1/ A Russian soldier fighting near Pokrovsk says that the area is a scene of carnage, with dead Russians lying everywhere. Soldiers' families are being sent death notices even before the men go into assaults. Only four out of his group of 120 men survived one assault. ⬇️

Attentie: Dit is geen aflevering van De Speld. www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/fin...

⚡️Update: DTEK power plant 'seriously damaged' by Russian attack. According to DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, Russia has attacked its thermal power plants over 210 times since the start of the full-scale invasion.

Een busje van een Oekraïense hulporganisatie met daarin ook 2 journalisten is tussen Kramatorsk en Kostjantynivka aangevallen door een drone. De inzittenden wisten op tijd het voertuig te verlaten. Het betreft o.a. Christian Wehrschütz, oorlogscorrespondent van de Oostenrijkse publieke omroep ORF.

DHS is missing records for over 3,000 people detained in Chicago and over 1,200 held in a Florida detention center. Their location and, in some cases, identities are unknown. trumpfile.org/over-4200-pe...

This is issue 41 of Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak’s weekly "Ukraine Reforms Tracker" covering events from Oct. 30–Nov. 6, 2025. The digest highlights steps taken in the Ukrainian parliament related to business, economics, and international financial programs.

Moet je maar competentere partijgenoten op de kieslijst zetten hè? Oh wacht die heb je niet.

Interview met de ambassadeur van #Oekraïne over de oorlog, vluchtelingen en het Ruslandtribunaal www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... in @nrc.nl

Kan de Nederlandse overheid geen replica plaatsen buiten het hek?

Cutting flights because of the govt shutdown is a stunt, plain and simple

Children play on a swing set in Dnipro, in front of an apartment building damaged by a Russian drone strike last night. The search and rescue operation continues right in front of them. At least two people were killed. Maybe more. This is their childhood, the only one they'll ever have.

Donald Trump hat die fünf Staatschefs Zentralasiens zum Abendessen geladen. Er will an die Rohstoffe der Länder, die China und Russland nahe stehen.

Ik leer net dat ik hier in een soort AfD-hotspot in West-Duitsland ben [in Gelsenkirchen dus] nos.nl/nieuwsuur/vi...

🤬 Foreign Minister Sybiha: "Nobody in the world wants this war to continue, except Russia. Putin continues terror because he still believes he can win and avoid responsibility for all the crimes committed.”

Door Russische terreur: geen water, elektriciteit en verwarming in Charkiv, een stad met 1,3 miljoen inwoners:

🇺🇦 Zelensky: A rescue operation is underway in Dnipro. Overnight, Russia struck the city, hitting an apartment building. As of now, 11 people have been reported wounded, including children. Unfortunately, one person has been killed. Dozens of people were rescued.

“Amid shifting U.S. partnerships and Middle East turmoil, I look forward to supporting HCSS' work and advancing transatlantic understanding.” - Dr. Grace Wermenbol We’re delighted to welcome our new Senior Fellow International Security & Geopolitics!

Amerikaanse begraafplaats Margraten verwijdert gedenktekens over rol van zwarte militairen in WO II

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Firefighters rescued this little cutie🐶 from the rubble of her home in Dnipro, which Russia struck with a drone yesterday. Her human is in the hospital. I hope they’ll be able to reunite soon.

Should be of interest to some of you. Catania with friends in early July! ☀️

Cartoon Arend van Dam:

Opinie Jaap Stalenburg: 'Laten we eerlijk zijn: de VVD is niet langer een liberale volkspartij, maar een trekpop van rechtse trollen en mediaplatforms die woede en verdeeldheid aanjagen'

“Vraag buurtbewoners twee jaar na de onrust naar de noodopvang en ze halen hun schouders op. Sommigen vragen zich hardop af of de vluchtelingen niet alweer vertrokken zijn. ‘We hebben ons gek laten maken’. ‘Omdat iedereen elkaar op zat te jutten.’” archive.ph/fUgbI

⚡️Update: Kyiv faces hours of emergency power cuts following new Russian mass attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

Wijze woorden van voormalige VVD-campagnestrateeg @jandriessen.bsky.social gericht aan de @vvdonline.bsky.social van Dilan #Yesilgöz.

VVD in geldnood vraagt leden om hulp: "Wie heeft er nog een paar aandelen Shell over?" nieuwspaal.nl/vvd-in-geldn...

Archaeologists Say This 3,000-Year-Old Maya Site Is Actually a Map of the Universe

🤬 Kostiantynivka, attack by a fiber-optic drone on members of the press and an evacuation team.

🇺🇦 Ukraine is working with partners, with US, to buy additional Patriots, - Zelensky Overnight, the Ukrainian Defense Forces neutralized more than 400 drones, which is a significant result of the unmanned systems units, army aviation, and mobile fire groups. There is a EW operation.

Draadje over wat er gebeurd is..: Er was deze week na 289 dagen zowaar een plottwist: er is een serieus lichtpuntje voor de Democraten te bekennen: bij een aantal tussentijdse verkiezingen die dinsdag plaatsvonden wonnen de Democraten bij werkelijk álle belangrijke races. (1/19)

Trump is such a bitch

Massive Russian overnight strikes hit Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Poltava, and Mykolaiv. Power infrastructure was targeted, causing blackouts and fires. A woman was killed and dozens injured. Emergency outages are now in place across several regions.

Thursday in Gettysburg, one of my favorite places, speaking about civil-military relations with @charliesykes.substack.com.web.brid.gy alongside @milestaylor.bsky.social @conorlambpa.bsky.social @walshfreedom.bsky.social then later leader a battlefield tour. Thanks to ⁦‪@Principles_1st

Trump Day 292: FBI warns of fake ICE agents, US not attending G20, visa applications may be rejected in cases of obesity/diabetes, ICE opens call center to share information about migrant children, Trump asks Supreme Court to block food assistance payments reportersonline.eu/trump-day-29...

❤️‍🩹 Rescuers pulled a Yorkshire terrier named Michelle from the rubble in Dnipro. She lived on the fifth floor and, luckily, wasn’t seriously hurt. Michelle is now with her owners’ relatives. 📹: Suspilne

Putin’s envoys meet in the White House

US soldiers in Bavaria aren't getting paid because of the shutdown. But the Bavarian state government (Germany has several "states", Bavaria is one of them) now seeks to step in to supply the US soldiers with what they need (food, clothing, transportation, etc.).

1/2 Russia attacked journalists and an evacuation team, trying to save residents' lives, in Kostiantynivka. "Thank god I'm alive" says the driver in Russian after a Kremlin killer drone tried to eliminate him and the two guests.

"Putin attacked Ukraine, not Russians" fails to grapple with why millions of ordinary Russians were willing to follow orders in a devastating war against Ukraine. This stuff open up questions over how far Russia as a society will come to terms with the past after Putin is gone.

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AI in de politiek: diepe ellende. www.ad.nl/vlaardingen/...

Russia struck a key railway depot in Hrebinka, Poltava region, a vital hub between Kyiv and Poltava. The damage could disrupt central Ukraine’s train network, affecting up to 40 commuter routes and possibly cutting service between Kyiv, Poltava, and Lubny.

Ik heb het vanaf dag 1 al gezegd: elke dag dat dit kabinet er nog zit is een gevaar voor onze rechtsstaat. Hoezo heeft een minister geen moeite met uitspraken over fraude? Het is geen emotie: het is instructie vanuit het Kremlin tweeten. Den Haag slaapt nog altijd lekker door

⚡️Commander charged with negligence after Russia hits military award ceremony in eastern Ukraine. The Russian strike in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast killed 12 servicemen and seven civilians, while 36 others were injured, according to the Prosecutor General's Office.

Een afdrachtregeling is zeer redelijk. Vele VVD’ers zijn op het merk gekozen, niet op eigen naam. Doe maar wat terug. www.rtl.nl/nieuws/polit...

🚨How did NATO’s caution, politics, and intelligence blind spots shape its early response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? “NATO’s leaders faced the impossible balance between avoiding escalation and preparing for it,” says HCSS expert Tim Sweijs. 🔗 Read #BlindedByBias at: buff.ly/MesDDiT

The question is, "can Donald exempt Hungary from Ukrainian oil sanctions?"

⚡️Update: 'Full sanctions exemption' — US allows Hungary to buy Russian energy following Orban–Trump talks in Washington.