known that three people died. ‼️ In total, 15 multi-story and 10 private buildings, as well as non-residential premises, were damaged as a result of the night attack.

Marinka, Ukraine before and after the Russian invasion

Russia’s “shadow fleet” used to dodge oil sanctions has swelled to about 940 ships, 17% of all tankers worldwide, up 45% in a year.

One of the destroyed Russian Mi-8 helicopters by PRYMARY unit in occupied Crimea, as reported yesterday by Ukraine’s military intelligence.

🇺🇦 Under the whining of russian admins, Ukrainian flags are appearing in various parts of Oleksiivka, Sumy region, - 225 OSHP ❗️The Russians dug themselves in up to their ears, with no water and no food.

Sunak’s Covid investment fund, he setup in May 2020 to help back 1,190 companies has cost us taxpayers £400M as 334 where startups that collapsed. £2M was also invested in companies linked to his wife. #NeverVoteTory

‼️👀 The Russian government is considering raising the value-added tax (VAT) from 20% to 22% as early as 2026. The decision is being discussed as one way to reduce the budget deficit, which is growing rapidly against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and a general economic slowdown, - Reuters

Last week, Russia sent 19+ drones into Poland, and this morning, 3 Russian fighter jets breached Estonia’s airspace for 12 minutes. Russia is escalating, and I hope Europe is ready. This emboldened escalation is a direct result of US actions and bringing a war criminal to Alaska.

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🇵🇱🇪🇺🇨🇳 Poland, by closing its own border with Belarus, has dealt a blow to China's key trade route to the EU — Politico. Rail traffic, estimated at €25 billion a year, has effectively ground to a halt. Up to 90% of all cargo on the "New Silk Road" passes through the Polish corridor.

Col. Valentyn Manko, head of Ukraine’s Assault Troops, says Russian forces near Dobropillia have been cut off for three weeks. Three encirclements have formed: a small one near Kucheriv Yar, a medium one around Volodymyrivka, and a large one, previously unreported, likely on the Razine–Rodynske line

But no to Ukraine still? 🤔 history will judge these choices.

🤬 The Russians dropped a FAB-250 bomb on a residential area in Kostyantynivka. 🙏 5 people were killed. Four apartment buildings were damaged.

Poland has closed its border with Belarus due to Zapad-2025 military exercises by Russia and Belarus and Russian drones flying into Poland. This cuts off a €25-billion-a-year trade artery between China and the EU -

House Republicans rejected an effort to subpoena four banks that reportedly flagged about $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions linked to disgraced financier and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.  www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

A girl scared sick for her mother kept in a basement for 3 days with no food and water. A mothe was forced to carry her 2 y.o. child with a fever across a pontoon bridge in the dark because Russia military didn’t let her into a hospital. These are just some of the stories of 16 Ukrainian kids..

1) China supplies Russia with arms and parts for its drones that zero Ukrainian civilians. 2) Poland closed the border with Belarus disrupting the Chinese trade routes to Europe. 3) China wants it re-opened due to huge economic losses. 4)Poland said nope, nope, nope. Deal with it.

Inbar, we won’t let the world forget you. There is STILL a woman held hostage by Hamas. Inbar Haiman, z”l, was kidnapped on October 7th from the Nova festival. She didn’t come to the party just to dance, but as a “helper,” to help partygoers in distress.

RBC: Dmitry Kozak, the only senior Kremlin figure who opposed the war, has resigned as deputy head of Putin’s administration. Kozak tried to dissuade Putin from the full-scale invasion in 2022 and this year proposed peace talks with Kyiv.

‼️🇺🇦 For another 18 settlements in the Sinelnyky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, forced evacuation of children together with their parents was announced, — OVA.

NEW: Ukrainian experts confirmed that Russia has forcibly removed and deported upwards of 11,000 Ukrainian children to re-education camps so far in 2025, although Russian officials’ own statements suggest the numbers could be even higher. 🧵(1/5) Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...

🇱🇹 On the border with Russia, Lithuania's Defense Ministry has opened the first of nine schools across the country where children aged 10 and older and adults will learn to fly, assemble and program FPV and other drones, — Reuters.

🔥🔥 The fuel crisis that arose in August has already affected at least 20 russian regions — from Chukotka and Sakhalin to the Ryazan and Samara regions. “The situation is very bad and continues to worsen." The gasoline shortage is approaching Moscow, - Reuters

🇺🇦🇬🇧 Verkhovna Rada ratified the agreement on 100-year partnership between Ukraine and the UK. The UK undertakes to provide Ukraine with military assistance worth at least £3.6 billion annually until the financial year 2030/31 and thereafter - as needed.

It’s hard to understand what could possibly justify yesterday’s bombing of a university in Kharkiv. What “military threat” could there be in classrooms, libraries, or laboratories? But perhaps it’s no surprise — the actions of a maniac rarely follow any logic.👇

🇺🇦‼️ The situation in Kupyansk is worsening: the Russian army has entered the city not only from the north, but also from the northwest, and has established a foothold in residential areas, — DeepState. ⚔️ The gray zone in the north has also covered the city center, where fighting is ongoing.

Don't overreact family bonding !!! 😳😳

⛽️🚫 Temporarily occupied Melitopol has run out of gasoline again – most gas stations in the city are out of it. ❗️The last time the occupiers delivered fuel to the city was last Friday, and there have been no deliveries since then.

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Yale Humanities Lab released a new report in which researchers identified at least 210 facilities where Russia is forcibly taking Ukrainian children. Russia calls it recreation and rehabilitation. In reality, it is a network of institutions where Russia is destroying the identity of our children