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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 37m

Facing relentless Ukrainian drone attacks, Russia tested a new solution — the Yak-130M aircraft

Fitted with a 130P radar and an SALT-130K electro-optical pod, it can better detect aerial targets and carry precision air-to-ground weapons euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/12/m...

Moscow pushes new solution in air defense as Ukrainian strikes create fuel shortages in Russia

The experimental batch of three airframes shows potential.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 3h

FT says the US is helping Ukraine plan drone strikes on Russian oil refineries.

Sources say Washington has been sharing detailed intelligence — including flight paths, altitude data, and vulnerability assessments — to make Ukraine’s deep strikes more effective.
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FT: American intelligence helped Ukraine attack over a dozen key Russian oil refineries since midsummer

The support allegedly allowed Ukrainian drones to bypass Russian air defenses and damage more than 1mn barrels of daily refining capacity.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 3h

These days in Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — Ukrainian FPV interceptor catches and destroys a Russian drone midair.🔥

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 4h

ISW says Russia doesn’t need to wait for full rearmament to go after NATO. It’s already testing tactics to strike without air superiority or tanks.

Drone ops and sabotage in Europe are signs “Phase Zero” has started.
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No tanks, no problem: Russia’s new combat model could bring war to NATO faster than expected, ISW says

Russia’s focus on rapid adaptation, drone warfare, and flexible manpower may allow it to strike far sooner than Western planners anticipate.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 4h

One Dutch minehunter transferred, another expected before 2026, crew training is underway, Ukrainian Navy says.

The transferred vessels, however, remain abroad due to the Black Sea restrictions.
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Ukraine receives new Dutch minehunter — another to follow before the year ends

Ukraine’s Navy chief says a second Alkmaar-class ship is expected by year’s end as crew training begins.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 5h

Orbán now says helping Ukraine is a “war plan” and wants every Hungarian to help block it.

He claims Hungary now faces a Brussels-led retaliation campaign involving spy charges and legal tricks.
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Hungary’s Orbán launches petition against EU defense policy, calls it a “war plans,” targets Ukraine support against Russia

While offering zero support to Kyiv, the pro-Russian Hungarian leader launched a nationwide petition to block EU military aid for Ukraine.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 6h

Smoke just rose over the Smolensk aviation plant last night — the factory that makes Kh‑59 and Kh‑101 missiles.

. The same plant was already hit in January and November.
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Explosions rock Smolensk aviation plant that builds Kh‑59 missiles — videos show smoke rising near the site

Last night, locals captured a smoke plume rising near the Kh‑59-producing plant just after air defense fire was seen.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 6h

Germany trained Russian troops and nearly placed officers inside each other's military commands just before Russia's 2014 Crimea annexation, Spiegel reports.

Rheinmetall’s tech was central to Russia’s modern war games complex in Mulino.
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Spiegel: Merkel-era Germany trained Russian troops just before Russia’s 2014 Crimea invasion

German officers and Rheinmetall helped develop Russia’s war simulation centers months before Putin seized Crimea.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 7h

Russia continues targeting Ukraine’s power grid

Over the past 24 hours, the attacks left 6 people dead and 21 injured across Ukraine. In Donetsk Oblast, a blackout followed morning strikes, outages are in parts of Odesa Oblast.
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Russia keeps targeting Ukrainian power grid, causing blackout in Donetsk Oblast and outages in Odesa’s Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi

Russia launched 118 drones, 103 were downed overnight, Ukrainian Air Force reported. Russian attacks killed four people and injured nine in Donetsk Oblast.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 11h

They laid down their lives not for Ukraine and Europe!

RIP - Oleksandr Khvala (40), Oleh Klubov (54), Oleksii Bielov (28), Peruvian fighter Wilber Panuera Flore

Rest, comrades, rest and sleep!
The thoughts of men shall be
As sentinels to keep
Your rest from danger free.

Eternal Memory!

Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 12h

This is not Switzerland, not Canada - this is Ukraine, where every season paints the mountains anew.

Autumn ignites the Ukrainian Carpathians. Golden ridges, fiery-red forests, and misty valleys reveal a beauty unlike anywhere else.

Photo: @utah_names

Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 14h

Ukrainian mother sentenced to five years for helping her family survive and escape Russian occupation
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Ukrainian mother sentenced to five years for helping her family survive and escape Russian occupation

The unwarranted charges and sentence for supposed collaboration send a chilling message to all those Ukrainians waiting for liberation after long years of Russian occupation

Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 16h

Ukrainian drone unit Khorne Group warned of delayed-action grenades found after a Russian Geran-2 drone attack. They can detonate if tilted over 15°.

Russia continues its efforts to maximize civilian casualties.
📷 Khorne Group

Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 16h

Step 1: Record an expensive electronic warfare system, flexing that it will "fuck all the drones."

Step 2: Show it burning after being destroyed by Ukrainian drones.

A Russian soldier showed off his equipment, only to quickly lose it through an effective strike.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 17h

Ukrainian drones attacked occupied Donetsk in the country's east, causing a massive fire

Locals say the attack targeted the area of the former Auchan mall (renamed by Russians as Sigma) near the ring road.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 17h

Russia has only 2,500 tanks left—and 642 of them are T-64s that need separate parts, training, and maintenance infrastructure the Russian army scrapped decades ago.

Moscow's tank crisis just got worse. euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/12/r...

Russia is desperate for tanks. Is it desperate enough to use T-64s?

642 of Russia's last remaining 2,500 tanks are T-64s Russia can't easily use without massive investment.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 18h

Russia lost 17,000 tanks in three years. Only 2,478 remain in storage—nearly all badly rusted and needing expensive restoration before they can fight.

The timing? Russia just shifted back to tank warfare after 282,000 infantry casualties.
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Russia’s last 2,500 tanks are in very sorry shape

Russia's oldest tanks—some 50+ years old—are all that stand between Moscow and forced mobilization

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 21h

Ukraine’s Coastal Guard keeps targeting Russian boats in the Dnipro delta.

South of Kizomys in Kherson Oblast, the Zhraya unit destroyed two Russian boats filled with infantry.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 22h

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces report that the 427th separate regiment Rarog destroyed five Russian tanks during an assault in the Donetsk direction.

The unit also struck a Grad multiple rocket launcher mid-fire, stopping its salvo and wiping out the vehicle.
📹 TG/usf_army

Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 23h

Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, killed in Russian captivity, has been posthumously named a 2025 IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Hero — honored for her fearless reporting from occupied Ukraine.

Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna posthumously named World Press Freedom Hero

Award honors journalist killed in Russian captivity for her fearless reporting from occupied Ukraine

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 23h

Ukraine and Japan have sanctioned Russian military suppliers operating across five countries

The coordinated sanctions show how Moscow relies on a global network - from China and Türkiye to Kazakhstan and the Seychelles

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Ukraine aligns new sanctions with Japan, targeting Russian military suppliers in China, Türkiye, Kazakhstan

The measures target eight individuals and 14 companies in Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Türkiye, and the Seychelles, with 10-year asset freezes and trade restrictions.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 23h

At 10:39 a.m., Russian forces dropped a guided FAB-250 bomb on a church in Kostiantynivka where civilians were gathered.

2 men were killed and several others were injured. Police rescued a 2-year-old boy whose mother died last week.

A second strike followed minutes later.

Photo: National Police

Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 1d

Trump and Zelenskyy discussed transferring US Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine in a Saturday call

Kyiv argues more deep-strike capability could strengthen its negotiating position and push Russia toward diplomacy

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Trump and Zelenskyy discuss possible US Tomahawk missile supply to Ukraine – Axios

Zelenskyy said the leaders discussed strengthening Ukraine's air defense, noting "there are good options and strong ideas," with a Ukrainian delegation traveling to Washington next week for security…

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 1d

Russian border activity just prompted Estonia to close a crossing and deploy extra guards

Across the Baltics, Russia's neighbors are tightening security as regional provocations increase

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Estonia closes border crossing with Russia amid increased military activity

Relations between Estonia and Russia have remained tense amid Moscow’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine and a series of border-related incidents across the Baltic region.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 1d

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Ukraine hits key military fuel supplier 1,400 km inside Russia for third time in month - Euromaidan Press

Ukrainian drones hit the Bashneft-UNPZ oil refinery in Ufa, Russia, on 11 October early morning, a Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) source told Ukrainian media.

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