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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 12h

Russian bases in the occupied areas of the Donetsk region, Ukraine, are getting hammered by drones.

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Dr. Whofella - Jesse J 🇺🇦🇬🇪🇹🇼🇻🇪👀 @jessej468.bsky.social · 10h

How much did they have to fork out for a company that has won billions in law suits against said republicans for years due to their defamation?

Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 10h

Yep... MAGA just bought and now control the majority of the voting machines in America.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 22m

Russian losses per 12/10/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff

+1240 men
+1 tank
+10 artillery
+244 UAVs

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 19m

At night, Russia launched 118 drones and one Kh-31 missile at Ukraine overnight. Air defense, electronic warfare, and mobile units shot down or suppressed 103 drones across the north, east, and south. The attack is still ongoing in several regions.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 9m

Hi all, Just sent out my free weekend update. It ended up being focussed on the strategic air war. Russia, once again, is trying to make Ukrainian cities unliveable in winter. They have benefited by the US slow walking air defense--though Europeans are helping more. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Weekend Update #154: The Strategic Air War And The Approaching Winter

Russian Attacks, Ukrainian Options for Defense, and F-16s

open.substack.com

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 13h

❗️Reportedly, these are armed uniformed Russian men at the Estonia-Russia border.

Friends from Estonia, could you please provide more details? Thank you!

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Malignant observer @malignant-obs.bsky.social · 1h

Exec summary: provide Ukraine with the means to destroy Russian tank factories if you don't want Russia to build modern tanks.

Tatarigami @tatarigami.bsky.social · 1h

Russia’s T-90 tank production in 2024 reached around 240 units, including both new and modernized tanks. But internal planning papers analyzed by Frontelligence Insight show Moscow’s plan to lift output by 80% and launch production of a new T90 variant. 🧵Our Special Report:

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Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social · 53m

www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

Russia is torturing its Ukrainian captives

“Worse than the worst horror film” says the former mayor of Kherson

www.economist.com

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Ukraine War Brief Podcast @ukrainewarpod.bsky.social · 12h

DroneBomber reports “the damn design bureau set up its workshop for producing FPV drones, strike wings of the ‘Molniya-1/Molniya-2’ type, and some other loitering munitions.”

“A very juicy target that had long been begging for a strike 😂”

Ukraine War Brief Podcast @ukrainewarpod.bsky.social · 12h

A target was destroyed in occupied Donetsk Oblast. 🔥

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Simon @cymonset.bsky.social · 10h

Whenever I see people saying “All this madness because of one man (Putin)” I think of all the many people who help out doing things like this. It isn’t “one man”. It’s the “Russian Federation”.

Tymofiy Mylovanov @mylovanov.bsky.social · 11h

Russians seized Donetsk doctor Ihor Kirianenko in 2018. He was 57.

They tied him to a table like a cross, wired his feet and fingers, and electrocuted him until he screamed. Then they tore out his teeth with pliers and broke his ribs and fingers, writes Hromadske. 1/

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Tymofiy Mylovanov @mylovanov.bsky.social · 11h

Ukraine's small F-16 fleet now flies roughly 80% of all Ukrainian Air Force sorties despite limited pilot numbers and armament.

F-16 wing vice commander "AB" revealed his unit downed over 1,000 Russian Shahed drones and dozens cruise missiles — Air & Space Forces Mag. 1/

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Ukraine War Brief Podcast @ukrainewarpod.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah, I don’t think this former FPV drone/loitering munition manufacturing hub in Donetsk is going to make it…

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Ukraine War Brief Podcast @ukrainewarpod.bsky.social · 4h

The U.S. Department of Energy forecasts Brent crude will average just $52 a barrel in 2026. If discounts remain as they are now, Urals prices could average just $40.

Russia’s budget plans for $59 a barrel Urals prices next year 🤡

www.finversia.ru/news/markets...

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Ukraine War Brief Podcast @ukrainewarpod.bsky.social · 3h

This is a fantastic Reuters article detailing how “layoffs” work (or don’t) in Russia. Unemployment is at record lows because Russian companies tend not to fire, but cut job hours or wages.

1. Cemros, largest cement maker, 4 day workweek.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Russia's industrial titans furlough workers as its war economy stalls

From railways and automobiles to metals, coal, diamonds and cement, some of Russia's biggest industrial companies are putting employees on furlough or cutting staff as the war economy slows, domestic demand stalls and exports dry up.

www.reuters.com

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BenB 🇺🇦 @benborges.xyz · 14h

Fires reported in Russia's Belgorod oblast amid suspected power plant attack, local officials say
Falling debris from downed missiles sparked fires and caused damage in Belgorod, Russia, the regional governor reported Oct. 11 amid a suspected attack on a power plant in the city.

Fires reported in Russia's Belgorod oblast amid suspected power plant attack, local officials say

kyivindependent.com

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zauberberg.bsky.social @zauberberg.bsky.social · 14h

>> In August, Russia's profit from the sale of ALL energy resources (crude oil, petroleum products, gas, LNG, and coal) reached its lowest level since 2022, at €546 million per day.
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 15h

📉 Goldman Sachs forecasts a 10% decline in Russian oil production in 2026, from 9.3 to 8.4 million barrels per day, - The Telegraph

The oil refinery crisis means there's nowhere to store the accumulated oil. Furthermore, oil companies are suffering from a high key interest rate of 17%.

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zauberberg.bsky.social @zauberberg.bsky.social · 14h

It might degrade the wells that get shut down.

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zauberberg.bsky.social @zauberberg.bsky.social · 14h

Russia scavenging on it's own. 😎

Beefeater Fella @beefeaterfella.bsky.social · 15h

In Kuban, the russian appointed head of the Crimean district, Sergey Lesya, was detained.

He is suspected of embezzling over 100 land plots with a total value of about 2 billion rubles.

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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 15h

There has been some protest activity in Russia this fall. It's newsworthy because there hasn't been any in a year or two.

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I think we're still quite far from "people rising up".

Beefeater Fella @beefeaterfella.bsky.social · 15h

A rally against the increase of the recycling fee took place in Vladivostok.

According to Russian media, more than 500 people participated in the approved event, holding posters saying "They get Mercedes, we get Zhiguli," "Affordable cars — fair fee,"

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zauberberg.bsky.social @zauberberg.bsky.social · 14h

I wonder why...

Beefeater Fella @beefeaterfella.bsky.social · 15h

Maternity hospitals are closing en masse in Russia amid government calls to have more children

While authorities urge women to have more children and ban "childfree" lifestyles, maternity wards are disappearing one after another in the regions.

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Carlo "Realism, Gedankenfetzen und Rants" Masala @carlomasala1.bsky.social · 16h

Scheckbuchdiplomatie is back 💪💪💪

Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 23h

Deutschland schließt aus, sich an Friedenssicherung in Gaza zu beteiligen (wie in 🇺🇦).
Ist aber bereit, den Wiederaufbau zu finanzieren.
Eine Haltung wie zu Zeiten Helmut Kohls.
Wir leben nicht mehr in diesen Zeiten.
Warum schließen wir dauernd Dinge aus, nach denen wir nicht gefragt worden sind?

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Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 16h

China plays hardball with rare earths not because it has the upper hand in the dispute with the US, but because it has to. China's exports to the US have collapsed, a massive hit to its export sector. China is in a position of weakness, not strength. It desperately needs US tariffs to go away...

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 17h

Do not read how her body looked. Or do. That's what russian mir (peace/world) is. This is not a one off, this is centuries long murde show. Help Ukraine, help us. By listening, by growing a spine!

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17h

Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...

Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero

The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...

kyivindependent.com

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 17h

To summarize. If Trump wanted to send Ukraine Tomahawks, he could right now. If Trump wanted to sanction Russia, he could right now. If Trump
wanted to seriously bolster Ukrainian air defense against Russia drones/missiles, he could right now. But he’s not, so he doesn’t want to.

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Ukraine War Brief Podcast @ukrainewarpod.bsky.social · 17h

🔥 ExileNova+ writes “unknown drones struck the Sukholdolna oil pumping station in the Rostov region...

Low-quality satellite images show the distribution switchboard… was likely completely destroyed, and the pump itself was damaged. The station's operation is effectively paralyzed.”

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