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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 36m

Preliminary data, as of 09:00, air defence forces shot down/suppressed 87 enemy Shahed, Gerbera and other types of drones

Twenty-two strike UAVs were recorded hitting 12 locations.

The attack continues, with several enemy UAVs in the airspace.

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 36m

87 ENEMY TARGETS DESTROYED/SUPPRESSED

On the night of 9 October (from 19:00 on 8 October), the enemy attacked #Ukraine with 112 Shahed and Gerber strike UAVs and other types of drones, more than 70 of them were Shahed drones.

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 41m

EU capitals are racing to quell Belgium’s concerns around the loan ahead of a crucial summit of EU leaders on Oct. 23.

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 41m

#Belgium lays out red lines on €140B #Ukraine loan

By Gregorio Sorgi and Bjarke Smith-Meyer

Belgian PM Bart De Wever has suggested that the Commission's scheme to leverage russian frozen assets effectively amounts to confiscation.

www.politico.eu/article/belg...

Belgium lays out red lines on €140B Ukraine loan

Belgian PM Bart De Wever has suggested that the Commission’s scheme to leverage Russian frozen assets effectively amounts to confiscation.

www.politico.eu

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 51m

Fire breaks out at russian gas plant after reported drone strike

by Lucy Pakhnyuk

A fire allegedly broke out at a Lukoil gas processing plant in kotovo, russia, following a reported drone attack overnight on Oct. 9.

kyivindependent.com/fire-breaks-...

Fire breaks out at Russian gas plant after reported drone strike

A fire allegedly broke out at the Lukoil Korobkovsky gas processing plant in Kotovo, Russia, following a reported drone attack overnight on Oct. 9.

kyivindependent.com

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 2h

We bow our heads before the Heroes who protect Ukrainians from the barbarity of the Russian forces, defending freedom and democracy.
They will not be forgotten.

RIP – Leonid Shchebet, Yurii Kudlaiev (44), Roman Shmilka (42), Irish fighter Robert Deegan

Eternal Memory!
Heroes Never Die!

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 57m

Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to October 09, 2025 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine

🔷 Yesterday 1,020 enemy, killed or wounded

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 5h

Have russians set up a military base in my childhood home?

by Vitaly Shevchenko, BBC Monitoring

Sitting in my office in central London, I was feeling nostalgic. I decided to take a quick look at the latest satellite images of my childhood village - the poetically titled Verkhnya Krynytsya

Have Russians set up a military base in my childhood home?

Satellite images show the house where the BBC's Vitaly Shevchenko grew up could now be a Russian base.

www.bbc.com

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 12h

Extract
There was also a long report from Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi – we spent nearly an hour with him going through all frontline directions, our brigade preparations, and supplies. Right now, the focus is naturally on the Dobropillia operation, our counteroffensive.

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 12h

Since the Dobropillia Counteroffensive Began and to This Day, the russians Have Already Suffered Over 12,000 Losses – Address by President #Zelenskyy 08.10.2025

Full address www.president.gov.ua/en/news/vid-...

www.president.gov.ua

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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 15h

A soldier from the Achilles unit recorded a video for his mom❤️
For Ukrainian mothers, there’s one thing that matters most—knowing their children are warm and well-fed, no matter where they are.
You can watch more videos like this in the UNITED24 App: u24app.gov.ua?utm_source=b...

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 14h

She was held for more than a month in the notorious “Izolyatsia” prison —a former insulation materials plant in Donetsk that russian forces have turned into a torture site.

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 14h

Ukraine’s National Police have identified and charged two members of the so-called “ministry of state security of the DPR ” who tortured and sexually assaulted a Ukrainian woman in occupied Donetsk

united24media.com/latest-news/...

Ukrainian Police Charge DPR Officers Over Torture and Sexual Assault in Donetsk’s “Izolyatsia” Prison

Two officials from the so-called “DPR” have been charged by Ukraine’s National Police for torturing a woman held in Donetsk's notorious prison.

united24media.com

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 15h

Instead, Tetyana was killed in a russian strike against a Kyiv residential building on 7 September; she sustained burns to 90% of her body and succumbed to her injuries after a 2-week battle for her life.

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 15h

Tetyana Sakiian and husband Vadym were preparing to start a new chapter together with the birth of their son.

U24 Gov UA / Instagram

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 17h

Yurii Shapovalov, a doctor, spent 7 years, 7 months, and 3 days imprisoned in Russian-occupied Donetsk for his pro-Ukrainian position.

Yurii is a native of Donetsk and a physician with 30 years of experience. He worked as a neurophysiologist at the diagnostic center of the regional hospital.

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 18h

‘I’m afraid I’ll be kidnapped and taken to russia’

Obtaining political asylum in #Ukraine for someone with russian citizenship isn’t easy, even if they defend Ukrainian interests and could face imprisonment on terrorism charges in russia.

khpg.org/en/1608815158

‘I’m afraid I’ll be kidnapped and taken to Russia’

Obtaining political asylum in Ukraine for someone with Russian citizenship isn’t easy, even if they defend Ukrainian interests and could face imprisonment on terrorism charges in Russia.

khpg.org

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 23h

russia launched 183 strike drones overnight, Ukrainian air forces

Source: liveuamap.com/en/2025/8-oc...

Russia launched 183 strike drones overnight, Ukrainian air forces Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk - Ukraine Interactive map - Ukraine Latest news on live map - liveuamap.com

Russia launched 183 strike drones overnight, Ukrainian air forces . Live Universal Awareness Map Liveuamap is a leading independent global news and information site dedicated to factual reporting of a...

liveuamap.com

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 1d

Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to October 08, 2025 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine

🔷 Yesterday 1,010 enemy, killed or wounded

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 1d

Lawyers of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group spoke with many #Ukraine warriors released from enemy captivity who have passed through several russian places of detention.

khpg.org/en/1608815159

Uncle Vanya, Bison, San Sanych — who tortures Ukrainian prisoners of war?

Ukrainians returning from captivity will undoubtedly never forget those who turned their lives in imprisonment into hell. Everything is known about some of the torturers. Others hide behind a call sig...

khpg.org

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 1d

“For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.”
We honor the men & women who laid down their lives for Ukraine.

RIP - Yevhenii Ptashnyk (25), Ihor Shuliak, Serhii Cherkashyn, Ruslan Chak

Eternal Memory!
Heroes Never Die!

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 1d

Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to October 08, 2025 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine

🔷 Yesterday 1,010 enemy, killed or wounded

mod.gov.ua/en/news/the-...

The estimated combat losses of russians over the last day: 1 010 persons, 401 UAVs and 26 artillery systems | MoD News

The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 08.10.25: personnel: about 1 118 370 (+1 010) persons, tanks: 11 240 (+2), troop-carrying AFVs: 23 324 (+5).

mod.gov.ua

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 1d

putin Decree Appears To Take Aim At Assets Of European Companies Still Active In russia

www.rferl.org/a/putin-decr...

Putin Decree Appears To Take Aim At Assets Of European Companies Still Active In Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin last week signed a decree that appears to target the assets of foreign companies that continue to operate in Russia and currently have no connection to Russian federal property.

www.rferl.org

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 1d

Spain seizes property of russian Helicopters CEO nikolai kolesov on suspicion of money laundering

theins.ru/en/news/285650

Spain seizes property of Russian Helicopters CEO Nikolai Kolesov on suspicion of money laundering

Spanish authorities have seized property belonging to Russian Helicopters CEO Nikolai Kolesov on suspicion of money laundering, according to Maria Pevchikh, head of investigations at the Anti-Corrupti...

theins.ru

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just "putin's War", it is "russia's War"

This will leave a stain on russian society and politics that will remain long after putin is gone.👇

UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 1d

A 64-year-old doctor from Donetsk breaks his silence after seven years of torture in Russian captivity.

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