Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

LATEST Key Russian infrastructure including electricity lines and an oil refinery have been hit by a combination of Ukrainian drone and shelling attacks overnight. It comes after Russia launched its own attacks in Ukraine over the weekend, killing several people. news.sky.com/story/ukrain...

Ukraine war latest: Thousands of Russians without power after Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks

Key Russian infrastructure including electricity lines and an oil refinery have been hit by a combination of Ukrainian drone and shelling attacks overnight. It comes after Russia launched its own atta...

news.sky.com

4 13

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

www.kyivpost.com/post/61407

‘Espanola,’ Russian Ultras Militia in Ukraine, Disbands

The Russian football fan brigade has in the past branded Ukrainian civilians as legitimate targets, and some investigations have documented Nazi tattoos among its fighters.

www.kyivpost.com

1 6

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

Espanola,’ Russian Ultras Militia in Ukraine, Disbands
The Russian football fan brigade has in the past branded Ukrainian civilians as legitimate targets, and some investigations have documented Nazi tattoos among its fighters. youtu.be/wrDYSHlsqQQ?...

AFTER BEING MASSACRED BY UKRAINE – RUSSIAN 'ESPANOLA' BRIGADE ANNOUNCES SELF-DISSOLUTION || 2025

YouTube video by Warthog Defense

youtu.be

1 1 5

Reposted by Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3d

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Oct. 5, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

9 76 400

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

Kyiv perspective on the large scale Russian attacks

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3d

⚡️Massive Russian attack on Ukraine kills 5, injures 14.

A large-scale Russian attack across Ukraine killed at least five people and injured at least 14 overnight on Oct. 5, according to the authorities.

kyivindependent.com/russian-mass...

Massive Russian attack on Ukraine kills 5, injures 14

In Lviv Oblast, four people were killed, and another four were injured, the State Emergency Service said on Telegram.

kyivindependent.com

1

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

LATEST 5th October 2025-0823am Poland scrambles jets as Ukraine says five killed in Russian strikes. Ukraine's neighbour Poland scrambled fighter jets in order to ensure the safety of Polish airspace, the Polish military confirmed. Allied Nato aircraft were also deployed. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Poland scrambles jets as Ukraine says five killed in Russian strikes

Ukraine's neighbour Poland and Nato scrambled fighter jets to ensure the safety of Polish airspace.

www.bbc.com

3

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

Collective defence means that an attack against one Ally is considered as an attack against all Allies.
The principle of collective defence is enshrined in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...

Collective defence and Article 5

The principle of collective defence is at the very heart of NATO’s founding treaty. It remains a unique and enduring principle that binds its members together, committing them to protect each other an...

www.nato.int

3

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

Drones that shut Munich airport were 'military', report says as thousands are hit by delays. Airports in Denmark, Norway and Poland have also suspended flights due to unidentified drones.
Romania and Estonia have pointed the finger at Russia. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Drones that shut Munich airport were 'military', report says

German news outlet Bild reported that the drones spotted hovering over the travel hub were military in nature, as flights resumed 'progressively' today with visitors to the city still affected by dela...

www.dailymail.co.uk

3 3

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says a "hybrid war" in Europe is underway, describing it as "the most difficult and dangerous situation since the end of the Second World War." www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

Denmark prepares for a Russian 'hybrid war' after repeated drone spottings

Many Danes are rethinking their personal security, and stocking up on emergency supplies, amid unidentified drone appearances. Denmark's leaders warn that Russia is waging a "hybrid war."

www.npr.org

2 3 6

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

Putin threatens Europe with 'significant' response if it continues to arm and support Kyiv www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Putin appears to threaten Europe as he challenges 'anyone to compete'

Addressing the Valdai Discussion Club, a forum of Russia experts, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Putin said Russia had shown through centuries that it would retaliate if provoked.

www.dailymail.co.uk

1

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

Growing dissent among Russian generals, officials, nationalist figures in the fourth year of the Ukraine war. Igor Girkin, former FSB officer championed the invasion, was arrested July 2023 convicted in 2024 after calling Putin a “cowardly waste of space” #slavaukraini youtu.be/QC9Ex9C3Dq0?...

Growing Dissent Among Russian Generals as KREMLIN Refuses to ADMIT Its Failures

YouTube video by The Military Show

youtu.be

2 1 1

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

Ukrainian long-range one-way attack drones have carried out some of the deepest strikes of the war so far, hitting critical industrial sites deep inside Russian territory — more than 1,700 kilometers from the Ukrainian border defence-blog.com/ukrainian-lo...

Ukrainian long-range drones hit targets deep inside Russia

Ukrainian long-range one-way attack drones have carried out some of the deepest strikes of the war so far, hitting critical industrial sites deep inside Russian territory — more than 1,700 kilometers ...

defence-blog.com

1 2 11

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

Russia warns of 'appropriate' response if US sends Tomahawks to Ukraine kyivindependent.com/kremlin-warn...

Russia warns of 'appropriate' response if US sends Tomahawks to Ukraine

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov's remarks come just days after U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Washington is considering Kyiv's request for Tomahawks.

kyivindependent.com

2 2

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

Trump considering supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles, Vance says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trump considering supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles, Vance says

Vance's comments come as Ukraine's deputy defence minister tells the BBC Western weapons could force Moscow to start peace talks.

www.bbc.co.uk

2 3

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

Vice President Vance said Russia must “wake up and accept reality” in its ongoing war against Ukraine. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

thehill.com

2 3

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

Vance “Russia has to wake up accept reality, lots of people have died, not a lot to show for it” Years of heavy losses, internal dissent, collapse. Now Pro-Kremlin former loyalists openly admit the Kremlin hide, mounting casualties, failed offensives, growing unrest at home. youtu.be/DkpkiLD_G4c?...

Kremlin Propaganda BACKSTABS Putin... DECLARES Russia Has Already LOST the War

YouTube video by The Military Show

youtu.be

1 2 8

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

The Chinese might beat us to it!

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 8d

Romania to partner with Ukraine producing drones under a European Union-funded defense initiative, Reuters Sept. 26. This comes over 20 Russian drones have repeatedly violated Romania's airspace, which shares a 650-kilometer border with Ukraine. kyivindependent.com/romania-eyes...

Romania eyes joint drone production with Ukraine under EU defense scheme

Romania is reportedly in talks with Ukraine to jointly produce drones, drawing on Kyiv's "battle-tested" technology, under the EU's SAFE rearmament program.

kyivindependent.com

3 28 110

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 8d

A Russian National Guard senior officer and two other service members were killed in a Ukrainian intelligence operation in the North Caucasus on Sept. 27, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) said #slavaukraini kyivindependent.com/ukraine-assa...

Ukraine assassinates Russian lieutenant colonel far from front lines, intelligence claims

A Russian National Guard lieutenant colonel and two other service members were killed in a Ukrainian intelligence operation in the North Caucasus on Sept. 27, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) sai...

kyivindependent.com

6 12

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 9d

How Ukraine sank the Russian ship Port Olia 4 in the Caspian Sea, carrying 5,000 tons of Iranian Shahed 136 & 238 drone parts, rockets, avionics. Using satellites and 14 kamikaze drones, Ukrainian forces destroyed the ships cargo 800 km from the front line. #slavaukraini youtu.be/UXoCpQakZQ4?...

Ukraine JUST SANK Russia’s $500 Million Iran Shahed Drones Ship — Moscow Didn’t See It Coming

YouTube video by Militaria

youtu.be

1 7 15

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 11d

Absolutely, just wind and piss as they say in dear old Blighty. Russia wants its jet fighters shot down over NATO airspace, it would love to capture a section of non Ukrainian soldiers and shout NATO victim. Fact is Russia is slowly dying combating superior special forces tactics, belief and will

1

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 11d

Thousands of Russian troops are reported to have been encircled after over extending in Putin's push on Pokrovsk, leaving reserve units in disarray as Ukraine's 1st Azov Army corps claims more than
3000 Russian casualties, reports The Times's Maxim Tucker from Eastern Ukraine.

1 4 12

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 11d

‘They’re encircled, and we’ll wait until they surrender, withdraw or die’ euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/16/f...

Frontline report: Russia’s Pokrovsk offensive collapses into chaos — Ukrainian forces seize the moment and liberate Udachne - Euromaidan Press

The long-hyped campaign ended with scattered assaults and troops abandoning vehicles in panic.

euromaidanpress.com

1 11

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 12d

Signal-gesture-escort-shoot? How Russians in Nato's skies are intercepted. UK will "confront" Russian aircraft in Nato airspace UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, Nato can "shoot down" Russian aircraft if they penetrate alliance airspace US president Donald Trump www.forcesnews.com/nato/sitrep-...

Signal, gesture, escort or shoot? How Russian planes flying in Nato's skies are intercepted

After three Russian jets breached Estonian airspace last week, Air Marshal (Ret'd) Greg Bagwell spoke to Sitrep about how intercepts work

www.forcesnews.com

1 7

Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social · 12d

Putin's offensive collapses in chaos at Pokrovsk as Azov traps Russian troops. "Russian artillery units being dragged by a truck drove up to a Ukrainian position, thinking they were reinforcing a Russian position and were immediately just wiped out." youtu.be/zfPbl2aaUpY?...

Putin's offensive collapses into chaos near Pokrovsk as Azov encirclement traps Russian troops

YouTube video by Times Radio

youtu.be

4 15 82