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💀 The Ukrainian Defense Forces have killed a citizen of Botswana fighting for the Russian army in the Luhansk region. He is the first identified mercenary from Botswana to have been killed while serving in Russia’s military. militarnyi.com/en/news/firs...

Of great interest

The aftermath of the strike on Omsky Kauchuk petrochemical plant. A fire hit the D3 gas processing unit, while D5 was damaged. Both are part of the production chain for MTBE – a chemical used to boost GASOLINE QUALITY. In 2021, the plant produced 26% of Russia’s MTBE.

Ukraine’s 1st Azov Corps says it struck more than 100 trains and rail assets used for Russian military logistics, including locomotives, fuel tank cars and other equipment. The operation targeted major rail hubs at Volnovakha, Yasynuvata, Yenakiieve, Debaltseve and Dovzhansk.

Ukraine's city of Kherson, as Russians have spent nearly five years attempting to destroy it.

In today's early morning hours, Ukrainian forces successfully targeted Russia’s Novomoskovsk Azot chemical plant in Tula Oblast, approximately 400 km from Ukraine. OSINT footage now indicates that the facility’s key AM-70 ammonia production unit is burning.

❗️The 🇺🇦1st Azov Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine reports striking over 100 trains deep in the 🇷🇺enemy’s rear that were being used to supply its forces.

New article - China’s New Trimaran Submarine: 16 Missiles And An Unconventional Design Slowly we are deducing more about this unique warship #OSINT www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

❗️63% of Ukrainians are ready to endure the war for as long as necessary, – KIIS survey.

History proves appeasement and fake negotiations only lead to further Russian escalation. Europe needs a clear strategy to force Putin to stop: use frozen assets and supply Ukraine with enough funding and missiles to hit Russia's refineries until its war machine collapses

Russian disinformation networks are currently blitzing their social media and their controlled outlets with "The Kremlin is ready for peace", with Putin presented as a peacemaker.

⚠️ Kherson Weekly: 19 - 25 October 2026 @kelley7622.tochnyi.info This Week: 36 Civilian Casualties from Russian Aggression 2 Killed 34 Wounded Full article: brendankelley.substack.com/p/kherson-we...

The root cause of the war in Ukraine is Russian imperialism. A majority of Russians truly believe they have a God-given right to expand their empire and rule over others

Today’s big story? Russia’s 2026 summer/fall offensive in Ukraine has failed spectacularly The Russia-Ukraine War SITREP No. 1,103, for October 27, 2026, is 72 pages long and is a full report that includes the NATO Alliance. malcontentnews.substack.com/p/russias-20...

PATRIOT TRANSFERS TO UKRAINE BLOCKED Hegseth and Trump are still blocking third party states from transferring Patriot missiles to Ukraine. They continue to obstruct the process and come up with excuses to deny missile transfers even as dozens of people die every day. It’s inexcusable.

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"HIMARS fire destroyed the command post of the Russian occupation forces’ 26th Tank Regiment with two munitions All the survivors fled with whatever they could carry, and we’re still tallying the rest of the enemy’s losses" Map in part 2

Trump is considering lifting sanctions against Russia's government investment fund, run by Dmitriev. Trump Jr. was just on a Mongolian hunting trip, paid for by the same Russian oligarch who paid for his wedding. Do ANY of the US checks and balances still actually function??

💥🔥 A metallurgical plant in Lipetsk, Russia, is ablaze following a reported attack.

"Residents of Novomoskovsk report an attack and subsequent fire at JSC “NAK Azot.”" Tula Oblast

‼️ Russia: “In the Irkutsk Region, the second- largest economy in the Siberian Federal District, layoffs in the public sector have begun amid a severe budget deficit.” Bears and plague and budget holes, oh my! ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/27/v...

Ukrainian forces geolocated in southern Komar. Russia captured Komar in June 2025. Ukrainian forces have advanced 34 kilometers since November 2025, when Russian forces briefly occupied Hai, near Pokrovske.

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The canary in the mine died in China. China’s AI bubble just popped. STAR50 index (China's AI & semiconductor leaders): down 40% in under 4 months $480 billion in market value — gone Unitree (robot-maker): 8,000x oversubscribed at IPO → halved since August China's plan to funnel savers into stocks

❗️US Intelligence has released a photo of the Chinese spaceplane for the first time.

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Maximalist demands are needed as long as Russia keeps maximalist demands

European infrastructure is vulnerable as Putin escalates Russia’s hybrid war www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...

🔥🇺🇦 While Donald Trump Jr. spends time hunting in Mongolia with Kremlin-linked Russian businessman Umar Kremlev, Ukraine keeps liberating its land. (Financial Times⁠) 🛰️ OBRIA NANO is already in space. They tried to make us weaker. Instead, they are making us more independent.

His passport is cancelled. So Donald is going to let a South American criminal with no paperwork illegally enter the USA...

Ask not "why would Donald lift sanctions on Russia sovereign wealth fund". Instead ask "how big is the bribe he is getting for lifting the sanctions"

A glimpse into the childhoods of Ukrainian Defenders and what they look like today.

Polish journalist Mateusz Mazzini says he's seen the (likely classified) read-out from the Norway-Finland-Russia phone call. No surprise: Putin's demands are totally unacceptable. Likely: POL govt leaked it so that all of Europe knows. => Arm Ukraine triple more and no more talking

Elon Musk says the world should have "sympathy for the poor Russian conscripts" because those "kids have no choice." There are no conscripts fighting in Ukraine. They are all well paid contract soldiers who volunteered and their average age is 38 years old.

Residents in Kherson took advantage of the ceasefire to return to their long-burnt apartments in most heavily bombed by Russia neighborhoods and retrieve what was left of their belongings. Russia's "human safari" in the region is raging on for years. Just look at what they have done to this city!

A Russian mobile air defense machine gunner gives away his team’s position by opening fire at an approaching Ukrainian B-2 strike drone, decides to take it on in a duel and loses.

The Trump administration is exploring a new concession to Russia: lifting sanctions on the country’s flagship government investment fund, long viewed by U.S. officials as one of the Kremlin’s most powerful tools of international influence. - NYT

Here is the 2026 OFZ Forecast as of today

Crimea’s power provider says it cannot maintain electricity outage schedules. Restrictions are in effect across Crimea, with socially significant facilities prioritized; Yalta officials say they have no timeline for restoring a stable electricity supply. 1/4

So, the son of U.S. president going on hunting trip to Mongolia with Russian oligarch close to Kremlin who loves to help kidnap Ukrainian children ? If it would’ve been a movie plot , I’d say it’s so cheap only Russia could’ve filmed it . But I guess it’s actually a documentary

❗️The Command of the 🇩🇪Bundeswehr’s Special Forces (KSK) is reorienting its training toward a possible war with Russia and is preparing units for prolonged operations on NATO’s eastern flank, KSK commander Brigadier General Andreas Kühne told the German newspaper BILD.

For September the Russian traffic accident continues to show a significant reduction of travel between cities while local commute routes were less impacted. This is in line with other reporting showing that long trips were most affected by the fuel shortage.

⚡️ Fighters of the Freedom of Russia Legion have mastered a new area of combat operations and have begun using interceptor drones against Russian attack drones. militarnyi.com/en/news/free...

The timeline of former Senior Advisor Jared Kushner’s security clearance was one of the most scrutinized personnel processes in modern White House history, involving multiple form revisions, background checks, temporary downgrades, and eventual presidential intervention.

🇷🇸 British news agency Reuters has removed a reference from its report to the Serbian parliamentary election winners’ intention to halt arms exports to Ukraine. militarnyi.com/en/news/reut...

Polish FM Radosław Sikorski: "There is a myth that has been successfully planted in the West that Russia always wins. But things don't always go their way. They lost the Crimean War. They lost the war against Japan. They emerged from World War I with their tails between their legs.