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Day 1707 of the war in Ukraine and here's the latest daily thread. It's one of those days when things are a little more awkward than usual, but I'll do my best to maintain the high standards you expect. Fact checked news & analysis , always delivered with humanity and humour.

A downed or forced-down Geran-5 jet-powered drone/missile in the Odesa region. Its latest iteration is fitted with a V-tail and low aspect ratio wings alongside a refined fuselage. The system represents a new branch in the evolution of Russia’s jet-powered Geran/Shahed family. #Russia

Russian attack continues Sumy region.In Konotop,there has been no electricity for the fourth day following Russian strikes.The hospital is operating on generators,water is supplied on a schedule.Restoration work is ongoing 📹Sumy

1/ Saturday's Ukrainian attack on Omsk in Siberia, at a distance of over 2,500 km, is causing fresh angst among Russian warbloggers over the poor performance of Russia's air defences. "[We're being hit] further and deeper," one complains. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/kyiv...

🇷🇴 Romanian intelligence service SRI has uncovered a sabotage network in the country, which was coordinated from Russia. The network is involved in a fire at an industrial site in Brasov. The fire broke out on September 14 near CARFIL SA enterprise, a subsidiary of defense company ROMARM.

Putin has been in power for 20 years longer than Zelensky

"I haven’t heard anything about it. He was a candidate for the post of President of the European Commission until recently. It seems to me as ridiculous as those first rumors." Only #Trump would think of anything THIS #stupid!

Polish PM Tusk reacted skeptically to reports that Trump administration is considering #Orbán as a candidate for the post of #UN Secretary-General:

More aftermath from the overnight drone attack on a truck parking area in occupied Donetsk’s Leninskyi district. Damage to vehicles is visible at the site. #Ukraine

Every time Trump, Musk, or Putin attack and try to delegitimize Zelensky, his approval rating in Ukraine goes up

✈️🚀 Baltimor airfield, Voronezh. Two missiles hit the runway, but the planes probably managed to get out of the way, - Exilenova

💥 The occupiers hid their FPV drones along the roads, the tactic is simple - to hide in ambush and wait for our logistics or infantry. Border guards-UAV operators of the "Shield" unit, using "Vampire", destroyed the camouflaged enemy FPV drones with accurate drops.

Here we go .

Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage

🇺🇦 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.

💪🏻Prime: Border guards of the Prime unit detected and delivered precise strikes on enemy drones. 📍North-Slobozhansk direction

New article (free): Why Russia is losing the unprovoked war it started in Ukraine joniaskola.substack.com/p/why-russia...

Op 10 oktober 2022 lanceerde Rusland zijn eerste grote golf van aanvallen op energievoorzieningen in Oekraïne. Pas na meer dan 4 jaar van massale aanvallen komt de VN tot deze conclusie:

Er is nog hoop voor de VS

Witte mannen van bepaalde leeftijd

www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin... Een stap(je) in de goede richting

Kyiv wordt aangevallen met ballistische raketten. Maar dat Rusland het gemunt heeft op de burgerbevolking of niet-militaire doelen, is natuurlijk speculatie. Rusland probeert Oekraïne wederom letterlijk in de kou te laten staan.

🚨 TERRORIST ELIMINATED ❌ Islamic Jihad terrorist Alaa Abu Zaid was taken out in a devastating Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis yesterday, Sunday. NO HIDING. NO ESCAPE. ISRAEL WILL FIND YOU. 🇮🇱 ONE. BY. ONE. 💥

I know the FBI is deep up Trump’s ass, but how on earth is it possible for the FBI to bend over backwards like this for a pedophile? What on earth is wrong with all these people?

Republicans have been in power for two years. Is your life better?

Trump thinks it’s an IQ-test, but repeated testing is to track the decline….

Russian double-tap strikes targeting first responders and rescuers in Ukraine have reached at least 40 cases in 2026.

25-year-old combat medic Eva was killed in Kyiv during a Russian double-tap strike while attempting to save victims.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

A #UN Commission of Inquiry has concluded that russia's systematic strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, intended to deprive civilians of power and inflict suffering. russian-torturers.org/en/news/komi...

Northwest of the temporarily-occupied city of Horlivka, Ukrainian defenders repelled 20 attacks by the russian fascist invaders in the Kostyantynivka area as well as towards Novoselivka, Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka, Rays'ke, Novopavlivka, Kucheriv Yar and Vil'ne in Donetsk region. 1/3

US, Canada working on deal to ease steel, auto tariffs, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/us-can...

Please don't fall into the same trap as the 2024 US elections - shitting on Ukraine's allies and being a walking, talking attack ad for Putin. Boost and support Ukraine's allies, undermine Russia's allies with your efforts and your words. Please.

What Snoopy said…

German politicians have sharply criticized Audi CEO Gernot Döllner's appearance alongside U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Saturday. www.politico.eu/article/dona...

The people of Scotland have always known

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⚡️️️️️️️Local ceasefire in besieged Oleshky begins, Ukrainian, Russian officials say. A ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Russian occupied city began as Russian forces launched ballistic missiles at other parts of Ukraine.

💥a ammunition depot in the occupied Luhansk region was attacked last night bij Ukrainian drones. Defense forces in the area of the settlement of Khrustalny blew up an ammunition depot. Secondary detonations have been continuing for over several hours.

A US judge extended on Monday a court order blocking President Donald Trump's plans to renovate a historic Washington golf course where she had deemed a removal of trees "inexcusable".

🙏🏻Local media report that at the very least four people were killed on the campus of Kyiv’s State University of Trade and Economics after a Ruzzian missile struck near a student dormitory. Mayor Klitschko gave an update and said seven people have been injured across Kyiv. #russiaisaterroriststata

Off the charts Trump family corruption. Kushner got Billions of foreign funds, while spearheading foreign policy. And the Hunter Biden hunters are silent. @MarshaBlackburn