UPDATE on Oleshky: Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets says the first 30 hours of the ceasefire around Russian-occupied Oleshky passed without a single incident. He credited constant communication with Russian Ombudsman Yana Lantratova and thanked Melania Trump for supporting the mission. #Ukraine
💥🚂Ukraine’s 1st National Guard Corps “Azov” has struck over 100 Russian trains transporting supplies to the front, targeting locomotives, fuel tankers, and other railway equipment.
The strikes are disrupting Russian fuel deliveries and military logistics along key railway routes supplying the front
The UN has appointed Russian diplomat Gleb Desyatnikov as Assistant Secretary-General for Mine Action and Police in its Department of Peace Operations.
The appointment places a Russian official in a senior UN role overseeing mine-action activities and police-related work within peace operations.
🇺🇦🇺🇸 Budanov responded to insider reports about alleged dispute with Witkoff
French media wrote that Witkoff proposed during negotiations on Oct 9 to resume the transit of Russian energy resources to Europe via Ukraine, and Budanov was outraged by this idea and allegedly "barely contained his anger."
Traitor to Ukraine, former separatist, Senior Lieutenant Паршков Александр Сергеевич (Parshkov Alexander Sergeyevich), a platoon commander of the 123rd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, had been fighting against Ukraine since 2014 and was killed on 28 January 2024.
Ukraine — 3604
Afghanistan — 138
Chechnya, Syria, etc. — 180
Saratov memorial update: on 3rd September 2026, another 200 names were added.
They began to fill the seventh pillar with names.
⚡️ Major General Грунис Антон Феликсович (Grunis Anton Feliksovich), commander of the 4th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, was killed, according to an obituary published by the Suvorov Brotherhood.
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Another high-ranking officer was killed on 26 August 2026, on the day of the strike on Donetsk.
Lieutenant Colonel (at least) Басенко Виктор Владимирович (Basenko Viktor Vladimirovich), last know position: chief of staff for logistics, 25th Combined Arms Army.
Oct 28, 2026: 5 days of Russian Federation Armed Forces losses (as reported by General Staff of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine) compared to the invasion average: Yellow is below average; Green is above average; the number is the ratio of the day’s losses over average. @anthrclfrnn.bsky.social
bc Americans seem to have forgotten that the White House, Senate, and politics are serious fckng business, NOT a stand-up show. Trump is perfect as an old-fart boomer shocking crowds with his boomer BS🤡. That's why THEY tolerate him. BUT THIS ISN'T A FCKING COMEDY CLUB. IT'S A FCKING COUNTRY!!! 🤬
Ukraine says its interception rate against Russian Geran-4 jet-powered attack drones is steadily improving, averaging nearly 60% over the past three months and reaching up to 80% during some attacks. F-16s, Mirages and MiG-29s play a major role. #Ukraine
🙏 All those who wish will be able to leave Oleshky for the territory controlled by Ukraine, — Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets
According to him, the regime of silence is observed, no violations and attempts to advance by Russian troops have been recorded.
The FP-5 Flamingo deserves a more balanced assessment. Yes, its interception rate should be scrutinized, but Fire Point developed it under extreme wartime pressure, without state financing and with minimal European help. It still hit key Russian defense plants. #Ukraine
A record-breaking repo auction today in Russia, with the central bank pumping 6.5 trillion rubles into the banking system for 8 days. The liquidity deficit of the banking system improved a tiny bit after this huge repo dump.
🇺🇸❗️US considering lifting sanctions on RFPI – Russian private equity fund – NYT
📌US is considering lifting sanctions on RFPI, which is run by Dmitriev under Putin’s watch. The White House calls the fund one of the Kremlin’s key instruments of international influence.
Anyone with Alaska ties here? What is the per-resident effect on Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend payouts because of this wealth transfer to Russia?
Why would anyone in Alaska tolerate this corruption and vote for a Republican again?
🇺🇦 Magyar Brovdi:
SBS birds have already crossed the mark of 14,000‼️Russians, confirmed in the Delta by irreversible and sanitary losses of manpower (SBS hit/destroyed 55.4 thousand targets during October).
We will cross 16 thousand Russians and 66 thousand enemy targets by the end of the month.
12-year-old Artem Koval died in hospital today from injuries he got when a Russian drone struck a park in Nova Vodolaha. His 8-year-old sister, Arina, was killed that day, too.
Their mom, Liliia, was also injured.
Deepest condolences...
Horrific reports from Kyiv, Ukraine💔
Local Telegram channels report that bloodied students are being carried out one by one from the State University of Trade and Economics following a russian ballistic missile attack.
The extent of the casualties is not yet confirmed.
Sanctions that small Serbia would impose against Russia would not change anything, but from a symbolic standpoint, it would be very bad."
On gas and energy: "We are not here to please foreigners, but to act in our national interests."
🇷🇸 Serbia’s opposition leaders:
On sanctions: "We respect Russia both as a great power and as a historically important partner for us, and in many cases, even a protector. There will be no changes in this regard.
Daily truck traffic from Rostov Oblast to occupied Crimea via the R-280 highway has fallen from around 2,000 to just 800–1,000, a decline of 50–60% since Ukraine launched its mid-range strike campaign against Russia’s land corridor to Crimea in May 2026.
🇭🇺🇨🇿🇸🇰🇺🇦 Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia do not want to take on financial obligations under a new loan to Ukraine, — Welt
They demand to be exempted from participating in the financial provision of a new 🇪🇺EU loan. They insist on significant financing of their own countries from EU budget.
Oct 26, 2026: 5 days of Russian Federation Armed Forces losses (as reported by General Staff of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine) compared to the invasion average: Yellow is below average; Green is above average; the number is the ratio of the day’s losses over average. @anthrclfrnn.bsky.social
🇫🇷✈️ France has deployed the Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft to operations in the Black Sea after a series of drone attacks on merchant vessels near the coasts of Romania and Bulgaria, - Militarnyi
The plant's products are used in the production of a number of Russian weapons, including the D-30SN UMPB, 9M727 Iskander-K missiles, 9M723 Iskander-M, 3M22 Zircon, RM-48U, 95Ya6 Pantsir and Kh-47M2 Kinzhal.
❗️POLITICO reports the EU wants a political agreement by year-end on how to cover Ukraine’s 2027 funding gap, estimated at €70 billion. Around €40 billion is for defense and €30 billion for the state budget, with leaders expected to discuss financing options on November 26. #Ukraine
Moscow will host the 2030 World Weightlifting Championships. It’s the first competition of this level in Russia since 2022. Back in June, the IWF let athletes from Russia and Belarus of all ages return to international competitions under their national flag and anthem.
For the Americans the war is just an element of a grift; they are, sadly, not negotiators in any sense, just men seeking to make more money from the bloodshed their actions enable.
Cruise missiles just struck the "Energiya" plant in Yelets, Lipetsk region, which makes batteries for Russian military rockets, aviation and other hardware.
CyberBoroshno analysts report Russia shut 44 times and restricted 4 more airport operations across 30 airports between October 23 and 25, peaking at 15 simultaneous closures on October 24 at 11:03.
Oct 25, 2026: 5 days of Russian Federation Armed Forces losses (as reported by General Staff of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine) compared to the invasion average: Yellow is below average; Green is above average; the number is the ratio of the day’s losses over average. @anthrclfrnn.bsky.social
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Marco Rubio:
That war, while people keep talking about it as a war in Ukraine, that war is about Donbas. It's about one region of the country.
At its core, it's about 11% of one part of that country that Russia wants and cannot take militarily, and that Ukraine is unwilling to give up.